"The Rohingya, native ethnic and religious minority of Arakan state of Burma (Myanmar), have been suffering untold discriminations and inhumane persecutions for more than five decades and are one of the most persecuted people in the world. The non Burmese comprising over 30% of the population in Burma have been systematically targeted by the racist nationalist groups and military junta (yes, both the hunter and the victim!) to strip of their civilian rights and the Rohingya stand apart in that as their very existence is threatened."
HNF Correspondent
Condemning the stand of Nobel laureate
Aung san Suu Kyi on the issues and plight
of Rohingyas, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)
criticized Burma’s champion of democracy for not recognising this state
sponsored genocide
and for discrediting the struggle of Rohingya by reducing it to an issue
of mere
‘law and order’. In a release, APCR stated, “The political position of
Suu Kyi,
the daughter of respected Aung san who stood for democracy peace and
minority
rights in Burma is highly condemnable in all respects.”
The Rohingya, native ethnic and religious minority of Arakan state of Burma
(Myanmar),
have been suffering untold discriminations and inhumane persecutions for more
than five decades and are one of the most persecuted people in the world.
The non
Burmese comprising over 30% of the population in Burma have been systematically
targeted by the racist nationalist groups and military junta (yes, both the
hunter and the victim!) to strip of their civilian rights and the Rohingya stand
apart in that as their very existence is threatened.
Recently, Burma has become a silent
field of state sponsored genocide where hundreds of Rohingya are
killed, more than 100,000 have fled. In Burma, currently foreign
media, investigation teams and aid groups are banned. Unfortunately
many prominent Burmese democratic activists from inside and outside
Burma who fought against the military junta have been calling the
military to "wipe out" or "cleanse" Rohingya from the state of
Arakan. Also in the name of national security they are busy
spreading anti-Rohingya sentiments through Burmese media which is
playing a great role in hiding the real truth and propagating the
biased news to fuel further violence.
With Nazi-kind propaganda machine in
place, Burmese society is evidently influenced with malevolent
propaganda against Rohingya as "Bengali", "Illegal Immigrant",
"Influx virus", “the dirty black” "lower class" and even
"terrorist". The hostility towards Rohingya has intensified after
an alleged incident which has lead to killing of 10 Muslims by 100
Buddhist mobs and spread all over Arakan state on 8th June 2012
causing numerous villages to be burnt down, countless mosques and
historical monuments destroyed and demolished, various properties
looted, thousands of innocent Rohingya killed, uncounted number of
defenceless girls raped, youths and educated Rohingya kidnapped and
more than 100000 people displaced.
Alleging that Ms. Suu Kyi has remained
silent on this state sponsored genocide instead of spreading the
voice of Budhist compassion (as she and her party claim), APCR
criticised Suu Kyi for refusing to support or even recognize the
plight of 2 million persecuted Rohingyas saying, “Moreover, for her
who proved to be a Burmese pseudo nationalist uncared for the
differences in Burmese society, the genocide and mass exodus are
nothing but cross border terrorism that needs a strict maintenance
of rule of law.”
Stating that the state sponsored
genocide of Rohingya in Burma is yet another example of
witch-hunting the innocent minorities in the name of national
security, APCR appealed people to be vigilant on such racist
jingoist propagandas that lead to violence and communal tension.
As a major development in regard to
the issues of the Rohingya minorities, Myanmar’s President has made
a statement to consider a few rights for the stateless Rohingya
minority. However, the statement made no concrete commitment about
citizenship and other new freedoms. Issued ahead of a landmark visit
by President Barack Obama, many of the human right activists are in
doubt if it is just an eyewash attempt by President Thein Sein
intended only to please the US President.
Source:hotnhitnews.com
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