Urge the British Government to recognise the persecution of the Rohingya as a genocide

Islamic Human Rights Commission
8 April 2022

Summary 

The United States has officially recognised the persecution of the Rohingya as a genocide.

IHRC requests campaigners to write to the UK foreign minister Liz Truss, demanding that the UK formally recognises the Rohingya genocide too.

Background

 

The United States has officially recognised the persecution of the Rohingya as a genocide. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said at a holocaust memorial event last month:

“Today marks the eighth, because I’ve determined that members of the Burmese military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Rohingya,”

In 2018 a UN fact finding mission released a report calling for call for the investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and his top military leaders for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Armed groups now a threat to Rohingya refugees

THE NEW STRAIT TIMES
October 28, 2021

Rohingya refugees gathering behind a barbed-wire fence in a temporary settlement setup in a "no man's land" border zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh. -AFP PIC

LETTERS: We condemn the heinous murder of six people in a madrasah in an attack at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, last Friday.

We abhor the sudden killing sprees in the camps as the authorities could have detected that there were signs of violent groups operating inside.

New sanctions against Myanmar military a welcome move

NEW

STRAITSTIMES

June 23, 2021

Makeshift barriers erected by the military and sand bags are seen in front of a government sub-district office along a road in Mandalay, as the country remains in turmoil after the February military coup. (Photo by STR / AFP)

LETTERS: The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) welcomes new sanctions announced by the EU and the UK on June 21st, targeting more financial interests of the Myanmar military as well as individuals with links to the military dictatorship.

It is of outmost importance that the international community keeps the pressure on the Myanmar military.

Rohingya, as genocide survivors, stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Myanmar protesting the illegal military regime, and the international community must do all they can to support Myanmar's struggle for true federal democracy.

LETTER | CIJ deeply concerned Star article will promote anti-Rohingya xenophobia

malaysiakini
Wathshlah G Naidu
16 Jun 2021,

LETTER | The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) refers to an article published in The Star on 16 June 2021 titled Residents voice out their thoughts on Rohingya living among them.

We are highly concerned that the article in question articulates xenophobic and racist rhetoric against Rohingya refugees, and perpetuates harmful stereotypes that could lead to hatred, discrimination, and violence against a marginalised and vulnerable community.

West pushing PH to interfere in Myanmar affairs

THE MANILA TIMES
Letter to the Editor
April 26, 2021

In reply to Ruben Torres’ “Workers vs the military in Myanmar” (The Manila Times, April 23, 2021) we must be wary of some pundits parroting the US push for the Philippines to take a stronger stance against the Myanmar February coup (that unfortunately has since seen over 700 protesters dead) in the guise of protecting “democracy” and “human rights.” President Duterte is preventing exactly this rupture from happening in the Philippines, and we should not allow the Western pressures to wean us from our Asean values of noninterference that has kept our region peaceful.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who has seen firsthand the hypocrisy of the West, has said, “[W]ith Burma (today’s Myanmar), we work with the powers around Burma to see if we can convince the great powers there. Forget the United States! We talk to China, we talk to India, we say, ‘Can we go back to the status quo?’” adding that the Department of Foreign Affairs “will never listen to the West on this issue.”

Chance for Asean to stop Myanmar military rulers

NEWSTRAITSTIMES

April 24, 2021

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on April 23, shows protesters holding signs calling for the arrest of Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. -AFP pic/Dawei Watch

LETTER: Southeast Asian leaders must unite to push the Myanmar junta to end horrific abuses against ordinary people and ensure it does not recognise the military as the country's legitimate rulers.

Asean is holding a Special Summit on Myanmar in Jakarta, today, to discuss the crisis brought about by the Tatmadaw's (military) coup in February. Junta leader and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who stands credibly accused of being one of the chief architects of the genocide against the Rohingya, is expected to attend the meeting.

Uphold the 'Responsibility to Protect' principle against Myanmar

NewSTRAITSTIMES

March 18, 2021


Demonstrators gather along barricades during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar. -EPA pic

LETTER: The continued mass killing of civilians by the Myanmar security forces requires firm and quick action by the international community.

