A Response to the Allegation Branding Rohingya Ties With Terrorist Group

Dated :09/09/2011

Ref : frc-rec 025/02/2011 

On behalf of the entire Rohingya community, we strongly condemn the recent blast out side the Delhi High Court on September 7, 2011 which caused more than (10) persons dead and other (61) are wounded. 

The reporter Rahul Bedi from Delhi informed to the Telegraph as Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami – Bangladesh (HuJI-B) has claimed responsibility. 

In his message, Rahul stated that the (HuJI-B) gives arms and explosive training to Rohingya community in Bangladesh. We frequently found such allegations from some Indian writers but hard to realize why they are trying to link terrorism issue with the poor, world most and long suffering Rohingya. 

Rohingya is one of the communities that descended from Indian communities by mixing with Arabs, Persians and Mongols whose native is Arakan. Because of being Indian-Bengali descents the Burmese denied them of being indigenous in Burma. Through 1982 citizenship law they are openly denied to right the citizenship in Burma and immeasurable crimes against humanity including systematic ethic cleansing are practiced against them under Burmese regime for nearly half a century which caused half of the Rohingya population fled to outside the country where they are living in many subhuman conditions with hard breathing. 

A few Rohingya established some insurgent groups with the purpose of fight for getting back their rights which is a consequence of Burmese persecutions and left no option for them to solve in other ways. But they were crushed down and swept out from the border area by the Bangladeshi security forces since 2003 and unregistered refugees and boat people are strong evidences of unanimous persecution in Burma. 

The persecutions inside Burma became in a measure of highest but the Rohingya are still suffered beyond the limit such as killings, detention on fault allegations, rapes, restrictions on religion, business, travelling, education, marriage, owning properties even they don’t have rights to repair their home without permission. Still Rohingya never offended any of such crimes as blasting bombs, fighting by holding guns. 

Above scenario are huge evidences to say Rohingya has no relationship with any of the terrorist groups and all the allegations that mentioned in the message of Rahul and the Telegraph is groundless. 

We abhorrently reject the accusation against Rohingya as they have links with HuJI-B or any other group that threatening regional stability and would like to know the international community as Rohingya is a peace loving community seeking a safety heaven for a time beings unless there have been not a grantee safety life and grantee for their lives and properties with all fundamental rights in Burma. 

Ko Ko Linn, 

Co-Founder and Contributor

Free Rohingya Campaign (FRC)

E-mail :kokolinn@freerohingyacampaign.com

www.freerohingyacampaign.com