MEDIA Archives - Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)

ASEAN’s shameful silence on the Rohingya genocide continues

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UKFor Immediate Release: 26th June 2020 Southeast Asian leaders have again shamefully failed to address the ongoing genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded. Regional heads of state gathered today for the 36th …

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Argentinean judiciary moves closer to opening case against Myanmar over Rohingya genocide

BROUK PRESS RELEASES, MEDIA RELEASES, NEWSFEED / June 1, 2020 June 26, 2020

An Argentinean court has moved one step closer to opening a historic investigation against Myanmar’s military and civilian leadership over the genocide against the Rohingya people, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. A court in Buenos Aires on Friday overturned a previous decision not to pursue a case against State Counsellor Aung San Suu …

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Bangladesh must lift internet restrictions after first Coronavirus case in Rohingya refugee camps

NEWSFEED / May 14, 2020 May 14, 2020

The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately end the internet blackout in camps housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees after the first Coronavirus cases were confirmed there today, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said. Health officials in Cox’s Bazar today confirmed that two Rohingya refugees have been placed in isolation today having tested positive for …

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Myanmar’s Approach to Coronavirus is Putting Lives at Risk

NEWSFEED / March 25, 2020 March 25, 2020

The government of Myanmar is putting lives at risk, including tens of thousands of Rohingya people trapped in camps in Rakhine State, by turning a blind eye to the threat of coronavirus, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today. Although Southeast Asia is among the regions in the world most affected by the COVID-19 …

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European Burma Network calls on EU to strengthen its commitment to human rights in Burma

2020 PRESS RELEASES, JOINT STATMENTS, NEWSFEED / March 18, 2020 March 18, 2020

As the European Union (EU) approaches the renewal of the Common Position on Burma in April, members of the European Burma Network (EBN) are calling on the EU to strengthen its commitment to human rights in Burma. Mass atrocity crimes have been committed against the Rohingya and other minorities across the country. Armed conflicts continue …

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Rohingya Activist Urges US to Ramp Up Pressure on Myanmar

NEWSFEED / March 3, 2020 March 3, 2020

The United States should increase pressure on Myanmar to end persecution of ethnic minorities and restore the citizenship rights of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims driven from that country by government-sanctioned violence, said a Rohingya political activist visiting Washington last week. Tun Khin, president of the London-based Myanmar Rohingya Association UK, lauded the U.S. government as “a …

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Statement of gratitude to The Maldives

NEWSFEED / February 29, 2020 February 29, 2020

The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK expresses its sincere gratitude to the government of the Maldives for joining the genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Maldives has announced it has hired the high profile lawyer Amal Clooney to file a written declaration of intervention at the ICJ. The Gambia last …

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The Rohingya’s dark anniversary must spur global action

ARTICLES, MEDIA / August 25, 2018 January 30, 2020

It is not enough to end the violence against the Rohingya. Far more must be done to ensure their safety in Myanmar. It was exactly one year ago, on 25 August 2017, that the Myanmar military launched a murderous “clearance operation” in Rakhine State. In the space of a few months, the security forces and …

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The Rohingya’s hope for justice lies with the ICC

ARTICLES, MEDIA / May 20, 2018 January 30, 2020

The UN Security Council must refer the Rohingya’s case to the International Criminal Court. When I visited Bangladesh a few weeks ago, I heard heart-wrenching stories from some of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people who have fled atrocities in Myanmar. I met women who had been raped by soldiers, children who had seen …

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The Berlin Call for Rohingyas’ Protected Return to Protected Homeland

MEDIA, NEWSFEED / February 26, 2018 January 30, 2020

At the Berlin Conference on Myanmar Genocide held at the Jewish Museum today the participating scholars, activists and concerned citizens issue the following call: We are gravely concerned about Myanmar’s still unfolding atrocity crimes, with signs of genocide mounting, against the Rohingya people, including undeniable ethnic cleansing on a massive scale with destruction of hundreds of Rohingya villages as the …

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