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Press Release: Myanmar launches report riddled with untruths
Press Release: 16 January 2020 On January 8, 2020 the Government of Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a report titled “Rakhine State: A Snapshot of Myanmar’s current efforts for peace and reconciliation.” The 15-page report makes blatantly false claims that...
Message from Nurul Islam, Chairman of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation on the occasion of the Rohingya National Day 2020
“Bismillah, ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim” “In The Name of Allah, The most Beneficent, the Most Merciful” Dear Rohingya brothers and sisters, Assalamo Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuh! It is indeed a great privilege and honour for me to send this message of congratulations...
UN to Myanmar: Stop the Violence
Press Release: 30 December 2019 ARNO welcomes the United Nations General Assembly Resolution condemning violence against the Rohingya. On December 27, 2019 the United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of a Resolution which condemns Myanmar’s human rights...
Rohingya express solidarity with Gambia
Press Release: 10 December 2019 Since the late 1970’s until present, the Rohingya have been ruthlessly persecuted and left stateless within their homeland, Burma/Myanmar. In August 2017, the world witnessed the horrors of genocide the Rohingya people have faced for...
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Rohingyas are in a geopolitical crossroad: Global Powers and Competing Interests
- Rohingya Resilience in Exile: Rebuilding Lives in Refugee Camps
- Containing Arakan Army: A Security Imperative for Myanmar and Bangladesh
- Ending Digital Violence against Women and Girls
- Myanmar’s Election: Conflict, Exclusion, and a Crisis of Legitimacy
- Rohingya Families in Maungdaw Prepare to Flee Amid Forced Conscription Fears
- Arakan Army Orders Rohingya to Surrender Household Registration Lists
- Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Injuring Three Children and Destroying Dozens of Shelters
- Rohingya Men and Women Forced to Join Armed Group in Maungdaw
- ARNO Welcomes UN Third Committee Resolution on Rohingya Rights, Demands Accountability for Armed-Group Abuses
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Finally taking note
The evolving Rohingya issue is finally gaining momentum internationally The dynamics pertaining to the issue of Rohingya Muslims has continued to come to the forefront of international attention. This has become particularly significant since November 11 this year....
Difficult to set a timeline for Rohingya return: UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency yesterday said it is extremely difficult to set a timeline for creation of conducive environment for the return of Rohingyas. The UNHCR called on the international community to continue its support to Bangladesh and the humanitarian response...
Bangladesh stands ready to repatriate Rohingyas: Momen
DHAKA, Nov 26, 2019 (BSS) – Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen today ruled out Myanmar allegation against Bangladesh over the delay in Rohingya repatriation, saying Dhaka stands ready to send back all displaced people to their home of origin, Rakhine. “Myanmar...
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Rohingya and Burmese Muslims Organisations Call for Major Action from UN Human Rights Council
24th Sept 2019 As the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) proceeds with its 42nd Regular Session, the human rights concerns in Burma (Myanmar) remain urgent. The Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh, following a genocidal campaign by Burma’s army, have seen no...
Press Release – REMEMBERING ROHINGYA GENOCIDE
Press Release: August 25, 2019 August 25th is the Rohingya Genocide Day, a memorable day for us, for our children and generations to come. On this day in 2017, the world was appalled by the images of hundreds and thousands of innocent men, women and children fleeing...
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...
Press Release – ARNO’s Concern Over ASEAN-ERAT Report
Press Release: 12 June 2019 ARNO’s Concern Over ASEAN-ERAT Report Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) expresses its serious concern at the leaked report prepared by ASEAN’s Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT). The leaked report reflects...
Statement by Rohingya and Burmese Muslim leaders on the 14th Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation 30 May 2019
The OIC’s vocal leadership and humanitarian assistance in support of the Rohingya and other Burmese Muslims has been crucial. But words alone will no longer cut it – the OIC must now turn its words into action. We welcome The Gambia’s intention to pursue Myanmar...
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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,...
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Press Release: ARNO Confutes Rohingya accept Bengali classification
Date: 24 April 2014
Our attention has been drawn to the news item appeared in Bangkok post, dated 23/04/2014 under caption, “Rohingya accept Bengali classification” where the newspaper quoted U Myit Kyine, head of the Immigration and Population Department, stating “More than 6,000 families came and told officials to register them as Bengali,”
Press Release: The statement of ARNO on the current situation in Arakan/Rakhine State, Burma
(29 March 2014)
- Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has strongly condemned the attacks on international humanitarian aid workers by militant Rakhine mobs in Sittwe on March 26- 27, causing damages to their offices, residences, vehicles and properties under the pretext of disrespecting a Buddhist flag by a female staff of the Malteser International.
