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

Date: July 31, 2025

News Release 

Latest Crackdown on Rohingya by Arakan Army (AA) – ARNC Calls for Urgent Actions

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) condemns atrocities committed by Arakan Army against Rohingya in northern Arakan.  In one incident, AA’s arrest of Rohingya civilians as reported by Arakan Now on July 28, 2025. Nearly 60 Rohingya farmers were detained on July 25 while working on their own farmland in Sein Hnyin Pyar and Tha Peik Taung villages in Buthidaung Township. The AA provided no prior warning or reason for the arrests.

According to eyewitnesses, detainees included at least four members from a single family. They were initially held in Kyauk Sar Taing, an AA-controlled village, and later transferred to an unknown location believed to be near Buthidaung town. Their current whereabouts and condition remain unknown. Village guards were reportedly ordered to remain indoors during the detainees’ transfer, adding to fears of torture or enforced disappearance.

A resident from Sein Hnyin Pyar said, “They didn’t inform us not to go to the farms. If they told us, we would have followed. We are even paying monthly taxes to AA for using our own farmland.”

 Arshad, a 22-year-old Rohingya youth from Buthidaung, was detained by the Arakan Army for eight months, from May 29, 2024, to December 2024. During his detention, he was reportedly subjected to severe torture and given an injection that caused the decomposition of his flesh and bones, as investigated by the ARNC. He tragically passed away on July 26, 2025, in Bangladesh.

In a recent report by Arakan Now, a resident of Buthidaung described the dire situation in the region:

“Most people are starving. Some even beg from others. There’s no work, no opportunities, no hope. We are forced to pay 50,000 MMK every month as labor and village guard fees. If we don’t pay, we’re punished. But we can’t even afford one meal a day. How are we supposed to survive?”

In another harrowing incident, the body of Shunamia, a 35-year-old Rohingya man, was found near a Rakhine village after being detained by the Arakan Army (AA) for nearly two weeks in Pauktaw Township. Arrested on July 15 by AA later claimed that he had escaped. His body was discovered the next day under suspicious circumstances. Community leaders have been denied permission to recover the body.

These are only a few incidents among numerous other atrocities that highlight the AA’s use of mass detention, economic coercion, arbitrary killings and fear tactics to dominate and displace Rohingya populations.

Forced displacement is another brutal tactic AA is using to ethnically cleanse Rohingya from their ancestral homeland in Arakan. Facing relentless violence, intimidation, and deprivation, thousands of Rohingya are left with no choice but to flee. Many embark on perilous journeys across treacherous seas and rivers to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, often in overcrowded, unsafe boats. Tragically, hundreds have drowned or gone missing during these desperate voyages further proof of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding as a direct result of AA’s campaign of terror and expulsion.

One of the deadliest tragedies occurred on May 10, 2025, when two motorboats carrying 507 Rohingya capsized while fleeing Arakan Army violence in the Mayu frontier region. The first boat, with 267 people, sank off Pine La Wae in Ye Township only 66 survived. The second boat, intercepted near the Tanintharyi coast with 240 on board, left just 21 survivors. According to survivors, both boats were deliberately pursued and endangered by AA forces, whose actions directly led to the disaster. The few who survived were initially supported by Rohingya networks but were later imprisoned by Myanmar authorities in Mawlamyine and Yangon.

Returned Family Re-flees to Bangladesh After AA Torture

In a parallel development, a five-member Rohingya family that had voluntarily returned from Bangladesh to Maungdaw earlier this month has fled back to the refugee camps after facing torture, extortion, and threats from the AA. The family, originally from Camp 12 in Cox’s Bazar and registered with UNHCR, crossed back over the Naf River on July 25 after the AA raided their home, tortured relatives, and issued a 50-lakh kyat extortion demand in the father’s name.

Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman confirmed the family’s return and cited torture and threats from the AA as the cause. These back-to-back developments are part of an intensifying campaign of terror, ethnic cleansing, and forced displacement carried out by the Arakan Army in northern Arakan.

