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RIP Pope Francis: Advocate for the Rohingya People
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation is saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025 from complications to his health. Pope Francis was widely regarded as a progressive world leader who stood up for marginalized people,...
ARNO Expresses Solidarity with Earthquake Victims in Myanmar
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) extends its deepest condolences and heartfelt solidarity to all those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 29, 2025. We mourn the tragic loss of life and express our sympathies to...
ARNO Calls for Justice and Action on the Fourth Anniversary of Myanmar’s Military Coup
Four years ago today, the military junta overthrew the peaceful elections which had taken place, and began a crackdown on civil liberties, human rights, and human dignity which continues until today. The Myanmar military, has ignored repeated calls to stop violence...
ARNO condemns Aerial Assault on Rohingya by Arakan Army
ARNO has strongly condemned the series of drone attacks by the Arakan Army targeting Rohingya civilians and homes in several Rohingya villages with intent to destroy or force the remaining Rohingya people to flee from Maungdaw town and surrounding areas. On 5th August...
In This Issue:
- Rohingyas Caught Between Arakan Army and Myanmar Military: Implications for Bangladesh’s Security and Regional Stability
- The Enduring Marginalization of Women in War-Torn Myanmar
- Lost Futures: The Desperation of Rohingya Youth in a Cycle of Hopelessness
- In Conversation with Dr. Farhana Afrin Rahman
- Building Bridges in Southeast Asia: ARNA’s Recent Engagement in Malaysia and Indonesia
- ARNO Calls for Justice and Action on the Fourth Anniversary of Myanmar’s Military Coup
- Resolution from KL Conference: The Rohingya Crisis – Regional Actions and Global Advocacy
- UN Food Ration Cuts Deepen Crisis for Rohingya Refugees
- Justice for Rohingya Key to Future Peace, Says Head of Myanmar Mechanism
- Open Letter from Southeast Asian Parliamentarians and Civil Society: A Call for Inclusive and Decisive ASEAN Action on Myanmar Under Malaysia’s Madani Leadership
- Arakan Army arrests six Bangladeshi fishermen in Naf River
- Arakan Army (AA) Imposes Fees on Rohingya for Family Registration in Maungdaw
- Arakan Army (AA) Bans Rohingya Identity, Threatens Severe Punishment
- Arakan Army Tightens Restrictions on Rohingya in Buthidaung, Escalating Humanitarian Crisis
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RIP Pope Francis: Advocate for the Rohingya People
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation is saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025 from complications to his health. Pope Francis was widely regarded as a progressive world leader who stood up for marginalized people,...
ARNO Expresses Solidarity with Earthquake Victims in Myanmar
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) extends its deepest condolences and heartfelt solidarity to all those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 29, 2025. We mourn the tragic loss of life and express our sympathies to...
ARNO Calls for Justice and Action on the Fourth Anniversary of Myanmar’s Military Coup
Four years ago today, the military junta overthrew the peaceful elections which had taken place, and began a crackdown on civil liberties, human rights, and human dignity which continues until today. The Myanmar military, has ignored repeated calls to stop violence...
ARNO condemns Aerial Assault on Rohingya by Arakan Army
ARNO has strongly condemned the series of drone attacks by the Arakan Army targeting Rohingya civilians and homes in several Rohingya villages with intent to destroy or force the remaining Rohingya people to flee from Maungdaw town and surrounding areas. On 5th August...
ARNO commemorates democracy activists executed in Burma
It has been two years since pro-democracy activists; Phyo Zeyar Thaw, Kyaw Min Yu (Ko Jimmy), Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw, were executed by the Myanmar military junta in 2022. Their deaths were reportedly the first judicial executions to take place in the country...
Meeks Celebrates Committee Passage of Bipartisan Rohingya GAP Act
July 11, 2024 Washington, DC — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement upon the passage through Committee of the bipartisan ‘‘Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection Act’’, or the...
ARNO welcome the Rohingya Act
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) extends profound gratitude to the United States Congress for the historic enact of the Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection (GAP) Act, commonly referred to as the Rohingya Act.This critical legislation marks...
Joint Statement: Rohingya Facing Existential Threat In Arakan
Rohingya organisations call for urgent international humanitarian assistance JOINT STATEMENT Out of 600,000 Rohingya left in Arakan or Rakhine State after the genocidal attacks of 2016-2017, we estimate that only one third remain in their original homes. Tens of...
Time for unity; the military and their collaborators should belong in the ash heap of history
ARNO firmly declares its position as being with the freedom-loving people of Myanmar, who are currently waging a historic resistance against the evil forces of the Myanmar military throughout the country. Never in the history of this nation have people from all walks...
