Arakan Army Extorts Rohingya, Imposes Tolls on Their Vehicles for Passage in Maungdaw Since July 22, the Arakan Army (AA), a separatist group, has been extorting money from vehicles owned by Rohingya passing through a stone-paved junction connecting the villages of Hla Phoe Khaung, Pyinphyu, and Kyaukhlaykhar in Maungdaw, Arakan State, western Myanmar. A motorcycle […]
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We are deeply saddened and alarmed to report another tragic incident of forced displacement carried out by the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State. A group of 70 Rohingya families nearly 200 innocent people from areas around Maungdaw, including Nait Ordil, Shwe Za, Monni Para, and Rohingya Para, were arrested and detained by the […]
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Mohsin Naqvi on 1st official visit to Bangladesh amid strengthening ties between the 2 countries Pakistan on Wednesday said it is “only issuing” passports to displaced members of the Rohingya community, not granting them citizenship, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. “We are not giving them citizenship. But we are giving them passports with a different […]
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Fortify Rights Accuses Arakan Army of Crimes Against Muslims Fortify Rights, a human rights organization that investigates human rights violations, has released a report alleging that members of the Arakan Army (AA) have committed crimes against Muslims in Rakhine State. According to the statement issued on July 23, Fortify Rights accuses AA members of abducting, […]
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Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft (F-7 BGI) crashed into a building inside the Milestone College campus at Diabari in the capital’s Uttara after experiencing a technical malfunction shortly after take-off, said ISPR. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this in a statement on Monday evening (July 21). “The aircraft had departed from the Bangladesh […]
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The agreement was signed this week by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam, according to a statement issued Friday by the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva. The Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations Human Rights Office have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
Continue ReadingThe Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) welcomes the Human Rights Council’s adoption of its latest resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Adopted without a vote, the resolution ratchets up pressure on the military junta. SAC-M now calls on the UN General Assembly to seize on this momentum […]
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Amid rising calls for justice and reconciliation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain affirms the government’s intent to identify and address implementation delays in the 1997 Peace Accord Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Saturday emphasized the government’s commitment to identifying and resolving the longstanding challenges that have stalled the […]
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The Arakan Army (AA) has detained at least ten Rohingya families and abducted a young child in Maungdaw, intensifying fear and distress within a community already struggling to survive under escalating repression. Local residents from Bantaubiin village confirmed that the detentions began in early June and have continued steadily, targeting families who had recently returned […]
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Investigation found a recent report by the International Crisis Group (ICG) which claimed that some Rohingya armed groups are recruiting members from refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to fight in Myanmar’s Rakhine State was “false and misleading.” In a statement to the press, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), rejected the allegations, […]
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