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  • Aung San Suu Kyi Calls For ‘Peace And Reconciliation’ In Burma But Refuses To Address Rohingya Muslim Genocide

    Aung San Suu Kyi Calls For ‘Peace And Reconciliation’ In Burma But Refuses To Address Rohingya Muslim Genocide

    Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to work towards “peace and national reconciliation” but has refused to address accusations Rohingya Muslims in her country may be the victims of crimes against humanity.

    Ms Suu Kyi gave no specific details on how her government intends to resolve the violence and discrimination the long-persecuted Muslim minority face.

    “We do not want our country to be unstable. But we’ve had a long history of disunity within our nation,” she said, addressing senior business representatives in Singapore.

    “So national reconciliation is unavoidably important for us. It’s not a matter of choice. It’s unavoidable.”

    She added: “We have to achieve peace and national reconciliation that our country may be able to progress, and that those who wish to invest in our country may find the right amount of confidence.”

    Accounts of the military having gang raped, tortured and murdered members of the Rohingya community caused thousands of angry Muslims take to the streets across Asia in protest.

    Around 30,000 have fled their home in Rakhines and analysis of satellite images by Human Rights Watch found hundreds of buildings in Rohingya villages have been burned.

    The Burmese government has denied allegations of abuse. Officials say the army is hunting “terrorists” behind raids on police last month.

    Despite having lived in Burma for generations, Rohingya Muslims are barred from citizenship in the nation of 50 million, and instead live as some of the most oppressed people in the world.

    Since communal violence broke out in 2012, more than 120,000 Rohingya have been driven from their homes and crammed into squalid camps guarded by police. There, they are denied healthcare and education, and their movements are heavily restricted.

    Ms Suu Kyi was scheduled to visit Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, after Singapore, but postponed the trip in the face of public protests and a thwarted bomb plot against the Burmese embassy.

    Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will take part in a rare rally at the weekend to protest the crackdown on Rohingyas, an official from his office said Tuesday.

    Ms Suu Kyi led her party to victory in elections last year but, barred from becoming president by a junta-era constitution, instead holds a specially created post of state counsellor.

    She appointed fellow Nobel laureate former UN chief Kofi Annan to head a special commission to investigate how to mend bitter religious and ethnic divides in impoverished Rakhine.

    Mr Annan began a week-long trip to Burma on Tuesday.

     

    Source: www.independent.co.uk

  • UN To Myanmar: Your Reputation Is At Stake Over Rohingya Crisis

    UN To Myanmar: Your Reputation Is At Stake Over Rohingya Crisis

    UNITED NATIONS — The reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Myanmar is at stake amid international concerns over how it is dealing with violence in the country’s divided northwest, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday (Nov 29).

    The conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has sent hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing across the border to Bangladesh amid allegations of abuses by security forces. The crisis poses a serious challenge to Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi, who swept to power last year on promises of national reconciliation.

    In a statement, the U.N.’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide Adama Dieng, said the allegations “must be verified as a matter of urgency” and urged the government to allow access to the area.

    “If they are true, the lives of thousands of people are at risk. The reputation of Myanmar, its new Government and its military forces is also at stake in this matter,” he said.

    “Myanmar needs to demonstrate its commitment to the rule of law and to the human rights of all its populations. It cannot expect that such serious allegations are ignored or go unscrutinised,” he said.

    Soldiers have poured into the area along Myanmar’s frontier with Bangladesh, responding to coordinated attacks on three border posts on Oct. 9 that killed nine police officers.

    Myanmar’s military and the government have rejected allegations by residents and rights groups that soldiers have raped Rohingya women, burnt houses and killed civilians during the military operation in Rakhine.

    The violence, the most serious bloodshed in Rakhine since hundreds were killed in communal clashes in 2012, has renewed international criticism that Ms Suu Kyi has done too little to alleviate the plight of the Rohingya minority, who are denied citizenship and access to basic services.