On March 14, at least 60 civilians were killed by security forces and the death tolls continue rising on March 15 too.

Martial law was declared in Hlaing Tharyar, Shwe Pyithar, South Dagon, North Dagon, Dagon Harbour and North Okkalapa Townships and violence against protesters continued in other districts in Yangon, many of them lower-income areas. At the same time the military continues to frequently block internet access in order to hide its crimes and prevent protesters from organizing.

A Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate

THE WHITE HOUSE

FEBRUARY 11, 2021 

 

STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

February 10, 2021

Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Madam President:)

Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the “order”) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Burma. The order responds to the February 1, 2021, coup in Burma by targeting the military and its leaders, their business interests, and their close family members. The order holds to account those responsible for unjustly arresting and detaining government leaders, politicians, human rights defenders, journalists, and religious leaders; rejecting the will of the people of Burma as expressed in elections held in November 2020; and undermining the country’s democratic transition and the rule of law.

Strip Suu Kyi of Nobel peace prize

NEW

STRAITSTIMES

  December 21, 2019

Aung San Suu Kyi does not deserve to represent anything which symbolises human rights, democracy and peace due to her inaction towards the plight of the Rohingya. REUTERS PIC

LETTERS: IT’S time for the Nobel Foundation, which awarded Aung San Suu Kyi with the Nobel Peace Prize Award in 1991, to strip her of the award due to her failure to speak up against the mistreatment of the Rohingya.

She does not deserve to represent anything which symbolises human rights, democracy and peace due to her inaction on the issue.

Letter From America: The peculiar case of Japan vis-à-vis the Rohingya tragedy

Asain Tribune
Sun, 2019-10-27
By Habib Siddiqui 

Recently Myanmar’s de facto leader Suu Kyi met the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.

"With regard to the alleged human rights violations in Rakhine State, it is indispensable that the Myanmar government and military take appropriate measures promptly," Abe was quoted by the Japanese Foreign Ministry as telling Suu Kyi in their meeting.

There is nothing ‘alleged’ any more about Myanmar’s genocidal crimes and intent against the Rohingya people. But mindful of Myanmar’s ugly face-saving position trying to evade any responsibility for its horrendous crimes and its willful abhorrence for the ‘R’ (Rohingya) term, Abe was understandably diplomatic in his choice of words when hosting Suu Kyi. But how long can his government continue to please a murderous, genocidal criminal regime?

Joint letter urges Canada to take international legal action on Rohingya genocide

 

OTTAWA
The Canadian Press

 

The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people.

Thirty-four senators and more than 100 human-rights organizations and advocates sent a joint letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland this week urging Canada to initiate proceedings before the International Court of Justice for breaching the United Nations convention against genocide.

To Guarantee the Erga Omnes Right to Return Back of the Myanmar Refugees

change.org
04.06.2019

Complaint Procedure Unit

Human Rights Council 

Branch Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 

United Nations Office at Geneva 

CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

The Responsibility of the Human Rights Council to Guarantee the Erga Omnes Right to Return Back of the Ethnic and Religious Refugee Minorities of Myanmar Including the Next Generations

This petition is given under the General Assembly Resolution 53/144 of 8 March 1999, "Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms" and Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, “Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council” on the “de facto” statelessness situation of the Myanmar minorities and in order to guarantee their erga omnes right to return back to Myanmar.

Letters: 'Using Ashin Wirathu's words to support Islamophobic views is a new low'

The Northern Echo
Opinion
Letters 10th May

 HEAR ALL SIDES: Letters to the Editor

I WAS intrigued by Ralph Musgrave’s claim that he had been temporarily banned from a social media platform

simply for stating that Muslims are responsible for a disproportionately large number of terrorist attacks (HAS, May 3).

So I took a look at his Facebook page, where he says he was also banned for posting: “Buddhists on Islam: You can be full of kindness and love, but you cannot sleep next to a mad dog.”

Rohingya refugees and the environment

Science
Science 12 Apr 2019:
Vol. 364, Issue 6436, pp. 138
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw9474

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The letter was signed by Chairman Engel (D-NY); Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH); Asia Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA); and Asia Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL).

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