BROUK PRESS RELEASES

International Action Needed Following Military Airstrikes in Rakhine State. Arakan Army Must End Arbitrary Detentions.

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) strongly condemns the Burmese military’s recent airstrikes in Rakhine State, which have killed at least 70 people, including civilians, prisoners, and junta troops held in captivity. On September 8 and 9, junta jets targeted Arakan Army (AA) detention facilities in Pauktaw and …

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BROUK Demands Immediate Release of Rohingya Refugees on Hunger Strike in Assam, Condemns Inhumane Detention Conditions

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) expresses solidarity with Rohingya refugees currently on hunger strike at the Matia Detention Centre in Assam, India. This hunger strike, which began on September 9, 2024, is a direct response to their prolonged and arbitrary detention, and the severe human rights abuses …

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Interim Government of Bangladesh Must Adopt Human Rights-Based Measures for Rohingya Refugees

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK In light of the escalating violence between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Burmese military junta in Rakhine State, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) calls for urgent and decisive action by the interim government of Bangladesh to ensure the protection and rights of Rohingya refugees. The ongoing …

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7th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day

Today marks seven years since the Myanmar military launched the 2017 brutal campaign of killings, mass rape, and arson against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine State, resulting in the deaths of thousands and forcing over 730,000 to seek refuge in Bangladesh. These horrific acts of violence and persecution that began in August 2017 are not …

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Urgent International Action Needed to Address Escalating Humanitarian Crisis in Rakhine State

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) calls for immediate international intervention in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State. The ongoing conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military junta has resulted in devastating attacks on Rohingya civilians, exacerbating an already dire situation. Immediate …

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Argentine Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Rohingya Genocide

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, which has brought a case of genocide in Argentina using the principle of universal jurisdiction, learned today that the Argentine Prosecutor investigating the case has petitioned to the Argentinian Court to issue multiple arrest warrants. This petition follows a December 2023 Burmese Rohingya Organisation …

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New Report: The Intensifying Rohingya Genocide

Media Release From Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK For four and a half years, the United Nations Security Council, with the UK as penholder on Myanmar, has failed to uphold provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on Myanmar to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya. As a result of this failure, in …

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200,000 Newly Displaced Rohingya Need Urgent Humanitarian Aid

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for an emergency humanitarian aid corridor from Bangladesh into areas of northern Rakhine State under the control of the Arakan Army. The population of Buthidaung town, which had grown significantly due to hosting Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDPs) caught up in the …

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Genocide against Rohingya is intensifying, warns Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today sounded the alarm, warning that the ongoing genocide against the Rohingya is intensifying. BROUK urged the UN Security Council to immediately take steps to enforce the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures order on Myanmar to protect the ‘extremely vulnerable’ Rohingya. …

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BROUK condemns junta’s airstrikes targeting vulnerable Rohingya civilians in Burma’s Rakhine State, calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today condemned Burmese military airstrikes targeting vulnerable Rohingya civilians in Burma’s Rakhine State and called for the government of the United Kingdom (UK) to urgently convene a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on the escalating crisis. At least 38 Rohingya civilians …

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