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Who we are
Our Coordinators
Free Rohingya Initiatives
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- #Black4Rohingya on 13 June 2018
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- Rohingya Conference at the French National Assembly

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“Rohingyas are equal and full citizens and an ethnic minority integral to the Union of Burma”: Myanmar Military Leadership, July 1961

Posted on May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 by FRC Webmaster

Un-official translation of the official Burmese transcript of the speech delivered by Vice-Chief-of-Staff (Army) Brigadier General Aung Gyi, 4 July 1961.

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Francis Buchanan. “A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma Empire.” Asiatic Researches 5 (1799): 219-240.

Posted on May 17, 2018May 22, 2018 by FRC Webmaster

Francis Buchanan. “A Comparative Vocabulary of Some of the Languages Spoken in the Burma Empire.” Asiatic Researches 5 (1799): 219-240.

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“Myanmar lies that Rohingyas were not indigenous people of Arakan. This elderly man was Rohingya Indigenous Language Program newsreader on the country’s sole national broadcasting station – Burma Broadcasting Service – from 1961-1965”

“The ethnic group that resides on the west of Mayu District boundaries are Pakistani. And the people who reside on the east side of this border are (Myanmar)… From today on, I openly and publicly tell you (Rohingyas) this: We consider the people of Mayu District an ethnic minority integral to the Union of Burma.”

– Brigadier-General Aung Gyi, vice-chief of staff the Burma Armed Forces (Army), speaking at the mujahideen surrender ceremony in Maungdaw, 4 July 1961.

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