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Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, Q and A on 25 Oct 2018
Activist for Rohingya Muslims calls on Tokyo to speak out over refugee crisis
By Chisato Tanaka, Published by The Japan Times on October 25, 2018 A leader of a global network of activists for Rohingya Muslims on Thursday called on Japan to actively speak out against the alleged abuse and genocide against Myanmar’s ethnic minority by the country’s military and strongly criticized Tokyo for its relative silence on a crisis that has become a major international concern. “There are 400 villages burned to the ground … Japan cannot be so out of line from the reality. Rohingyas are treated as guilty (just) because they exist,” Maung Zarni, leader of the Free Rohingya Coalition,
“Genocide cards”: Rohingya refugees on why they risked their lives to refuse ID cards
By Natalie Brinham | Published by Open Democracy on October 21, 2018 Wary of the past, Rohingya have frustrated the UN’s attempts to provide them with documentation. In 2016, Nural, as a leader in a Rohingya village in Rathedaung, was called to a meeting by a high-ranking officer from the Myanmar Border Guard Police. There, Nural and the gathered village leaders were told all Rohingya must now accept identity cards, known as nationality verification cards (NVCs), or they would “no longer be allowed to remain in the country” and be “driven out”. Despite the risk of speaking out, Nural raised
Five concrete measures can end Rohingya genocide
By Dr. Maung Zarni | Published by Anadolu Agency on October 5, 2018 – The writer is coordinator for strategic affairs at the Free Rohingya Coalition and adviser to the European Center for the Study of Extremism, Cambridge, UK Five steps can be taken towards achieving justice, repatriation and the rebuilding of Rohingya communities in Myanmar LONDON — Rohingya campaigners and human rights organizations welcomed the UN Human Rights Council’s vote on Sept. 27 to set up a body to conduct a further investigation and future indictment of Myanmar for atrocity crimes, including genocide. The resolution, co-sponsored by the Organization
India to deport Rohingya refugees, as the world moves towards prosecuting Myanmar for Genocide.
By Tapan Bose | October 4, 2018 Seven Rohingya Muslims refugees who were held at a detention centre in Assam since 2012 will be handed over to Myanmar. The Supreme Court of India today refused to stop their deportation, as the new Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gagoi said, “We are not inclined to interfere on the decision taken”. Rejecting the argument of lawyer of the Rohingyas that the government’s move was against the UN charter, the Supreme Court accepted the Central Government’s statement that the Rohingya were illegal immigrants and Myanmar had accepted them as citizens. The seven Rohingya
Harn Yawnghwe: A Personal Letter to Indian PM Modi on “India’s Complicity in Genocide”
Shri Narendra Modi Prime Minister New Delhi, India HE Rajnath Singh Home Minister New Delhi, India HE Vikras Swarup, High Commissioner of India to Canada Ottawa, Canada Mr Prime Minister and Your Excellencies, Namaskaram. Sarvesham shantir bhavatu. I heard with alarm yesterday 3 October 2018, that India has started deporting to Myanmar, the first seven of 40,000 Rohingyas refugees seeking asylum in India in the face of the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-india/india-in-a-first-sends-seven-rohingya-for-deportation-to-myanmar-idUSKCN1MD0ZJ May I bring to your attention that you personally and the Government of India may be