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Assessment of the Annan Commission Recommendations
I. Introduction Recently, significant activity concerning the Rohingya repatriation to the Arakan have taken place between the Government of Bangladesh and the military junta in Myanmar. Parallel to these bilateral initiatives, many governments are beginning to...
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RIP Pope Francis: Advocate for the Rohingya People
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation is saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, 2025 from complications to his health. Pope Francis was widely regarded as a progressive world leader who stood up for marginalized people,...
ARNO Expresses Solidarity with Earthquake Victims in Myanmar
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) extends its deepest condolences and heartfelt solidarity to all those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 29, 2025. We mourn the tragic loss of life and express our sympathies to...
ARNO Calls for Justice and Action on the Fourth Anniversary of Myanmar’s Military Coup
Four years ago today, the military junta overthrew the peaceful elections which had taken place, and began a crackdown on civil liberties, human rights, and human dignity which continues until today. The Myanmar military, has ignored repeated calls to stop violence...
ARNO condemns Aerial Assault on Rohingya by Arakan Army
ARNO has strongly condemned the series of drone attacks by the Arakan Army targeting Rohingya civilians and homes in several Rohingya villages with intent to destroy or force the remaining Rohingya people to flee from Maungdaw town and surrounding areas. On 5th August...
ARNO commemorates democracy activists executed in Burma
It has been two years since pro-democracy activists; Phyo Zeyar Thaw, Kyaw Min Yu (Ko Jimmy), Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw, were executed by the Myanmar military junta in 2022. Their deaths were reportedly the first judicial executions to take place in the country...
Meeks Celebrates Committee Passage of Bipartisan Rohingya GAP Act
July 11, 2024 Washington, DC — Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement upon the passage through Committee of the bipartisan ‘‘Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection Act’’, or the...
ARNO welcome the Rohingya Act
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) extends profound gratitude to the United States Congress for the historic enact of the Rohingya Genocide Accountability and Protection (GAP) Act, commonly referred to as the Rohingya Act.This critical legislation marks...
Joint Statement: Rohingya Facing Existential Threat In Arakan
Rohingya organisations call for urgent international humanitarian assistance JOINT STATEMENT Out of 600,000 Rohingya left in Arakan or Rakhine State after the genocidal attacks of 2016-2017, we estimate that only one third remain in their original homes. Tens of...
Time for unity; the military and their collaborators should belong in the ash heap of history
ARNO firmly declares its position as being with the freedom-loving people of Myanmar, who are currently waging a historic resistance against the evil forces of the Myanmar military throughout the country. Never in the history of this nation have people from all walks...
ARNO condemns violence in the Arakan state as fighting between the Myanmar Military and AA continues
Over the course of recent weeks, the fighting in the Arakan (Rakhine) has continued to escalate between the Myanmar military junta and the Arakan Army (AA). On January 28, residents in North Maungdaw reported a loud explosion and 20 homes were burnt to ashes....
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Coming To Defense Of Persecuted Is Noble And Not Bullying – OpEd
On Friday, December 27, 2019, a resolution titled “Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar”was passed with an overwhelming majority of votes during the 74th session of UN General Assembly at its 52nd resumed meeting, held at...
The arc of history can bend towards justice for the Rohingya
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. What happened to the Rohingya is a stain on the history of humanity. But the arc of history has a way of bending towards justice. Nurul Islam is the Chairman of...
Traditional Homeland of Rohingya in Myanmar
The area between west bank of Kaladan River and east bank of Naf River, which demarcates Myanmar-Bangladesh border, in North Arakan is known as “Traditional Homeland of Rohingya”. It has been deeply implanted the minds of the Rohingya people despite changes in...
Safe Zone For Rohingya In Myanmar
Since Gen. Ne Win’s military coup in Burma/Myanmar in 1962, the Rohingya have faced continuous process of de-legitimisation, institutionalised persecution, crimes against humanity and worsening abuses culminating into one of the gravest genocides of the modern era....
The Rohingya are not going home to Myanmar. Can Bangladesh cope?
Azeem Ibrahim is a director at the Center for Global Policy and author of “Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Genocide.” Bangladesh is once again calling for the establishment of "safe zones" for the Rohingya in Myanmar so that it can begin resettling some of the 1...
The Myth of ‘Bengali Migration’ to Arakan Debunked
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Abstract Genocidal crimes don’t happen in vacuum and require groundwork from the racist and bigoted elements to state and non-state actors to prepare the support base and mobilize the dominant group to perpetrate such heinous crimes. For decades,...
