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By Dildar Baykan ANKARA (AA): Video footage released on social media on Wednesday has revealed eyewitness testimony of atrocities being endured by Rohingya Muslim civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. In a video interview posted on the Arakan Times website, a Rohingya man describes what happened during operations carried out by the Myanmar military. “They […]

31st Aug 2017

Myanmar: Buddhist NGO slams violence against Muslims in Myanmar

By Adem Salvarcioglu and Mahmut Atanur JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – A Japan-based Buddhist NGO has reacted to the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, saying ongoing attacks “are not acceptable for any religion”. “As a Buddhist, I cannot accept the violence against Rakhine Muslims. It is not acceptable for any religion,” Suhadi Sendjaja, chairman of […]

28th Aug 2017

Myanmar: Rohingyas voice concern over killing of 100 Muslims in Rakhine attacks

By Kubra Chohan (AA): The European Rohingya Council (ERC) on Sunday voiced concern over the plight of Rohingya population following the attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. In a press release, the Rohingya body expressed deep concern and called on the international community for an “urgent appeal for protection and safety in Rakhine state”. Deadly […]

16th May 2017

Myanmar: EU urges humanitarian access to Rakhine state

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA) – A top EU official on Monday called on Myanmar’s government to grant full humanitarian access to the western Rakhine state, decrying the worsening situation since the military locked down the area last year. “During my visit I saw that malnutrition rates have deteriorated after the recent […]

22nd Feb 2017

Myanmar: 4 Rohingya Muslims found dead in Rakhine state

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): The government of Myanmar said on Tuesday that four Rohingya villagers were found dead in a conflict-torn area of country’s western Rakhine state. The Office of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a press release that the bodies of three women and a man were […]

25th Jan 2017

Myanmar: UN expert warns of reprisals following Myanmar visit

By Fatih Erel GENEVA (AA): The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar on Tuesday warned about possible reprisals against people she met during her recent visit to the country. “There is one word that has hung heavily on my mind during this visit — reprisals,” Yanghee Lee said in a statement following […]

23rd Dec 2016

Myanmar: Rohingya tell rights group of Myanmar army abuses

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun YANGON, (AA): An international rights group accused Myanmar’s military Thursday of carrying out a campaign of arson, killings and rape against Rohingya Muslims in recent operations in troubled Rakhine State. A statement released by Human Rights Watch claimed that refugees who fleeing violence that followed deadly Oct. 9 attacks on […]

13th Dec 2016

Myanmar invites neighbours to discuss Rakhine/Rohingya concerns

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Myanmar has invited foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations for talks in an effort to reduce regional concerns over a situation in western Rakhine State in which anything from 76 to 400 Rohingya Muslims have died. A military crackdown in Rakhine that followed Oct. 9 attacks on police […]

7th Dec 2016

Myanmar: Int’l cooperation ‘critical’ to resolve Rohingya crisis

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan has called on the international community to cooperate further with Myanmar’s government to resolve conflicts between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the country’s troubled Rakhine State. Annan, who chairs an Advisory Commission tasked with helping find solutions to stop ongoing violence […]

25th Nov 2016

UK: UN urged to press Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar (AA): A United Kingdom-based Rohingya organization has called on the United Nations and international community for urgent action in pressing Myanmar’s government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid in western Rakhine State. Maungdaw Township in the troubled state’s north has been under military lockdown since Oct. 9 […]

17th Nov 2016

Myanmar again urged to allow Rakhine rights abuse probe

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): An international rights group called on Myanmar’s government Thursday to immediately allow independent monitors and journalists to verify reports of mass destruction and other rights abuses in western Rakhine State. The army-run Myawaddy newspaper has claimed that mass arson attacks on Rohingya villages in a northern area of […]

16th Nov 2016

Myanmar: US urges Govt to prevent violence in Rakhine; 70 Rohingya Muslims killed

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. on Tuesday urged the government of Myanmar to do more to stem violence in western Rakhine state where nearly 70 Rohingya Muslims have been killed by security forces in the past week. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said a U.S. delegation currently holding talks in Myanmar […]

14th Nov 2016

Myanmar reports more fatal clashes in Rakhine

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Myanmar’s military has killed at least 28 suspected attackers during fresh fighting in troubled Rakhine State, according to official media Monday. Since last month’s fatal attacks on police, dozens of people — including soldiers and suspected attackers (among them two women) — have been killed, or have died, […]

26th Oct 2016

Myanmar urged to probe new rights violations in Rakhine

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): United Nations human rights experts have called on Myanmar to address growing reports of violations in western Rakhine State after areas housing the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority were torched following fatal attacks on police station outposts. In the more than two weeks since armed individuals killed nine officers […]

20th Oct 2016

Myanmar military detains 11 more for Rakhine attacks

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): A further 11 people have been arrested in military clearance operations in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State following raids on police outposts earlier this month in which nine officers died. Two of those held subsequently died in detention Wednesday, although they are understood to have been in poor health […]

15th Oct 2016

Myanmar Muslims condemn fatal attacks in Rakhine

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Muslims in Myanmar have condemned recent fatal attacks on police station outposts in troubled western Rakhine State which the government has blamed on a little-known extremist group. About 40 people — including nine police, four soldiers and 26 suspected attackers — were killed following attacks on three police […]

21st Sep 2016

Myanmar: Illegal mosques to be demolished in Rakhine

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): A senior government official in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State has pledged to tear down all illegally constructed buildings including mosques and Muslim religious schools, according to a report Wednesday. More than 3,000 structures including 12 mosques and 35 madrasas (religious schools) built without permission from local authorities in […]

21st Jun 2016

Myanmar: Suu Kyi, UN human rights envoy discuss Rakhine Muslims

By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, (AA): Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and a United Nations human rights envoy, Yanghee Lee, have discussed how to address the situation in the country’s troubled Rakhine State, state media reported Tuesday. During a meeting in political capital Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, Lee and Suu Kyi […]

18th Oct 2015

Myanmar: Suu Kyi warns against race, religious divisions

YANGON (AA): Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on voters Saturday not to be influenced by divisions over race and religion during her first visit to conflict-stricken Rakhine state in 15 years. However, she her and other parties have refused to run Muslim candidates for the election and have refused to accept Rohingya […]

2nd Aug 2015

Myanmar: UN warns of increasing death toll in floods

By Joshua Carroll YANGON, (AA): Forecasters warned Sunday that heavy monsoon rains wreaking havoc across Myanmar are set to continue for at least the next two days as rescuers remained unable to reach many villages in the country’s worst-hit areas. At least 27 have been killed and over 156,000 severely affected by the floods, but […]

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