Broader Pattern of Atrocities Confirmed by Rights Groups

Recent reports by Human Rights Watch (July 28, 2025) and Fortify Rights (July 23, 2025) corroborate these accounts, detailing:

• Arbitrary detentions, torture, and disappearances
• Forced recruitment of children and civilians used as human shields
• Systematic extortion, looting, and desecration of graveyards
• Apartheid-style restrictions on movement, religious practice, and basic rights
• Economic exploitation through discriminatory taxation and forced payments

Since the AA gained control of much of northern Rakhine, more than 2,500 Rohingya have been killed, over 150,000 forced to flee to Bangladesh, and basic humanitarian services cut off entirely. Villages are now subjected to unbearable tax burdens on everything from tents and boats to farmland and fishing nets. Education has become inaccessible for Rohingya children.

“Entire Rohingya communities are being driven to destitution and despair under the Arakan Army’s ethnic cleansing policies. The situation of Rohingya today is worse than ever,” said an ARNC spokesperson. “The situation resembles an open-air prison abuse, extortion, and fear dominate daily life.”

ARNC’s Urgent Demands

In light of the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar military’s escalating atrocities against the Rohingya people, the Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) issues the following urgent calls to the international community:

1. UN Security Council Action on ICJ Provisional Measures Violations

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must urgently convene a special session to address the ongoing and coordinated violations of International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) binding provisional measures by Myanmar´s military and AA. Both actors continue to breach the Court’s orders through systematic persecution of the Rohingya.

2. Hold the Arakan Army Accountable for Crimes

The UNSC must formally recognize the Arakan Army’s responsibility for genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya population in Arakan State, and hold its leadership accountable under international law.

3. Disrupt Illicit Arms and Financing Channels

Take immediate measures to prevent the flow of illicit arms and financial resources to the Arakan Army (AA), the United League of Arakan (ULA), and their affiliated networks. These weapons are used in gross human rights violations against the Rohingya.

4. Impose Targeted Sanctions

Impose coordinated, targeted sanctions on the AA/ULA leadership and supporters for serious violations of international law, including forced displacement, land grabbing, incommunicado detention, torture, and collective punishment of Rohingya civilians.

5. Launch a UN-Mandated International Investigation

Establish an international investigative mechanism under UN auspices to document, verify, and expose the full range of crimes committed by the AA/ULA and military against the Rohingya, including enforced disappearances, forced labor, child recruitment, and destruction of villages.

6. Expand International Criminal Prosecutions

Broaden the scope of existing international legal proceedings, including at the International Criminal Court (ICC), to ensure accountability for all war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Arakan Army and its affiliates.

7. Extend ICJ Provisional Measures to Non-State Actors

Urge the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to formally interpret and apply its provisional measures in The Gambia v. Myanmar to cover non-state armed actors such as the Arakan Army, which plays an active and direct role in the destruction of the Rohingya people.

8. Condition All Engagement with the AA/ULA

All diplomatic, humanitarian, and financial engagement with the AA/ULA must be strictly conditional upon:

• Immediate release of arbitrarily detained Rohingya
• Cessation of forced labor, child soldier recruitment, and movement restrictions
• Return of confiscated land and full respect for religious and cultural rights
• Safe and dignified return of internally displaced Rohingya to their homes
• Unhindered humanitarian access to all affected areas

9. Combat the AA–Military Drug Nexus

Take urgent international action to investigate and dismantle the Arakan Army and Myanmar military’s joint narcotics operations, which are flooding neighbouring countries and beyond with billions of methamphetamine tablets annually. Despite hostilities in Arakan, the two forces remain partners in the regional drug trade and in persecuting the Rohingya. This criminal enterprise poses a global threat to youth and public health.

No Justification for Persecution

The crimes of the Arakan Army must not be overlooked in the name of ethnic resistance. Oppression is oppression regardless of who commits it. The Rohingya cannot afford another generation lost to genocide, abuse, and impunity.

ARNC thanks Human Rights Watch, Fortify Rights, and grassroots Rohingya voices for documenting these ongoing atrocities.

We call on the global community to stop the silence and stop the slaughter of Rohingya in Arakan.

