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BROUK welcomes UK intervention in Rohingya genocide case

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK BROUK welcomes UK intervention in Rohingya genocide case The British government has filed a joint declaration of intervention in the landmark case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where the Gambia is accusing Burma of committing genocide against Rohingya. The filing of the formal declaration comes just …

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Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK welcomes decision of France to join ICJ case

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today welcomed France’s decision to intervene in The Gambia v. Myanmar case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the Rohingya genocide. The decision was announced in a statement on 11 September at the conclusion of President Macron’s visit to Bangladesh. …

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G20 Summit: India must end complicity with Rohingya genocide

Media Release From Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today called on world leaders arriving in India for the G20 Summit to apply pressure on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end his support for the Myanmar military and their ongoing genocide against the Rohingya. Under Prime Minister Modi, India continued to …

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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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Rohingya leading the way on justice for genocide – but we need the support of the international community

Media release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) Friday 25 August marks the sixth year since the Burmese military launched a full-scale attack on Rohingya in Rakhine state, killing and raping thousands, including children, and forcing close to 800,000 Rohingya to flee across the border to Bangladesh. Rohingya are leading the way to secure justice …

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New Report: Preventable deaths in Cyclone Mocha and the Rohingya genocide

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today published its latest report ‘Preventable deaths in Cyclone Mocha and the Rohingya genocide’, on the Burmese junta’s continued defiance of the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Gambia’s genocide case against Myanmar. The order is aimed …

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Devastation after Cyclone Mocha in Thae Chaung IDP camp.

At least 400 Rohingya feared dead in IDP camps – humanitarian aid urgently needed

Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) has been told by multiple sources that at least 400 Rohingya have been killed by Cyclone Mocha in camps for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in and around Sittwe, Rakhine State, Burma. BROUK fears that the number of dead could increase significantly as …

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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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Food cuts in Bangladesh will have “devastating consequences” for Rohingya refugees

Media Release from the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) The UN’s plans to alarmingly cut food aid in camps in Bangladesh shows that the international community must prioritise funding to vulnerable Rohingya refugees, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said today. The World Food Program (WFP) this week announced it will cut food rations to …

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