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BROUK Welcomes EU-Parliament Resolution on Burma
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today welcomed the European Parliament resolution of 20th April 2012 calling on Burmese regime for changes to the 1982 law on citizenship to ensure due recognition of the right to citizenship of the Rohingya ethnic minority […]
• • •ARNO welcomes European Parliament Resolution on Burma
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has welcomed the European Parliament resolution of 20 April 2012 which calls for changes to the 1982 law on citizenship to ensure due recognition of the right to citizenship of the Rohingya ethnic minority […]
• • •Myanmar Blacklists Babies as Oppression of the Rohingya Continues
Myanmar blacklists Rohingya babies as part of its continuing oppression of this stateless minority, The Arakan Project said today as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) meets to review the situation of children’s rights in Myanmar, a State party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child […]
• • •BROUK Condemns Sentencing 63 Rohingyas on Immigration Charge
We at BROUK strongly condemn the sentencing of 63 innocent Rohingya boat people to one and a half years each by a Burmese court, under immigration law, after their boat ended up on the shores of southern Burma. According to our reliable source they were left stranded at sea by their agent 16 kilometers from the coastal town of Kawthaung in Tennasserim division […]
• • •Rohingyas Call On EU to Support UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma
Over a period of many years the Burmese military dictatorship has been persistently violating international law. Grave human rights violations and abuses have been committed across the country. They are widespread, systematic and consistent against […]
• • •Rohingya Refugees need Urgent Protection
We at BROUK would like to express our serious concern about the attack on Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh on 16th July. A group of villagers from Fawliyapara, in the refugee camp area of Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh, armed with wood, pickaxes, Bamboo sticks […]
• • •Concern on Narinjara’s Concocted News Linking Rohingyas with Taliban
We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations, strongly condemn the Narinjara News Agency for its disinformation of describing the innocent Rohingya people as suspected Talibans […]
• • •Thailand/India/Indonesia: Rohingyas at risk need protection
Hundreds of Rohingyas fleeing systematic persecution in Myanmar require immediate assistance from Thailand, India, and Indonesia […]
• • •US Congress Calls on Burmese Regime to Recognize Rohingyas as “Full and Equal” Citizens of Burma
US Congressman Christopher Smith has today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on Burma’s military regime to immediately recognize the Rohingya people “as full and equal citizens of Burma”, and to lift all restrictions on movement, marriage and access to education. The resolution also calls for an end to the regime’s campaign of religious and ethnic persecution “amounting to crimes against humanity throughout Burma” […]
• • •New Report On Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingyas Strengthens Case For UN Inquiry
The Burma Campaign UK today welcomed a new report – Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas – published by the Irish Centre for Human Rights […]
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