Jun 20 2012

KILLING AND VIOLENCE MARKS THE WORLD REFUGEE DAY 20 JUNE 2012.

PRESS STATEMENT

21 JUNE 2012

KILLING AND VIOLENCE MARKS THE WORLD REFUGEE DAY 20 JUNE 2012.

This year killing and violence marks the World Refugee Day 2012. This is the unforgettable year for us as thousands of Stateless Rohingya has been killed during the conflict in Rakhine State of Burma.

It will take years for us to heal from the pain loosing the loves one and to rebuild their live. The current situation become worse day by day as the violence towards Rohingyas has continue. On top of that people are dying due to lack of food, shelter and medication. Women and children are the most affected group besides men and elderly. The ethnic Rakhine together with Nasaka, police and the military continuously killing, arresting, harassing and abusing Rohingya Muslim.

Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organizations Malaysia (MERHROM) condemned the killing and violence towards minority Rohingyas Muslim perpetrated by Rakhine Buddhist, security forces and the military. This is the long term plan by the military and Rakhine Buddhist to destroy Rohingya from Burma. The ethnic cleansing towards Rohingyas are not happening now but many decades ago. Back in 1942, before the Independent of Burma, there was ethnic cleansing towards Rohingya Muslim perpetrated by Rakhine Buddhist. Over 100 000 Rohingyas Muslim has been killed and 307 Rohingya villages uprooted and destroyed in Southern Rakhine. The eagerness of ethnic Rakhine and the military to destroyed Rohingyas from Burma is proven when the military change the name of our state from ARAKAN STATE to RAKHINE STATE in 1984.

The conflict in Rakhine State raises many questions. Some of the questions are:-

  1. Thousands of Rohingya women and girls has been raped and killed over the years by ethnic Rakhine, Nasaka and Loungting (Border Security Force), Police and the Military but no action taken to them until know. This time when a Rakhine women has been raped and killed why the ethnic Rakhine, Border Security Force, Police and Military acted very fast. The police and military cannot investigate our complains as we are not citizen of Burma. We also cannot touch and make problem with ethnic Rakhine as they are citizen of Burma.

  2. The military newspaper reported one of the suspect committed suicide by hanging himself. In the very tight security in the military prison how he can have an access to rope? The source from back home stated that he was murdered by the military not committing suicide. Furthermore as a Muslim we are prohibited from committing suicide. We never heard the case of Rohingya Muslim committing suicide in Rakhine State.

  3. The two suspect were sentenced to death very fast. We do not know what kind of investigations they had carried out? What evidence the military have when sentencing the two suspect? Nobody knows what happen during the trial as it was close door trial. The suspect plead not guilty but still they were sentenced to death. Source from back home stated that the military had abused them very badly and they definitely could not bare the pain.

  4. Ten Rohingya Muslim were murdered by ethnic Rakhine very badly but until now why there is no action taken against the 300 ethnic Rakhine who murdered the 10 Muslim Rohingyas who are innocent. We urge the military and the United Nation to bring the perpetrators to justice.

  1. The Top Envoy of United Nations has visited the Rakhine State and he stated the numbers of death only 21 person. If the numbers of death is very low why the numbers of death we received back home is far more higher than him?

  2. The Top Envoy stated that the city of Maungdaw is largely calm but why until today we still received the calls from back home stated that the situation become worse day by day.

  1. The conflict between the two ethnics scarified many lives and destroyed many houses. This is clear serious human rights violations. However the Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi has not making any statement until now. Why she is so silent about this while the whole world is highlighting the issue everyday.

  1. The United Nations has visited the Rakhine State and witness the situation. Until now there is no prompt action taken by United Nations to address the whole issue. Why in such a serious human rights violations taking place the United Nations is very slow in taking prompt actions in handling the issue. We are anxious to know what are the next action will be taken by the United Nations to stop the conflict.

  1. The military imposed the Curfew in Rakhine States but the Curfew is only imposed to Rohingyas. Rohingyas were not allow to go out from the house. The Nasaka, police and military go into Rohingya’s houses and confiscate our property, arresting us, raped our women and abused our people. The Rakhine Buddhist was allow to move freely. The curfew imposed by the military is aim to kill more Rohingyas and finally cleans Rohingyas from Burma.

MERHROM URGENTLY calls the United Nations to send the Peace Keeping Mission to Rakhine States Urgently to monitor and control the situation in Rakhine State. The delay in their action will caused many more innocent Rohingyas to be murdered.

WE calls on the World Leaders and the International Communities to add on pressure to military junta and to help us by sending the food, medication and basic necessities urgently for our survival.

WE hope the conflict will be resolved before the Fasting month of Ramadhan for Muslim in July. We cannot imagine how to go through the month of Ramadhan as many of us were homeless. We cannot perform Ramadhan Prayers if the Curfew is still imposed on us. Currently the military prohibited Rohingyas from performing prayers at Mosque. Some of the Mosque were burnt and some were lock. We calls on our Muslim brothers and sisters to support us in what ever way you can.

WE hope for the continuous support of the MEDIA and JOURNALIST to highlight our issues until there is peace in our state and we are Recognize as Citizen of Burma.

Thank you.

 Yours sincerely,

 Zafar Ahmad bin Abdul Ghani

President

Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organizations Malaysia (MERHROM)

No. Tel: 016-6827287

email: rights4rohingya@yahoo.co.uk

blog: merhrom.wordpress.com

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