For more information, please contact:

• Tun Khin: +44 78 8871 4866
• Nay San Lwin: +49 176 6213 9138
• Khairul Amin: +47 9 242 8989

Date: July 24, 2025

Press Release

Welcoming the Fortify Rights Report on Arakan Army Abuses Against Rohingya

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) welcomes the release of the July 23, 2025, report by Fortify Rights, which courageously and thoroughly documents grave human rights violations and war crimes committed by the Arakan Army (AA) against Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State (Arakan), Myanmar.

The report’s findings based on survivor testimonies, photographic evidence, and documented patterns of abuse reveal a harrowing reality of abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings of Rohingya civilians at the hands of the Arakan Army. These atrocities, committed in villages and detention centres under AA control, are not isolated incidents but part of a systematic campaign of terror and persecution.

The ARNC fully supports the call by Fortify Rights for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute members of the Arakan Army responsible for these crimes. The ICC’s jurisdiction over crimes against the Rohingya established in 2018 must now extend to all perpetrators, including non-state armed actors like the AA, who have participated in and perpetuated violence against our people.

We also remind the international community that the Rohingya have suffered multiple waves of mass atrocities, including the genocidal campaign of 2016–2017 led by the Myanmar military and supported by extremist elements among the ethnic Rakhine community. Today, the abuse continues under a different banner, but with similar impunity and brutality.

It is imperative that all those who commit atrocities regardless of their ethnic background, political agenda, or military objectives face international justice.

The ARNC reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful, just, and inclusive future in Arakan where the rights of all communities are protected under the rule of law. We urge international bodies, governments, and civil society to take urgent action to ensure that justice is served and that these crimes are not repeated or forgotten.

Justice for Rohingya cannot wait. Silence and inaction will only embolden further atrocities!

For more information, please contact:

Tun Khin: +44 78 8871 4866 | Nay San Lwin: +49 176 6213 9138 | Khairul Amin: +47 9 242 8989

Date: July 23, 2025

Press Release

ARNC’s Rebuttal to Crisis Group Report on Unsubstantiated Allegations Against Rohingya in Bangladesh and Arakan State

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) strongly condemns the International Crisis Group’s Asia Report No. 348, released on 18 June 2025. This report presents a deeply flawed and concocted narrative that vilifies the Rohingya community, while lending legitimacy to the abuses and atrocities committed by the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State.

By emphasizing concerns around “militant recruitment” and “insurgency risks,” the report diverts attention from the root causes of the crisis. It fails to acknowledge that the Rohingya are a people who have been rendered de facto stateless and subjected to decades of systematic persecution, forced displacement, and genocidal violence.

Rather than engaging with this historical and political context, the ICG recycles harmful and outdated tropes that cast Rohingya peaceful efforts in a negative light. Simultaneously, it portrays the Arakan Army as a legitimate governance actor, ignoring growing evidence of its involvement in serious human rights violations. This framing not only distorts the historical record but also emboldens actors who continue to repress the Rohingya and obstructs any meaningful progress toward a just and lasting resolution.

The persecution of the Rohingya did not begin in 2017. It is rather the result of a long and deliberate history of exclusion and violence carried out by successive Burmese regimes. Since the military coup in 1962 and the adoption of the “Burmese Way to Socialism,” the Rohingya have been systematically targeted. The 1982 Citizenship Law effectively stripped them of legal recognition, while state-led campaigns of forced expulsion occurred in 1978, 1991–1992, and again in 2016–2017.

Each of these campaigns was marked by widespread destruction, arbitrary arrests, sexual violence, and extrajudicial killings. These repeated patterns culminated in the 2017 genocide, during which nearly a million Rohingya were forced to flee to Bangladesh. This was not a spontaneous breakdown of order but a calculated effort by the state to permanently alter the demographics of Arakan State.

The Arakan Army is not a neutral actor nor a liberating force, as its conduct in northern Rakhine State demonstrates a clear and consistent pattern of abuse. AA has displaced entire Rohingya communities, burned their villages, and is responsible for the killing of more than 2,500 innocent Rohingya civilians. These actions closely mirror the tactics used by the Burmese military during the 2017 atrocities.

Despite its growing territorial control, the Arakan Army has not established a framework for inclusive governance. Instead, it has reproduced exclusionary structures, restricted humanitarian access, and fostered a climate of fear among Rohingya communities. The ICG report fails to address these critical realities, instead granting the AA a free pass while placing undue blame on Rohingya refugees and their fragmented leadership for the lack of peace in the region. This perfectly fits the ‘victim blaming’ game.

