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Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK It is now seven months since the European Union brought in any new sanctions on the Burmese military. As the military continues its attacks on civilians across Burma, it is imperative that the EU looks anew on how to stem the flow of arms and money to the …
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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 …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) has again petitioned Facebook to share information relevant to the genocide case it is pursuing in an Argentinian court. A federal court in Buenos Aires has, through the US State Department, asked the social media giant to submit any evidence as …
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Opinion piece by BROUK President Tun Khin in Newsweek Five years ago, on Aug. 25, 2017, the Myanmar military poured into Rakhine State where my people, the Rohingya, have lived for generations. Over the course of a few weeks, soldiers murdered, raped, and burned their way through the region, killing thousands of people and torching hundreds of …
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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 …
Media release from the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) Today, the British government has finally announced that they are joining the genocide case at the International Court of Justice brought by the Gambia. “This is a significant step for justice and accountability for the genocide against our people, and we welcome this announcement by the …
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Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today welcomed the decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to reject all preliminary objections by Burma to the case brought by the Gambia that Burma broke the genocide convention. This means that the case can finally continue. “This decision is …
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This week, our President Tun Khin took part in the 2022 International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief in London, speaking at a Fringe event and meeting with the UK Minister for Freedom of Religion or Belief Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.
Today, BROUK President Tun Khin spoke at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. He highlighted the connection between the impunity for the genocide against the Rohingya and the military coup, calling for justice for the military’s atrocities against all people of Burma. “Root causes of violence and discrimination against the Rohingya has been aggrevated by …
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) In its new briefing, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) provides evidence that the genocidal act known as ‘slow death’ continues to be perpetrated against the Rohingya by the military regime. This act of genocide involves deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical …