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BROUK welcomes Liechtenstein Support for Burma ICC Referral

2018 PRESS RELEASES, BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK welcomes the support of Liechtenstein for the UN Security Council referring Burma to the International Criminal Court. Liechtenstein UN Twitter account, @LiechtensteinUN tweeted on 30th April: Amb. Wenaweser at #UN event with @BenFerencz today coveys his hope that #UNSC members will return from their #Myanmar visit with a renewed sense of duty to take …

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Myanmar’s Genocide of Rohingya Is Not Over: Rohingya Need UN-Protected Safe Zones

2018 PRESS RELEASES, BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

Nayapara Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: The genocide of Rohingya in Myanmar is far from over, said the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) after a 4-day fact-finding trip to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. “The evidence is mounting that the Myanmar military, led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, and supported by the civilian government led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu …

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Starvation Causing Thousands of Rohingya to Flee to Bangladesh – Security Council Ignored

2017 PRESS RELEASES, BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

Starvation caused by military and government restrictions on aid, movement, as well as new human rights violations and security concerns, are triggering a new wave of Rohingya people fleeing to Bangladesh. Without immediate action to lift these restrictions, tens of thousands of Rohingya will leave their villages and homes in the coming days and possibly …

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Urgent Action Needed to Implement Rakhine Commission Recommendations

2017 PRESS RELEASES, BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

Today the Rakhine State Advisory Commission led by former UN chief Kofi Annan published their final report on Rakhine state. We, BROUK welcome the recommendations made by the commission, but we are concerned whether the NLD-led government will actually implement them, and call on the international community to ensure that the recommendations are implemented as quickly …

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Rohingya Communities Worldwide Request OIC to support UN Commission of Inquiry

JOINT STATMENTS, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

We, the undersigned organisations, representing Rohingya communities around the world, would like to express our deepest appreciation to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Government of Malaysia with Honourable Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for holding an Emergency Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers on Rohingya crisis on 19 January in Kuala …

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Rohingya Thank Malaysia – Request to Promote UN Inquiry Next

JOINT STATMENTS, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

On behalf of Rohingya people worldwide, we, the undersigned Rohingya organizations, strongly express many thanks to the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for standing with us and showing solidarity to stop “Genocide of Rohingyas in Myanmar”. We would like to extend our thanks to the opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) President Abdul Hadi Awang, other top …

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BROUK urges UN Human Rights Council to investigate crimes against humanity against Rohingya

2016 PRESS RELEASES, BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES / January 30, 2020

As the United Nations Human Rights Council prepares to discuss the findings contained in a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on: ‘Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’, released on 20th June 2016, Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK spoke at a side panel co-hosted by The International Peace …

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