PRESS RELEASE ARNO’S PROTEST TO MYANMAR NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S STATEMENT NO. (2/2014)
Date: 19/02/2014 ARNO has strongly condemned the statement No. (2/2014), dated 14 February 2014, of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission regarding the incident at the Ducheeratan (Du Chee Yar Tan) village tract in Maungdaw township of Rakhine/Arakan...
Press Release: ROHINGYA NEED SECURITY IN ARAKAN, URGENT HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION SOUGHT
(22 January 2014) Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) strongly condemns the organized killings with impunity of the Rohingya villagers of Du Chee Yar Tan (Kelaidong) in Maungdaw township of Rakhine/Arakan State in Burma since 13th January 2014. In...
Press Release: ARNO welcomes the UN General Assembly Resolution
(21 November 2013) Arakan Rohingya National Organisations welcomes the resolution of the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee adopted on Tuesday, 19 November 2013, urging the Burmese government to give the stateless Rohingya minority equal access to...
Waiting for the dividend
Despite hopes of a nationwide ceasefire agreement, the trust needed for lasting peace remains a long way off.
BY THE Salween river in the city of Hpa-an, on a patch of ground the size of a football pitch, the foundations are being dug out for a posh new hotel. This would not get much attention anywhere else in Myanmar. Scores of new hotels are going up in Yangon and Mandalay, the two biggest cities, to cater for an influx of tourists drawn by the country’s recent opening-up. In Hpa-an, however, it is big news.School Spotlight: Sun Prairie teachers help Myanmar educators
SUN PRAIRIE — Kathryn Fishnick said she has more empathy for her Horizon Elementary School students who are not native English speakers after taking a trip to Myanmar this summer to help evaluate the country’s educational system.
“We can talk to our students about putting yourself in other people’s shoes,” added Ali Armstrong, a school counselor and another participant on the trip.
Fishnick, a special education teacher, and Armstrong were two of four Horizon staff members who accompanied Thin Thin Rodgers, a Horizon parent and Burmese-English interpreter. Rodgers, a native of Myanmar, started the nonprofit group, Project Paramie, the trip sponsor. It’s named for a neighborhood in which she grew up.Press Release: Prime Minister David Cameron Should Press President Thein Sein to Stop Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
14/07/2013
Joint Statement by Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) and Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)
After decades of persecution, state sponsored deadly violence against the Rohingya and Kaman Muslims was carried out in Arakan in June and October 2012 that resulted in the killing of many thousands people, massive rape and large scale destruction of villages, homes and properties and displacement of about 150,000 Muslims. In addition the evidences of mass grave have been uncovered by the creditable human rights groups.
Nasaka- BGB flag meeting held in Cox’sbazar
A commander level flag meeting between Burma and Bangladesh was held at Cox’sbazar, a southern town of Bangladesh, where the issue of landmines was discussed in details, said an official report.
The Thursday event was a regular flag meeting between the Burmese force (Nasaka) and Bangladesh border security force (Border Guard Bangladesh) that took place at the headquarters of No 17 BGB at Cox’sbazar.
The 14 members Bangladesh delegation led by commander in charge of BGB No 17, Muhamad Nurul Islam discussed seriously with his Burmese counterpart colonel Aung Naing Oo, who too led 17 members Burmese delegation on the landmine issue those are allegedly planted by the Burmese armed forces.
The host delegation complained the Burmese authority that their armed forces had planted landmines along the border pillars no 37, 38, 39 and 40 with variation of distances from 70 to 100 yards.Joint Statement on the Official Report of the Rakhine (Arakan) Investigation Commission
Date: May 4, 2013
We the undersigned organizations reject the 186-page official report dated 22 April 2013 of the Arakan Investigation Commission as follows:
- The Rakhine Investigation Commission formed on 17 August 2012 by President Thein Sein included representatives from various religious and political parties and democracy groups except Rohingya representatives, who have been actual and potential victims of deadly violence and genocidal attacks. Haji U Nyunt Maung Shein and U Tin Maung Than, the two prominent Muslim leaders were purged from the Commission seeing that they were most insistent on the truth.
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