Showing posts with label Arakan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arakan. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Fighting in Maungdaw: A Strategic Turning Point in Western Myanmar?
THE I DIPLOMAT
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
September 21, 2022
The return of conflict in northern Rakhine State has brought the Arakan Army’s goal of autonomy one step closer to fulfillment
On the morning of September 16, around two months after intensive clashes resumed between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military in northern Rakhine State, Bri. Gen. Dr. Nyo Twan Awng, the AA’s deputy commander in chief, shared a message to the Rakhine people through his social media accounts. The message described the return to war against the junta as “a final war and decisive war” for building “the state of the Arakan.”
The AA, the armed wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA), was formed by 26 Rakhine youths in April 2009 in Laiza, in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State, under the guidance of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). In early 2015, the AA moved to Rakhine and began engaging in clashes with the Myanmar military in Kyauktaw township and Paletwa township in neighboring Chin State. Fighting escalated late in 2018 and raged until just before the national election in November 2020.
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Monday, April 26, 2021
Chittagong port turns 134
Financial Express
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOLApril 25, 2021
CHATTOGRAM: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) turns 134 on Sunday. Like last year, the port will observe its founding in a simple manner tomorrow as the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is lashing the country since early this year.
The history of Chittagong Port, one of the oldest natural ports in the subcontinent, dates back to the 4th century BC, the area was called 'Shetgang' where Arab, Chinese, European and Turkish traders settled.
The Chittagong area, which is now Chattogram, has been a recorded seaport since the 4th century BC.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Thursday, September 10, 2020
OPINION - Arakan resistance assist Rohingya in their common quest for int'l accountability
AA
Maung Zarni
09.09.2020
Arakan Army/ULA emerging as an unseemly ally and collaborator of Rohingya victims seeking justice and a peaceful homeland
It is really welcome news for the Rohingya campaigning for justice and accountability that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reportedly brought to The Hague two Myanmar army deserters who could provide first-person accounts as perpetrators in the genocidal killings of Rohingya families, including women and babies.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
ARU report: No sign of peace, stability returning to Arakan
Dhaka Tribune
August 23rd, 2020
File Photo: Myanmar police officer stands guard in Maungdaw, Rakhine July 9, 2019. Photo taken on July 9, 2019 Reuters
Coronavirus has recently surged in Sittwe with new cases
There is no sign of peace and stability returning to Arakan any time soon, according to a report.
The Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) Report to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the situation on the ground in Arakan state, Myanmar, was submitted by ARU Director General Dr Wakar Uddin on Saturday.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
The Rohingya, Rising Asian Islamophobia and the Tenuous State of Muslim- Buddhist Relations in Contemporary Southeast Asia
OXFORD ISLAMIC ONLINE STUDIES
Asst. Prof. Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf
Lecturer and Director Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding College of Religious Studies Mahidol University
A Brief History of the Rohingya
I heard about the case of the Arakan Muslims some thirty years ago, when few people knew about them. The first ever well-documented information and research about the Rohingya, who were described as insurgents, was done by an Israeli diplomat named Moshe Yegar. Yegar was posted as the Second Secretary at the Israeli Embassy in Rangoon (Yangon) in 1960s. His two books, titled: Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar and The Muslims in Burma: A Study of a Minority Group, are indispensible in order to learn and research about the Rohingya and Muslims of Burma, both of whom have different historical trajectories (Yegar 1972).
Asst. Prof. Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf
Lecturer and Director Center for Buddhist-Muslim Understanding College of Religious Studies Mahidol University
A Brief History of the Rohingya
I heard about the case of the Arakan Muslims some thirty years ago, when few people knew about them. The first ever well-documented information and research about the Rohingya, who were described as insurgents, was done by an Israeli diplomat named Moshe Yegar. Yegar was posted as the Second Secretary at the Israeli Embassy in Rangoon (Yangon) in 1960s. His two books, titled: Between Integration and Secession: The Muslim Communities of the Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, and Western Burma/Myanmar and The Muslims in Burma: A Study of a Minority Group, are indispensible in order to learn and research about the Rohingya and Muslims of Burma, both of whom have different historical trajectories (Yegar 1972).
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Rohingya quest for safety and survival — Abu Ahmed Farid
malaymail
Thursday, 30 Apr 2020
Thursday, 30 Apr 2020
APRIL 30 — The Rohingya is an indigenous Muslim community in Arakan (renamed by the military as Rakhine state in 1974). Despite of being peace-loving and law-abiding people, they are not tolerated in Buddhist Burma/Myanmar.
They are oppressed and persecuted beyond one’s imagination based on their ethnicity, religion and appearance. This was done in order to rid Arakan of the Muslim population.
