JOINT STATMENTS

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Rohingya Organisations Joint Statement on Naf River Massacre

We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations, have been working to establish the facts of the ‘Naf River Massacre’ that occurred in Maungdaw, Rakhine state, on 5th August 2024. Based on interviews and documentation of first-hand accounts by survivors and eyewitnesses, so far we have established the following. On 5th August 2024, an estimated number of at …

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Rohingya Facing Existential Threat in Arakan

Rohingya organisations call for urgent international humanitarian assistance JOINT STATEMENT Out of 600,000 Rohingya left in Arakan or Rakhine State after the genocidal attacks of 2016-2017, we estimate that only one third remain in their original homes. Tens of thousands of Rohingya are internally displaced in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. Rohingya in Buthidaung downtown were …

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UNSC Must Act on Increased Atrocities Against Rohingya – Don’t Repeat Past Mistakes

Joint Statement by Rohingya Organisations Worldwide We, the undersigned worldwide Rohingya organisations, call on the UN Security Council not to repeat the same mistake in failing to act before the military offensives of 2016 and 2017 and convene an urgent meeting to discuss the escalating crisis in Rakhine State, Burma. The UN Security Council has …

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Ensure justice for Rohingya, end military’s impunity for genocide

Restore Rohingya’s citizenship and rights, coordinate support for refugees Marking the sixth-year remembrance of the Rohingya genocide in 2017, 356 civil society organizations reaffirm our solidarity with the Rohingya community in the pursuit of justice and accountability for victims and survivors, call for an end to impunity of grave crimes perpetrated by the Myanmar military, …

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End military junta’s crimes to halt mass displacement Support local responders for effective humanitarian assistance

On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, we call on the United Nations, ASEAN and the international community to urgently address the root cause of the multifaceted crisis in Myanmar and fully recognize and support local leadership for effective delivery of humanitarian assistance. We call for UN agencies, humanitarian organizations and aid donors to …

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UN Secretary-General: intervene in Rohingya repatriation ‘pilot project’ and investigate UNHCR and WFP’s involvement

Joint Statement The undersigned 201 civil society organizations strongly condemn UN’s participation in the so-called ‘pilot project’ to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar. The undersigned organizations are appalled by the UN’s clandestine participation and involvement in facilitating a visit of Myanmar military junta to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The UN agencies that were involved in …

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Open letter: The UN Human Rights Council must take concrete steps to actualize justice and bolster support for the people of Myanmar’s will for federal democracy and human rights

To Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Cc: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 1 March 2023 Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned 160 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations (CSOs), call for the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take concrete actions to advance accountability through all possible …

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Open letter to UK Foreign Secretary: sanction all companies involved in supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar

The Honorable James CleverlySecretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHUnited Kingdom 13 December 2022* Dear Minister, To mark International Human Rights Day and in solidarity with the Myanmar people who bravely continue to defend their rights and democracy against the Myanmar military junta, we, the 550 undersigned Myanmar, regional …

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36 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS URGE FRANCE TO SUPPORT THE GAMBIA’S CASE AGAINST BURMA BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

On August 25, 2022, we commemorated Remembrance Day for the Rohingya, so terribly affected by State violence in Burma. Five years after the exodus of nearly more than 700,000 of them to Bangladesh, “no one has been held accountable for crimes against humanity and acts of genocide committed against the Rohingya population[1]”. Since the military coup …

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Five years since Rohingya genocide, military enjoys impunity as crimes across Myanmar go unpunished

384 CSOs call on the international community to ensure justice for Rohingya Five years on since the Myanmar military committed genocide against the Rohingya, words and promises of holding the military accountable have not turned into meaningful action, said 384 civil society organization in a joint statement issued today. While the UN Security Council and governments have …

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