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Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet

September 10, 2018September 13, 2018 frcadmin

Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 10 September 2018 Distinguished President, Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to be called to this mandate, to assist States to uphold the human rights of their people, in this year in which we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration is a commitment to values and policies that have delivered tremendous benefit to millions of people. This Council, my Office, and every Member State of the United Nations must continue to push

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rules that the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh

September 6, 2018 frcadmin

Published by International Criminal Court on September 6, 2018 Today, 6 September 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I (the “Chamber”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou, decided by majority that the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh. This ruling was delivered following a request submitted by the Prosecutor pursuant to article 19(3) of the Statute, who argued that, although the coercive acts underlying the alleged deportation of members of the Rohingya people occurred

Fake photos in Myanmar army’s ‘True News’ book on the Rohingya crisis

August 31, 2018 frcadmin

By Poppy McPherson | Published by Reuters on August 31, 2018 YANGON (Reuters) – The grainy black-and-white photo, printed in a new book on the Rohingya crisis authored by Myanmar’s army, shows a man standing over two bodies, wielding a farming tool. “Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally”, reads the caption. The photo appears in a section of the book covering ethnic riots in Myanmar in the 1940s. The text says the image shows Buddhists murdered by Rohingya – members of a Muslim minority the book refers to as “Bengalis” to imply they are illegal immigrants. But a Reuters examination of

An open letter to the Rohingya survivors, concerned people and organisations, re: High Court of Australia matter re summons against ASSK for Crimes Against Humanity against the Rohingya

August 31, 2018 frcadmin

Dear Rohingya brothers and sisters, and concerned friends and organisations: In March 2018 a summons was lodged in the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court for filing seeking to charge Aung San Suu Kyi with Crimes Against Humanity for the forcible deportation of the Rohingya from Myanmar. The Attorney General of Australia refused to consent to the prosecution. The High Court of Australia will hear an application to strike out the Attorney General’s decision on 3rd October 2018. The hearing is set for 9.30am on 3rd October at the High Court of Australia, Level 17 Commonwealth Law Courts Building, 305 William

‘Myanmar is like Nazi Germany’

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 frcadmin

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal | Published by Anadolu Agency on August 29, 2018 Buddhist activist Maung Zarni denounces atrocities targeting Rohingya in his country LONDON — The atrocities targeting Myanmar’s Rohingya minority are similar to those committed by Nazi Germany, according to a prominent Buddhist human rights activist. Speaking to Anadolu Agency in Kent, the UK, Maung Zarni, a coordinator at the Free Rohingya Coalition, said the international community should act against his country of origin. Zarni’s remarks come after the UN released a report earlier this week documenting mass gang rapes, killings — including of infants and

Select published works on Myanmar GENOCIDE since 2013 by ZARNI, Natalie Brinham and Amartya Sen

August 28, 2018August 28, 2018 frcadmin

Buddhist Nationalism in Burma Institutionalized racism against the Rohingya Muslims led Burma to genocide By Maung Zarni SPRING 2013 Rohingya are categorically darker-skinned people—sometimes called by the slur “Bengali kalar.” Indeed, the lighter-skinned Buddhists of Burma are not alone in their fear of dark-skinned people and belief that the paler the skin, the more desirable, respectable, and protected one is. Read more: https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddhist-nationalism-burma/ — The Slow-Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya By Zarni, Maung; Cowley, Alice Since 2012, the Rohingya have been subject to renewed waves of hate campaigns and accompanying violence, killings and ostracization that aim both to destroy the Rohingya and to permanently

Published stories on the Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day by Anadolu Agency

August 28, 2018 frcadmin

Links of the published stories on the Rohingya Remembrance Day [22 – 28 Aug. 2018] by Anadolu Agency Rohingya returnees tortured by Myanmar police: HRW Turkey at forefront of giving aid to Rohingya refugees Turkish group distributes meat to Rohingya in Myanmar UN complains of impeded access into Myanmar’s Rakhine Rohingya in Bangladesh pray to return home during Eid Myanmar deprives Rohingya of their identity Security remains ‘major’ concern for Rohingya: NGO head UNICEF urges to invest in Rohingya children’s education Turkish facility treats nearly 100,000 Rohingya refugees Canada to host Rohingya genocide remembrance events Rohingya mourn first anniversary of Rakhine

Rohingyas declare Aug 25 as ‘genocide day’

August 27, 2018August 28, 2018 frcadmin

By Abdul Aziz | Published by Dhaka Tribune on August 27, 2018 The UN likened the Aug 25 crackdown in the Rakhine state to genocide The Rohingyas have announced to observe August 25 as the “genocide day,” a year after a Myanmar military crackdown forced more than 700,000 members of the ethnic minority to flee the Rakhine state. The announcement came from protest rallies by the Rohingyas at Ukhiya and Teknaf on Saturday. A group calling itself the “Free Rohingya Coalition” has been campaigning to highlight the last several days of the barbarity and atrocity of the August 25, 2017

Five Layers of Systemic Injustices Rohingyas have long suffered

August 27, 2018 frcadmin

Five Layers of Systemic Injustices Rohingyas have long suffered By Maung Zarni August 27, 2018 1) Myanmar gives annihiliators internal blanket impunity Myanmar perpetrators inside Myanmar enjoy blanket impunity in destroying Rohingya people, literally, psychologically, intellectually, culturally, and from their social and physical foundations of life; 2) Myanmar enjoys blanket impunity within the UN System Myanmar genocidal leaders like Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi enjoy blanket international impunity, under variously distorted, twisted and pathetic narratives; 3) The Global Discourse of White Man’s (or Woman’s) as “Voices of Conscience and Humanity” usurp Rohingya voices, even when