This is not merely a misreading of the situation, but a dangerous distortion that risks laying the groundwork for a renewed wave of repression, this time under a different flag.

1. Misrepresentation of Rohingya Armed Groups and Community Sentiment

ICG Claim:
Rohingya armed groups are coercing refugees into joining, using religious rhetoric, and recruiting thousands of fighters for an insurgency.

Rebuttal:

• The Crisis Group fails to acknowledge the desperation caused by years of inaction by the international community and repeated human rights violations in Rakhine State.
• Rohingya youth are driven to mobilize not because of religious extremism, but due to the total absence of political avenues and justice for past atrocities.
• The so-called “recruitment” is exaggerated and selectively framed. The vast majority of Rohingya refugees oppose violent confrontation and prefer peaceful, voluntary return to their homeland with rights to citizenship restored.
• The ICG uses religious framing (“jihad”, “non-believers”) to create an impression of radicalism, which aligns dangerously with long-standing attempts to brand Rohingya as extremists, a tactic used by both the Myanmar regime and some Rakhine nationalist groups. In the meantime, ICG NEVER mentioned a word about Rakhine extremism, evidence of which can be found simply by googling.
• ARNC has conducted a thorough investigation on the ground and found no trace of such allegation. We therefore say that this is a blatant distortion of the truth to undermine the heard earned harmony achieved in the camps.

2. Legitimizing the Arakan Army While Downplaying Its Atrocities

ICG Claim:
The Arakan Army (AA) is emerging as a legitimate governing force and must be engaged diplomatically.

Rebuttal:

• The report glosses over documented war crimes by the AA against Rohingya civilians, including the torching of villages in Buthidaung in May 2024 also other places across Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung, extrajudicial killings, forced displacements, and arbitrary arrests and other uncountable crimes.
• It wrongly portrays AA as a potential “inclusive” governance actor, despite widespread Rohingya testimonies detailing ongoing harassment and racial exclusion under AA control.
• Many Rohingya still in Rakhine report that life under the AA is not improving over the Myanmar military’s oppression rather worsening and the influx of more than 200 000 fresh Rohingya into Bangladesh is a clear evidence to this reality. Drowning of hundreds of Rohingya in the sea on their way to safety in neighbouring countries is another well-known reality to the world. These voices are largely absent from the ICG narrative because the group want to lure the world into their hypocrisy.

3. Blaming Bangladesh and Security Agencies

ICG Claim:
Bangladeshi security agencies are covertly supporting Rohingya armed groups, thus endangering diplomatic engagement with the AA.

Rebuttal:

• Bangladesh is bearing a disproportionate burden of hosting over a million refugees with little to no international support and declining humanitarian funding.
• The Crisis Group’s insinuation of a “hidden agenda” by Bangladesh undermines the country’s consistent call for voluntary return and stability in Arakan.
• Rather than blaming Bangladesh, more focus should be on international failure to hold the Myanmar junta and AA accountable or support a political settlement.

4. The False Dichotomy: Rohingya vs. Arakan Army

ICG Claim:
Rohingya insurgency would derail prospects of repatriation and ruin relations between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.

Rebuttal:

• This claim implies Rohingya must choose between submission or exile. It ignores the fundamental issue: Rohingya were violently expelled, and their repatriation is obstructed by both the Myanmar regime and now increasingly the AA.
• There is already deep intercommunal division stemming from 2012 and 2017 massacres. Without justice and truth-telling, peace is impossible not because of Rohingya resistance, but because of unaddressed structural violence.
• The AA has not offered any roadmap for inclusive, dignified return and return of property to Rohingya refugees. Reconciliation requires concrete rights, not only rhetoric.

5. Dismissing Civilian Rohingya Leadership and Fabricating Consent

ICG Claim:
The camps are dominated by armed groups; civilian leaders are absent or co-opted.

