ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION

ARAKAN, BURMA

Press Release
(19 August 2010)

ARNO welcomes US support for UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma

Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) welcomes the decision of the United States to support for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The USA became the 5th nations to support the proposal of UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana to consider establishing a UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma. Australia, United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are the four other countries that already had expressed their support for the proposal.

ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION

ARAKAN, BURMA

Press Release

(18 August 2010)

Statement of ARNO on the junta’s election

Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) denounces the holding of a general election on November 7, 2010 by ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) without creating conducive political environment in Burma.

The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) opened a branch office in Maungdaw today at 9 am, said a teacher who attended the inaugural ceremony.