BROUK Welcomes British Foreign Secretary William Hague Visit to Burma
BROUK welcomes and strongly supports UK Foreign Secretary William Hague’s historic visit to Burma on Thursday. The visit has demonstrated the UK Government’s serious commitment to helping the people of Burma to achieve their democratic aspirations.
Last Monday U Thein Sein government’s sham Amnesty made great disappointment to the people of Burma in which only 32 out of more than 1,500 jailed activists were released. If the regime is sincere in taking steps for democratic reform then it must release all the political prisoners who were unlawfully imprisoned.
Burmese military offensives against Kachin and other ethnic peoples have continued; no significant changes towards national reconciliation have been done. In addition, ‘systematic racism’ against Rohingya has been institutionalized; and religious persecution against non-Buddhist people, especially Muslims and Christians, has increased.
The credibility of U Thein Sein regime’s promise of reform is now seriously questioned. However, we are in high spirit to see that the Foreign Secretary has cautiously welcomed the promises of political reform in Burma saying ‘the military junta will be judged by its actions rather than its words’.
Meanwhile, we at BROUK and Rohingya people would like to express our gratitude to the British Foreign Secretary for his meeting with ethnic representative groups, including Rohingyas, during his visit to Burma. We are very delighted to see his encouragement to U Thein Sein regime to bring genuine change, long-lasting peace, freedom and protection of human rights for all the people of Burma.
Maung Tun Khin
President,
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK
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