Rohingya Repatriation: Many twists and turns but no solution in sight yet
- There are over a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, including the latest batch of 800,000 that came after August 25, 2017 and the 250,000 that arrived since the first exodus of mid-1990s. As Myanmar nationals, the Rohingya Muslims have historically faced...
Bangladesh police “rescue” dozens of Rohingya being…
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, May 14 – Bangladeshi police prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities said on Tuesday. Traffickers had picked up at least 69 Rohingya from refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar...
Rohingya and Burmese Muslim groups urge EU and others to act on UN call to sanction military-linked businesses in Myanmar
21 May 2019 The UN Fact Finding Mission last week issued a statement urging the international community to financially isolate Myanmar’s military for its involvement in the genocidal campaign against the Rohingya people. It made clear that the Government of Myanmar...
Demanding the removal of racist term “Ku Lar” from UN’s official Myanmar maps of Northern Rakhine State
Date: 2 May 2019 Open Letter to Mr. Knut Osby, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Subject: Demanding the removal of racist term “Ku Lar” from UN’s official Myanmar maps of Northern Rakhine State Dear Mr. Osby, We are shocked to learn in the UN’s...
Jewish groups praise bill to sanction Burma for persecution of Rohingya Muslims
JTA — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people. The legislation calls for the United States to take a number of measures in response to the violence...
Burma and Bangladesh – Regional Crisis Response Fact Sheet #3, Fiscal Year (FY) 2019
HIGHLIGHTS Conflict between the AA and Government of Burma forces causes further displacement in northern Rakhine and parts of ChinUSAID/OFDA partners enhance cyclone preparedness in Cox’s Bazar through rehabilitation of 60 cyclone sheltersUSG announces nearly $46...
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Press Release: How Long You Lie To Deny Rohingya Existence
Press release 15 October 2017
We strongly condemn the remarks of Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to American Ambassador Scot Marciel.
On 11 October the General said, “Rohingya are Bengali. The Bengalis were not taken into the country by Myanmar but by the colonialists. British colonialists were responsible for the problem. Their native place is really Bengal. They might have fled to the other country (Bangladesh) with the same language, race and culture as theirs, assuming they would be safer there. They are not the natives and the records prove that they were not even called Rohingya but just Bengalis during the colonial period.”
Press Release: Repatriation proposal is trickery, Myanmar authorities are not trustworthy
Press release 5 October 2017
During recent weeks more than half a million Rohingya refugees have taken refuge in Bangladesh due to genocide by Suu Kyi-army regime in Myanmar.
The governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed, on 2nd October, to work on a repatriation plan. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said that verified refugees will be accepted. But the question is how the terrified and traumatized refugees would be repatriated to Arakan/Rakhine State where they experienced, witnessed and fled the genocidal brutality of Myanmar troops, Rakhine terrorists and other vigilantes. Despite assurance by the Myanmar government the violence and brutality continue. There were arson attacks on Quarter No.5 of Maungdaw town even today.
Press Release: Aung San Suu Kyi’s disingenuous speech fails to address Rohingya genocide
Press release 21 September 2017
The Rohingya people are outraged by the highly contentious and ambiguous speech of the Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered before the diplomatic community on 19 September in Naypyidaw. She made numerous disingenuous excuses that fail to address the crisis, the untold sufferings of the Rohingya people, that the U.N stated a “textbook case of ethnic cleansing.”
Joint Press Release: ICC declines to protect Stateless Rohingya from Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
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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UNHCR appeals for dialogue, confidence-building following recent IDP violence in Myanmar
Report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees
This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva.
Violent clashes between displaced Muslims and security forces in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last Friday have left one man dead and about 10 people injured. UNHCR is reiterating its call for peaceful dialogue and confidence building between the IDPs and Government. We believe this is key to avoiding further violence.Rohingya Library
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Press Release:SPDC should postpone it sham referendum
(8 May 2008)
We express our deep concern that cyclone Nargis is an unprecedented disaster that had left hundreds of thousands of Burmese people dead, homeless and missing. Due to lack of press freedom, the extent of sufferings in terms of human and material losses could not be ascertained yet. However, at least 100,000 people are confirmed to be dead while 45,000 missing. It affected nearly 50% of the Burma’s 55 million population. Irrawaddy region is the worst hit area.
Statement on the SPDCs referendum
29th February 2008
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the State Peace and Development Council for its announcement of 1/2008, 2/2008, and 3/2008 about holding of referendum on its draft constitution in May 2008.
Press Release: ARNO condemns the assassination of KNU leader Padoh Mahn Sha
14 February 2008We at Arakan Rohingya Organisation (ARNO) are shocked and saddened at the assassination of Padoh Mahn Sha, the General Secretary of the Karen National Union (KNU) at his home in the border town of Maesod, Thailand. It is no doubt, the murder was...
Press release : Facts about Arakan Rohingya National Organisation
This statement is made in response to press release dated 18/10/2007 issued by Mr. Ahmedur Rahman from Norway, in the ambiguous name of CRDB, intending to tarnish the image of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) and its leadership.
ARNO statement on the SPDCs violence against revered monks and people
Date: 28th September 2007
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the SPDC’s brutal crackdown against unarmed peaceful demonstrators and urges the international community to take concerted and tougher action to stop the regime from further committing crimes against humanity against the people of Burma.
Statement of ARNO on the Policy Statement of ANC on the Peoples of Arakan
Dated: 18th September 2007
(1) Arakan is a multicultural society with a population of diverse ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious identities. All its peoples are broadly called ‘Arakanese’, irrespective of their language, race, culture and religion. But unknown is the word ‘Arakan’ for its people.
ARNO condemns the arrest of peaceful demonstrators protesting massive fuel price hike in Burma
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) strongly condemns the arrest and detention by SPDC, of prominent students leaders and other activists for their peaceful expression of concern over the sudden massive fuel price hike that has led to the rise in all essential commodities.
Statement of ARNO on the paper The Rohingya and Rakhaing by Dr. Aye Kyaw
1. We express our serious concern about Dr. Aye Kayw’s paper, “The Rohingya and Rakhaing. Even the right-minded Rakhaings feel concerned about his deep hatred towards Rohingya. His definition of the name “Rohingya” is his own making, which has neither a link with a meaning to Bengali literature nor to Rakhaing language.
Statement of ARNO on the 19th anniversary of 8/8/1988
08 August 2007
Today marks a historical landmark for the democracy movement in Burma. 19 years ago, on 8th August 1988 the countrywide uprising occurred to protest against human rights abuses and autocratic rule. It is a movement demanding democracy, respect for human rights and freedoms in Burma. On the other hand, it is a demonstration of popular disgust at the military rule or one party dictatorship. In response to this peaceful demonstration, the military started a massacre killing at least 10,000 people across the country.
Statement of the Arakan-Burma Research Institute
The prolonged military rule in Burma has worsened human rights situation leading to the exodus of hundreds of thousands of minorities, especially the Rohingya Muslims, who have been declared ‘stateless’ with the 1982 Citizenship Act. Many of these refugees now live in various parts of the world, including Japan.
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