BROUK Highlighted Discrimination against Rohingya in Norwegian Parliament

Today Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) President Maung Tun Khin(aka) Ziaul Gaffar highlighted untold suffering Rohingya people’s situation in Norwegian Parliament, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs and Human Rights and Human Wrongs Documentary Film Festival in Oslo some NGOs .BROUK’s Oslo trpi was facilitated and hosted by Norwegian Burma Committee.

Maung Tun Khin also met Norwegian former prime minister Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik who is also director of Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights. Maung Tun Khin Said “I had an extremely valuable discussion with the Former Prime Minister of Norway. I express our gratitude for his long time efforts for human rights and democracy for Burma. I urged him to continue to put pressure on the Thein Sein Regime to stop human rights violations in ethnic areas particularly in Arakan State where Rohingyas are facing serious persecution.”

The Norwegian government is engaging with the Thein Sein Regime and recently cancelled its earlier calls for Norwegian Companies not to do business or invest in Burma. In the meetings, with officials we called on them to urge the regime to restore Rohingya citizenship rights, ethnic rights, to lift restrictions on marriage, movement, education, and to find a permanent solution for Rohingya refugees who are living in Bangladesh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Malaysia.

Maung Tun Khin said: “I am extremely satisfied with the meeting with various officials from Norwegian government, parliamentary members and NGOs in which we were able to raise awareness about the suffering of all the people of Burma, and particularly the plight of the Rohingyas who are not receiving much international attention. I delivered the message that if Thein Sein regime wants to do genuine reform they have to stop human rights violations against ethnic areas including Rohingya’s areas. The regime is not showing even little sign of change on the Rohingya, instead tagging Rohingyas as foreigners, ignoring their glorious past and establishments in our own homeland. Recent changes might be just to ease sanctions from western governments and I must say it is too early to lift the sanctions on Burma.”

In the evening Maung Tun Khin participated the Panel discussion “The Exodus of Rohingyas” at the Human Rights Human Wrongs documentary film festival in Oslo.

 Source : BROUK