“The United Nations has described them as the world’s most persecuted minority in most danger of extinction.”
And UN Human Right Chief Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein said “The situation seems like a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.”
They are oppressed and persecuted beyond one’s imagination based on their ethnicity, religion and appearance. This was done in order to rid Arakan of the Muslim population.
“The United Nations has described them as the world’s most persecuted minority in most danger of extinction.”
And UN Human Right Chief Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein said “The situation seems like a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.”
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
CJ Werleman Renewed campaign to wipe out surviving Rohingya will be the most savage yet
TheNewArab
16th April 2019
16th April 2019
Rohingya refugees in a temporary settlement in 'no man's land' between Myanmar and Bangladesh [Getty]
Comment: There's growing evidence the
military junta in Myanmar is using its
ground offensive against separatists as
a pretext to 'clean out,' the remaining Rohingya,
writes CJ Werleman.
Last week, a Myanmar military helicopter attacked a Rohingya Muslim village in Rakhine state, leaving as many 30 dead and dozens more injured.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
‘Way of Rakhita’: dream or nightmare?
Opinion
“The Way of the Rakhita” – the Arakan Dream – doesn’t have a single definition, but its force as a unifying message among the Arakan people is powerful. Evoking memories of the once-great Arakanese Kingdom, Arakan Army General Twan Myat Naing’s appeal to Rakhita inspires the Arakanese in ways that Burmese calls for peace cannot. However, its power among the Arakanese might be the very reason the people of Myanmar’s Rakhine state will continue to suffer worse and worse violence in the years to come.
“The Way of the Rakhita” – the Arakan Dream – doesn’t have a single definition, but its force as a unifying message among the Arakan people is powerful. Evoking memories of the once-great Arakanese Kingdom, Arakan Army General Twan Myat Naing’s appeal to Rakhita inspires the Arakanese in ways that Burmese calls for peace cannot. However, its power among the Arakanese might be the very reason the people of Myanmar’s Rakhine state will continue to suffer worse and worse violence in the years to come.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Amnesty: Myanmar army ops target Rakhine state.
5,200 men, women, children displaced due to ongoing fighting by Jan. 28, according to human rights group citing UN figures.
11.02.2019
By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON
Myanmar security forces have shelled villages and blocked civilians from accessing food and humanitarian assistance in western Rakhine state since early 2019, a rights groups said Monday.
“Security forces have also used vague and repressive laws to detain civilians in the area,” according to the Amnesty International report based on fresh evidence on ongoing military operations.
“Security forces have also used vague and repressive laws to detain civilians in the area,” according to the Amnesty International report based on fresh evidence on ongoing military operations.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Rohingya Activists Share Stories of Community's Plight.
Fars News Agency
Sun Feb 10, 2019
TEHRAN (FNA)- Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide; The words
used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening
to them at the hands of Myanmar's military forces.
"Some may think that by leaving a repressive, genocidal regime, Rohingya will be free," Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya activist, said, Anadolu news agency reported.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Hundreds of Arakanese, Chin Flee to Bangladesh as Army, AA Clash in Paletwa
The Irrawaddy
By Moe Myint ,6 February 2019
A separate group of displaced Arakanese and ethnic Chin trek to
safety in Bangladesh’s Bandarban District in recent days. / Ko Ko Marma /
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YANGON—About 250 newly displaced Arakanese and ethnic Chin from Chin State’s Paletwa Township were driven from their homes into neighboring Bangladesh last week by fierce fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA). Some of the children in the group are reportedly gravely ill as the refugees lack food, clothing and shelter in the area’s cold conditions, a rights worker said.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Myanmar / Why Tatmadaw attempts to ‘crush’ the Arakan Army will ‘backfire’
By: Thomas Brent - Posted on: January 15, 2019 | Current Affairs
The Arakan Army was formed just under ten years ago but has quickly grown into a fierce military force in Myanmar. Its latest attacks, which fell on the country’s Independence Day, prompted an unprecedented response from Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, whose office ordered the state army to “crush” the insurgency group. But what will a crackdown achieve and why has the government called for it?
As 2019 took its first tentative steps, Myanmar set about celebrating its 71st anniversary of its independence from British rule. On 4 January, in Maha Bandula Park in Yangon, the sound of sporting events and fun fairs filled the air. In the Buthidaung township in northern Rakhine state, it was the sound of bullets that stamped a bloody mark on the calendar.
Court indicts four Arakan youths in slaying of Tatmadaw corporal
NAW BETTY HAN 16 JAN 2019
The Sittwe Court has charged four youths with the murder of a soldier in Rakhine State, a lawyer for the accused said.
The court indicted the suspects on Monday in the killing of Corporal Phoe Lone, lawyer U Tun Aung Kyaw said.
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