    “The government needs, for once and for all, to find a sustainable solution to the situation of the Rohingya Muslims and other religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar, a solution that is in full compliance with the international human rights standards that the government has pledged to respect,” Mr Dieng said.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • ASEAN Ulama & NGO Comes Up With Action Plan For Rohingya

    ASEAN Ulama & NGO Comes Up With Action Plan For Rohingya

    THE ACTION PLAN

    ASEAN + ULAMA DAN NGO MEETING TO STOP THE MYANMAR MASSACRE

    1. Distribution of the Shah Alam Declaration Worldwide ( English and Arabic )
    – all OIC Head of State members and OIC  Special Envoy on Rohingya
    – UN Security Council members
    – UN Secretary General and UN Special Envoy on Rohingya
    – all Asean Head of State members
    – Chair of EU
    – main international Media

    ACTION : MAPIM and SHURA

    2. Food and Humanitarian Flotilla to Myanmar
    – defining the objectives ( humanitarian and advocacy )
    – determing of vessel and route ( options  from Penang or Aceh or Krabi or Phuket or India or Bangladesh)
    – solicit support from UN and OIC and EU and Asean member state
    – shipping of food, medical , basic needs
    – participation : ngo activists, international media, celebrities , nobel peace prize winners, ulama, journalist ..ect
    – Funding
    – voyage schedule
    –  public mobilization and public annoucement
    – target dates and time line.

    ACTION : MAPIM and other Ngos

    3. Inter religious Dialogue and  missions with Religous Leaders in Asean +
    – issuing a collective declaration
    – inter religous mission to advocate for peace to Myanmar
    – sending message to Dalai Lama

    ACTION :
    4. Special letter to China , India and Bangladesh
    – demand to pressure Myanmar to stop the genocide
    – demand Bangladesh to protect the rights Rohingya refugees and access to humanitarian assistance
    – send delegate to embassies

    ACTION :
    5. Memorandum to Asean Human Rights Commission
    – demand Myanmar to comply to protection of the Human Rights of minorities
    – send a delegate to Asean Secretariate in Jakarta
    – call to suspend and boycot Myanmar iin Asean if genocide persist.

    ACTION :
    6. Solidarity call to all International  Muslims and Ulama Associations to stop the Myanmar Massacre.
    – call to the International Union of Ulama to urge all ulama world wide to stand up against Myanmar genocide.
    – urge all Muslims to hold special prayers for Rohingya brothers and sisters.
    – call to contribute to humanitarian assistance to Rohingya victims of oppression by Myanmar regime.
    – call to defend the victims of injustice by the Myanmar regime on the Rohingya

    7. International Boycott Campaign on Myanmar
    – to consider an international boycott against Myanmar if genocide persist within the next 7 days.
    – to look into ways of launching an effective boycot in trade , cultural, social , diplomatic and labor.
    9. International Campaign to revoke Peace Prize from Aung San Su Kyi.
    – to send a letter to Aung San Su Kyi conveying a reminder message to her of her responsibilty as a Nobel Peace Prize Winner that she is beholden to carry the duty of protectiong human rights of the oppressed and minorities.
    – to write a petition to the Panel Board of the Nobel Peace Prize

    10. Calling International Ulama for a Fatwa on the Myanmar Rohingya Massacre :
    – to write to the Chairman of International Ulama Union
    – to call on all imam of world masaajid to conduct a special prayer on the oppression on the Rohingya .

    Action Plan Proposed by the Delegates:

    1. Talk with China to put pressure on the Myanmar government as China is influential. Propose solution to PM Najib to talk to China for negotiation.
    2. UN is paralyzed with inaction, hence the neighbouring countries should put pressure on them to take actions through ASEAN channels.
    3. Asian Rohingya Centers (think tank) published a declaration called the “Declaration of Selayang” which initiated the 2017 International Year of Solidarity for Rohingya. Its objective is also to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s Nobel Peace Prize award;
    a. Planning for a workshop & public hearing at town halls to hear & share the problems of the Rohingya in Malaysia
    b. Engage with the local Rohingyas to assist them through Whatsapp & Facebook & go global.
    4. Hold dialogues between Buddhists & Muslims in Myanmar.
    5. Stakeholders such as the British, Bangladesh & Myanmar Governments to hold an international conference.
    6. Use OIC as a platform by sending letters to the Myanmar Government on the genocide
    7. Freedom Flotilla for Rohingya
    8. Investigation for the crimes against humanity in Arakan

    Source: www.mapim.org