Arakan Rohingya National Council Condemns Buthidaung Massacre and Calls for Urgent International Investigation

Arakan Rohingya National Council Condemns Buthidaung Massacre and Calls for Urgent International Investigation

By Arakan News Agency | August 4, 2025

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) on Monday condemned a mass massacre perpetrated by the Arakan Army in the village of “Htan Shauk Kan” in Buthidaung township, Arakan State, western Myanmar, on May 2, 2024. It resulted in the death of more than 600 Rohingya, including children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

In a statement, the council said the victims were killed in brutal ways, with some executed in cold blood and others burned alive, emphasizing that these killings were systematic and deliberate.

The crime was described as additional evidence of a genocide campaign and crimes against humanity committed by the Arakan Army against the Rohingya, targeting those who remained in the village and could not flee.

Eyewitnesses reported that Arakan Army fighters accused the villagers of collaborating with the Myanmar Army, then executed them and burned their bodies in an attempt to erase the evidence. Photos and videos documenting the crime later emerged, including skeletal remains believed to belong to children and remnants of clothing.

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Arakan Army (AA)’s Massacre of Over 600 Rohingya in Htan Shauk Khan Village – Clear Evidence of Genocide and War Crimes

Arakan Army (AA)’s Massacre of Over 600 Rohingya in Htan Shauk Khan Village – Clear Evidence of Genocide and War Crimes

Date: August 4, 2025

Press Release

Arakan Army (AA)’s Massacre of Over 600 Rohingya in Htan Shauk Khan Village – Clear Evidence of Genocide and War Crimes

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) strongly condemns the massacre of over 600 Rohingya civilians perpetrated by the Arakan Army (AA) on May 2, 2024, in Htan Shauk Khan village (known as Hoinya Seeree) in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State of Myanmar. Eyewitness testimonies and newly surfaced photos provide horrifying evidence of the mass killing of entire families including children, pregnant women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. This atrocity is further proof of the AA’s ongoing campaign of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingya people.

This brutal massacre was not an isolated incident. It is part of a wider, systematic pattern of targeted violence, mass displacement, forced starvation, arbitrary detention, and destruction of Rohingya villages all carried out by AA with total impunity. Survivors have described how those unable or unwilling to flee the village were summarily executed by the AA, accused of being associated with the military, and burned with gasoline in an apparent attempt to destroy the evidence. The discovery of human remains including skeletons of children confirms these harrowing accounts.

Eyewitnesses, survivors, and rights organizations such as Fortify Rights have corroborated these reports and compiled documentation of hundreds of victims. These findings confirm what we have long asserted: the Arakan Army is perpetrating atrocities against the Rohingya population with deliberate intent and methodical genocide. Their refusal to investigate these crimes and their continued denial to let an investigation from outside has only strengthened the case for international intervention.

The ARNC reiterates its call for an immediate, independent investigation into this and other atrocities committed by the AA. The International Criminal Court (ICC) and other relevant international and regional bodies must act now to hold the perpetrators accountable. The longer the international community delays, the more complicit it becomes in these ongoing crimes. The silence and inaction of the global community, governments, institutions, and civil society have emboldened the perpetrators and contributed to the unfolding genocide against Rohingya in Arakan State.

No Justification for Persecution

There is no moral or legal justification for the Arakan Army’s genocide against Rohingya. Resistance to military oppression cannot come through committing genocide against a community which is not a party in the conflict. Genocide is genocide, no matter who commits it.

Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) will not rest until justice is done.

ARNC will not allow the truth to be buried.

ARNC will continue to pursue until those responsible are brought to Justice, as we believe, Justice ignored is injustice multiplied.

For more information, please contact:

  • Tun Khin: +44 78 8871 4866
  • Nay San Lwin: +49 176 6213 9138
  • Khairul Amin: +47 9 242 8989
Des groupes rohingyas accusent l’Armée d’Arakan de cibler des civils

Des groupes rohingyas accusent l’Armée d’Arakan de cibler des civils

By Islam Uddin | Anadolu Agency | July 31, 2025

– Le Conseil national rohingya d’Arakan appelle le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU à tenir l’Armée d’Arakan responsable de crimes contre l’humanité

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Une coalition d’organisations de défense des Rohingyas a accusé l’Armée d’Arakan de mener une série d’attaques violentes contre des civils rohingyas dans le nord de l’État d’Arakan (Rakhine), appelant le Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU à prendre des mesures immédiates pour tenir le groupe responsable de crimes contre l’humanité.

Le Conseil national rohingya d’Arakan (ARNC) a indiqué que près de 60 agriculteurs rohingyas ont été arrêtés sans avertissement le 25 juillet alors qu’ils travaillaient dans leurs champs à Buthidaung. Selon l’ARNC, l’Armée d’Arakan aurait ordonné aux gardes villageois de rester confinés pendant le transfert des détenus, faisant craindre des actes de torture ou des disparitions forcées.

« Leur sort et leur état de santé restent inconnus », a indiqué le groupe dans un communiqué.

L’ARNC a également signalé la mort d’un ancien détenu, Arshad, décédé au Bangladesh après avoir subi de graves tortures durant huit mois de détention par l’Armée d’Arakan. Dans un autre cas, le corps d’un homme rohingya a été retrouvé peu après que l’Armée d’Arakan ait affirmé qu’il s’était évadé.

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Military junta lifts emergency rules, paving way for elections

Military junta lifts emergency rules, paving way for elections

By TRT World | July 31, 2025

Myanmar’s military junta has decided not to extend the country’s state of emergency. Four years after the coup and an ongoing civil war, the junta has introduced a harsh new law for anyone found guilty of hampering December’s upcoming election. Nay San Lwin from the Arakan Rohingya National Council has more.