 Rebuttal:

• Civilian leaders have been systematically undermined or even assassinated not by Rohingya communities, but often as a result of failure of the international community and UN agencies to ensure their safety.
• Despite this, Rohingya civil society remains active and committed to peaceful solutions, but they are sidelined in most diplomatic processes, including in this report. ARNC aims to change this pattern.

6. Delegitimizing the Rohingya Cause Through “Extremist” Labels

ICG Claim:
The Rohingya are at risk of being viewed as enemies of the Myanmar public by fighting the Arakan Army.

Rebuttal:

• This claim implies Rohingya must stay silent even when under attack, in order to win favor from Myanmar’s ethnic majority.
• The same logic was used to justify inaction after the 2017 genocide when Rohingya were told not to antagonize the state or military.
• Holding the Rohingya responsible for their own marginalization is both unethical and politically manipulation.

7. Aid Cuts and External Failures Are Left Unaccountable

ICG Claim:

Dwindling aid is increasing desperation, but donors must tread carefully to avoid enabling armed groups.

Rebuttal:

• The report fails to indicate the root causes of aid cuts: the global North’s shifting priorities, political fatigue, and shrinking humanitarian space.
• Armed groups thrive not because of donor engagement but because of donor absence, refugee hopelessness, and the failure of political accountability mechanisms. However. Rohingyas are peace loving people and prefer peaceful and amicable solution.

8. Recommendations Tilt Toward Containment, Not Solutions

ICG’s Recommendations:

Limit Rohingya influence in camps, avoid armed mobilization, engage Arakan Army, encourage cross-border trade.

Rebuttal:

• These measures aim more at pacification than justice. They prioritize regional diplomacy over restoring Rohingya rights, dignity, and citizenship.
• Instead, the international community should:
  a. Demand immediate accountability for crimes by the Arakan Army and Myanmar military.
  b. Support inclusive Rohingya representation in political processes.
  c. Recognize the root cause: the denial of Rohingya identity, rights, and land.
  d. Restore humanitarian aid without conditions that pressure refugees into silence or submission.

Conclusion and ARNC’s Demand

The International Crisis Group report does not reflect the reality of the Rohingya people’s lives. The group manipulates and distorts reality in accordance with misinformation fed by the hostile elements and spies of the AA and Burmese military. We are also doubtful of whether ICG itself has exaggerated the matter to prevent the return of Rohingya to their ancestral land and sabotage the opportunity of peaceful coexistence. ICG have not provided any tangible evidence to substantiate its claims. Today we are living in the 21st century and people cannot be fooled by mere statements made with ulterior motives. ICG is playing the card of false regional fears while downplaying structural injustice towards Rohingya people. They should instead call for decolonization, restoring dignity, and ensuring safe, voluntary, and dignified return to their motherland with international oversight.

ARNC strongly demand ICG to immediately withdraw its false and fictional report named “The Danger of Rohingya Insurgency” and rectify wrongdoing.

For more information, please contact:

• Tun Khin: +44 78 8871 4866 (United Kingdom)
• Nay San Lwin: +49 176 6213 9138 (Germany)
• Kamal Hussein: +880 1844 877939 (Bangladesh)
• Mohammed Furkan: +880 1854 849809 (Bangladesh)
• Khairul Amin: +47 9 242 8989 (Norway)
• Dr. Abdul Hamid: +1 (414) 335 2835 (United States)
• Anwar Arkani: +1 (519) 781 3800 (Canada)
• Shamsul Sann Yu: +61 414 713 212 (New Zealand)

Date: July 13, 2025

Press Release

Declaration of the Launch of the Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC)

In a historic and long-anticipated development, Rohingya leaders from around the world have officially launched the Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC). This new political body marks a major milestone in the Rohingya people’s struggle for rights, recognition, and political representation. The ARNC stands as the most inclusive and unified platform ever formed to represent Rohingya communities, inside Myanmar, in the refugee camps and globally.

The Council emerged from nearly two years of strategic consultations involving leading Rohingya political figures, activists, community representatives, representatives from the camps and diaspora organizations. These quiet but determined efforts took place across several countries. The goal was to overcome decades of division and fragmentation and establish a unified political voice capable of advancing the collective aspirations of the Rohingya people. This vision has now become a reality.