Deafening silence over Rohingya issue
Harun Yahya
Despite the atrocities being committed against the Muslims of Arakan, better known as Rohingyas, the international community has so far done nothing to protect these people. The world appears to be sitting on the fence, as these people are being systematically persecuted.
This minority Muslim community in Myanmar — termed the most persecuted people living on the face of earth — has been turned into refugees in their own country. The Rohingyas are a people with no civil rights and from time to time subjected to indiscriminate violence. The world became slightly acquainted with these people following the violent attacks and acts of arson of 2012.
It’s Neo-Nazi Racism, Stupid!
Dr. Habib Siddiqui
In his book – Worse Than War – Daniel Jonah Goldhagen says that during mass murders, the murderers themselves, their supporters and those who wish to stand idly by practice linguistic camouflage. And this has been the case with the apartheid regime in Myanmar when it comes to its national project towards exterminating or purging out the Rohingyas.
Muslim influence in the kingdom of Arakan
14 November 2011
Muslim Arakanese or Rohingya are indigenous to Arakan. Having genealogical linkup with the people of Wesali or Vesali kingdom of Arakan, the Rohingya of today are a perfect example of its ancient inhabitants.
The early people in Arakan were descended from Aryans. They were Indians resembling the people of Bengal. “The area now known as North Arakan had been for many years before the 8th century the seat of Hindu dynasties. In 788 A.D. a new dynasty, known as the Chandras, founded the city of Wesali; this city became a noted trade port to which as many as a thousand ships came annually;… their territory extended as far north as Chittagong; …Wesali was an easterly Hindu kingdom of Bengal following the Mahayanist form of Buddhism and that both government and people were Indian..”[1]
ANTI-ROHINGYA CAMPAIGNS, VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
20 November 2011
In recent months, series of anti-Rohingya campaigns afloat inside and outside of Burma. To the surprise of everyone, inflammatory writings are often posted on a few websites, face books and blogs that reveal deep-seated ill-will against the peace loving Rohingyas.
Muslim influence in the kingdom of Arakan
14 November 2011
Muslim Arakanese or Rohingya are indigenous to Arakan. Having genealogical linkup with the people of Wesali or Vesali kingdom of Arakan, the Rohingya of today are a perfect example of its ancient inhabitants.
Rebuttal to U Khin Maung Saw’s misinformation on Rohingya
02 November 2011
During recent years we have read series of depraved propagandas by a group of fanatics, who are restless to tarnish the image of the Rohingya people, under the pretext of so-called scholars/academics/Burmese experts preaching annihilation of the Rohingyas, a predominantly Muslim community in Arakan, Burma. One of them is U Khin Maung Saw, a Rakhine Buddhist living in Berlin, who recently wrote a foul-mouthed and blasphemous paper titled Islamization of Burma Through Chittagonian Bengalis as “Rohingya Refugees”.
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The Significance of the term “Kula” for the Rohingyas and the Burmese Muslims
In ancient times dark skinned people dotted around the coastal regions from Africa, south India, up to the Papua New Genia. Under attack from the light skinned organized band of people from the north against these dark skinned Negroids (seen not being quite human, or at best demons,) these people continued to retreat to the coastal areas and in some places under pressure slowly disappeared. In Malaysia, the majority muslim population is a crossbreeds between these dark skinned people with Indian, Arab, Negroid, and Mongoloid population.
The advent of Islam in Arakan and the Rohingyas
The advent of Islam in Arakan and the Rohingya presented at the Seminar organised by Arakan Historical Society at Chittagong Zila Parishad Hall, Chittagong, on December 31, 1995, with Co-operation Chittagong University.
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ARNO welcomes the Bangladesh Government’s decision to offer formal education to Rohingya refugee children
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) greatly welcomes the decision of the Government of Bangladesh to offer schooling and skills training opportunities to Rohingya refugee children, two and half years after they were forced to flee genocide in Myanmar. ...
Myanmar Cuts Off Aid to Devastated Rohingya Populations
As of last week, a humanitarian crisis began unfolding in Myanmar’s north eastern Rakhine state, as aid agencies, such as the International Rescue Committee and the International Organisation for Migration, have been blocked from entering the townships of Rathidaung...
OIC General Secretariat Welcomes UNGA Resolution Condemning Abuses against Rohingya
Date: 29/12/2019 The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the United Nations General Assembly resolution strongly condemning rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups in Myanmar. This resolution follows...
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MYANMAR: A People Facing Buddhist Violence
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has a population of 48 million, 15 percent of whom are Muslims. Most of the rest are Buddhists. The Muslims live in the Arakan region of the country.
Burma’s Lost Kingdoms: Splendors Of Arakan by Pamela Gutman, A Book Reviews
Al-Jazeerah, January 13, 2006