The United Nations’ Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) released the Myanmar-language version of its July 14 report titled New Atrocity Incidents and New Investigative Avenues in Rakhine on August 13. The IIMM stated that it is investigating and gathering evidence on crimes being committed against both Rakhine Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine State. According […]
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The Global Khumi Organization (GKO) and the Global Khumi Youth Association (GKYA) issued a joint statement on August 12, 2025, strongly opposing the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army’s (ULA/AA) official announcement that Paletwa Township in Chin State has been incorporated as a district of Rakhine State. At the 10th ULA/AA press conference on August 11, […]
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In Kyauktaw Township’s Aung Bar Yi, A Pauk Wa, Guppi Taung, Ywa Nya, and Pauk Taw Palaung villages of Rakhine State, the Arakan Army (AA) has appointed representatives who are involved in trafficking members of the Rohingya minority, according to local reports received by WSnews24.com on the morning of August 11, 2025. It is reported […]
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Malaysia will head a regional delegation to Myanmar to push for peace and humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told Bangladesh’s visiting interim head Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday. Bangladesh shelters more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in camps in its southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee […]
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The Rohingyas, who have taken shelter in Bangladesh, currently have no legal means of obtaining SIM cards. However, many of them already possess SIMs from various Bangladeshi and Myanmar mobile operators, raising security concerns for the government. In this context, the interim government is considering granting the Rohingya community legal access to SIM cards, relevant […]
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One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged regions has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after U.S. aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said on Tuesday (August 12, 2025). Western Rakhine State has seen some of the most intense fighting in Myanmar’s many-sided civil conflict, which was […]
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The Arakan Army (AA) has launched an aggressive campaign to seize control of Maungdaw, Myanmar, displacing tens of thousands of Rohingya under the pretext of civilian protection. Forced evacuations have caused shortages of food, clean water and healthcare. Hundreds of Rohingya have been killed. Rohingya men have been forcibly conscripted into both the Arakan and Myanmar Armies. […]
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The Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic armed group operating in western Myanmar’s Arakan State, is facing growing condemnation for a string of grave abuses against the Rohingya community, including arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, and possible extrajudicial killing. Local sources reported that the AA detained at least 70 Rohingya civilians over the past week in […]
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For the Rohingya people, August 5 is no longer just a date—it is a painful symbol of a genocide that refuses to end. While August 25, 2017, is widely recognized as the beginning of Myanmar’s systematic campaign of violence, many Rohingya now mark August 5, 2024, as a Black Day—a reminder of the atrocities that […]
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ByAhtaram Shin The “Arakan Army” (AA) has long portrayed itself as a liberation force fighting against Myanmar’s military junta, but the reality is far darker. While the junta’s atrocities against the Rohingya, Rakhine people act as paramilitary are well-documented, the AA’s actions reveal an even more insidious threat—one that not only perpetuates violence but ensures […]
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