The ARNC brings together a broad coalition of Rohingya stakeholders including representatives from inside Myanmar, majority of the leaders from refugee camps, and the majority members of the global diaspora. It consists of 40 Central Executive Committee (CEC) members and 60 Central Committee (CC) members, ensuring broad-based participation, coordination, and grassroots legitimacy. Delegates hail from nearly every township of Arakan, reinforcing the Council’s representative strength. The council is committed to continuously enlarge its executive bodies and expand its outreach to ensure greater inclusion, cooperation and collaboration across the Rohingya community.

The Council’s formation responds to decades of systematic exclusion, persecution, and efforts to erase Rohingya identity. These injustices culminated in the genocide of 2017, perpetrated by the Burmese military regime and aided by extremist elements. Today, the Arakan Army (AA) has seized control of much of Arakan and continued these brutal practices, displacing and targeting Rohingya civilians through widespread violence, mass killings, and destruction.

The situation is deteriorating rapidly. Last year, the AA has burned large parts of Buthidaung town, looted Rohingya homes, and destroyed dozens of villages in both Buthidaung and Maungdaw. Reports confirm that Rohingya civilians are being extorted, displaced, and stripped of all property. Nearly 150,000 have fled to Bangladesh, while thousands more have risked their lives in dangerous voyage across seas and borders. The AA is estimated to have killed more than 2,500 Rohingya since seizing control. Those who remain alive, live in fear without food, safety and freedom.

What is unfolding in Arakan State under the Arakan Army is nothing short of a calculated and systematic genocide. Rohingya people are being deliberately pushed to the edge and stripped of everything. They are not just facing a humanitarian crisis but also an existential threat. ARNC calls on the international community to act with urgency and moral clarity.

The Mission of the ARNC is to:

1. Serve as the unified political voice of the Rohingya.
2. Reclaim and protect the Rohingya’s indigenous identity and rightful citizenship in Arakan State, Myanmar.
3. Advocate for a safe, dignified, and just return of Rohingya refugees to their ancestral homes with full legal rights, security guarantees, and international oversight.
4. Engage in dialogue on the future federal structure of Myanmar, including with all the stake-holders such as Rakhine community leaders, Myanmar’s democratic forces, Arakan Army, etc. 
5. Address and oppose the campaign of Rohingya erasure and genocide being carried out by Burmese military and Arakan Army.
6. Represent the Rohingya people in international forums such as the United Nations, OIC, ASEAN, European Union and others.

At its formation, ARNC leaders issued a clear and decisive message: the era of silence and exclusion is over. Rohingya voices will be heard. The ARNC urges the international community, regional powers, and humanitarian organizations to engage with it directly and recognize it as the legitimate political representative of the Rohingya people.

The Council will now initiate an inclusive outreach campaign to connect with every individual and organization committed to Rohingya unity and justice. This process will be led by the Global Rohingya Coordination Council (GRCC), ensuring transparency, grassroots input, and collective participation.

The ARNC welcomes all who share the principles of unity, justice, dignity, and self-determination. It does not oppose any group working in good faith toward those goals. Instead, it seeks to foster collaboration over competition, and solidarity over division. The ARNC calls on Rohingya leaders, youth, women, religious scholars, and the broader diaspora to join this effort.

ARNC is ready for dialogue, determined to pursue justice, and committed to building a peaceful future for all people of Arakan State. The declaration of ARNC is a timely, united step toward reclaiming rights, restoring dignity, and reshaping the political destiny of the Rohingya people.

Rohingya are indigenously belong to Arakan as they have been historically integral parts of the state for time immemorial. ARNC is committed to deliver this reality to the Rohingya people.

For more information, please contact:

• Tun Khin: +44 78 8871 4866 (United Kingdom)
• Nay San Lwin: +49 176 6213 9138 (Germany)
• Kamal Hussein: +880 1844 877939 (Bangladesh)
• Mohammed Furkan: +880 1854 849809 (Bangladesh)
• Khairul Amin: +47 9 242 8989 (Norway)
• Dr. Abdul Hamid: +1 (414) 335 2835 (United States)
• Anwar Arkani: +1 (519) 781 3800 (Canada)
• Shamsul Sann Yu: +61 414 713 212 (New Zealand)