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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
7th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day Read More »
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 …
Rohingya Organisations Joint Statement on Naf River Massacre Read More »
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 …
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 …
Argentine Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Rohingya Genocide Read More »
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 …
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 …
200,000 Newly Displaced Rohingya Need Urgent Humanitarian Aid Read More »
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 …