First Rohingya News Agency [Since 2001]
ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်မြောက်ပိုင်း မြေပုံပေါ်မှာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ၏ မြန်မာသတင်း အချက်အလက်စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှု ယူနစ် (MIMU)က ရိုဟင်ဂျာရွာတချို့ကို ဖျောက်ဖျက်ခြင်း၊ “ကုလား” ရွာများဟု ချိုးနှိမ်ခေါ်ဆိုခြင်းသည် မြန်မာအစိုးရအကြိုက်လုပ်နေသည်ဟု ရခိုင်ရိုဟင်ဂျာ အမျိုးသားအစည်းအရုံး (ARNO)က MIMU ကို အပြစ်တင်လိုက်သည်။
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has accused the UN’s Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) of pandering to Burmese government authorities in erasing Rohingya villages from maps of northern Rakhine State, and continuing to use the derogatory term “Ku Lar” in their labeling of Rohingya villages.
The village name circled reads “Min Gyi (Ku Lar)” from the Maungdaw township map accessed on 12 June, 2020 Continue reading “ARNO: UN panders to Burma’s GAD in erasing Rohingya villages from MIMU maps”
Approximately one year ago ARNO wrote an open letter to Mr. Knut Osby, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, to stop using the derogatory term “Ku Lar” to refer to Rohingya on maps produced by the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). The open letter also requested the United Nations apologize for the use of this derogatory term. The open letter to Mr. Osby can be found here:
Continue reading “ARNO Press Release: UN MIMU mapping continues to fail the Rohingya”
Maungdaw township authorities last week forbade displaced Rohingya villagers from resettling back in their original village of Bakaguna, Bakargonenah village tract, according to Halim, a human rights monitor from Maungdaw.
Continue reading “Township authorities forbid displaced Rohingya villagers from resettling in their original village in Maungdaw”The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) demanded the removal of the racist term “Ku Lar” from the UN’s Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) official maps of Northern Rakhine in an open letter to Mr. Knut Ostby, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar, dated May 2, 2019.
