Starving in Silence: Rohingya in Arakan Crying for Help

Arakan Now, 27 April 2025

Today, Arakan Now reached out to a Rohingya in Buthidaung. What we heard was not a conversation, it was the sound of human suffering. He was almost crying, his voice full of pain and fear.

He said people are starving. There is no work, no money, no food and no humanitarian agency to help. People can’t even manage one meal a day. The Arakan Army has blocked every way for people to earn a living. They are not allowed to move freely. Even to travel to the next village, they need to get permission from the AA by giving a bribe. Without it, they are trapped like prisoners.

“There is no rich or poor anymore,” he said. “We are beggars now. We are all starving together.”

Mothers are crying because they can’t feed their children, and fathers are helpless. Families that once shared food with neighbors now sit silently in their homes, with nothing left to share—not even hope. Everyone is suffering.

Today, the voices from Arakan do not ask for much. They do not ask for luxury. They cry only for survival.

We, Arakan Now, will not stay silent. We will continue to be their voice until the world listens.