Rohingya organizations globally have demanded justice and peaceful coexistence in Burma’s Rakhine state. This comes as fighting escalates between the military junta and the Arakan Army. In a joint statement, 28 groups urged the Buddhist dominated Arakan Army to respect the rights of minorities, including the Rohingya. They stressed the need f...
Nay San Lwin, co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition, has appealed for international intervention to establish a safe zone for the Rohingya. His appeal comes amid fresh threats issued by the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine State against the Rohingya. Despite long standing persecution by Burma’s military, the Arakan Army, an ethnic Buddhist...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The efforts to repatriate displaced Rohingya Muslim refugees have been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown between the junta regime and rebels in Burma, a top Burmese diplomat in Dhaka has said. “Efforts toward the repatriation of displaced persons had been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown by the Araka...
ANKARA (AA) – A drone attack that killed over 200 fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Bangladesh border on Monday has forced hundreds to return to their hometowns, while thousands are still taking shelter in paddy fields awaiting to cross into neighboring Bangladesh, according to a rights group. Risking their lives, a few hundred have move...
More than 13,000 Rohingya Muslims and hundreds of other residents have been forced to flee Maungdaw township in western Burma due to escalating clashes between the military and the Arakan Army. The Arakan Army, which seeks control of Rakhine state, has driven more than 15,000 people from their homes since Aug. 7. Many of the […]
A deadly drone strike near the border of Bangladesh and Burma has devastated the Rohingya community, killing more than 200 and forcing hundreds to return to their hometowns. The attack, carried out by the Arakan Army rebel group, targeted fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Naf River, which separates the two countries. Despite risks, many Rohing...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s coral rich St. Martin Island is facing a food crisis as communication remains suspended due to intermittent firing from across the border with Burma, officials said. The small island of about 8 square kilometers is located in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal with natural beauty which makes [&hell...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The United Nations has warned that the escalating fighting in Burma’s Rakhine State has forced around 45,000 minority Muslim Rohingya to flee, amid allegations of killings and burnings of property. “Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced in recent days by the fighting in Buthidaung and Ma...
Approximately 30 Rohingya individuals were killed in recent clashes between Burma’s military junta and Buddhist insurgents. The violence escalated last Friday after junta airstrikes struck Buthidaung township, killing 12 Rohingya civilians. Insurgents later bombed a school where Rohingya sought shelter, killing 18 more people. Approximately 20...
ANKARA (AA)- The seizure of Buthiduang town of Myanmar’s Rakhine state by the rebel ethnic Arakan Army (AA) has triggered a fresh exodus, displacing 150,000 Rohingya Muslims, a Rohingya rights group said on Sunday. On Saturday, the rebel group took complete control of Buthidaung township, home to the ethnic Rohingya population, near the ...
