BRAJ held a press conference in Tokyo

Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ) held a press conference at Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo, Japan on 26th September from 3 pm to 4 pm on Rohingya issue to urge international community to protect from genocidal atrocities of Myanmar President Thein Sein’s quasi civilian government and ultranationalists Rakhines. 

At the press conference Mr. Zaw Min Htut, President of BRAJ presented the current situation of Rohingyas in Arakan and stressed that Rohingya people need urgent international protection. At the same time BRAJ urge for international investigation leading by UN to look into the crisis and punish perpetrators as the current U Thein Sein’s bias investigation team is unacceptable for Rohingyas. 

Mr. Zaw Min Htut raised the issue of 1982 citizenship act which made Rohingyas virtual stateless although Rohingyas are the sons of Arakan soil with glorious past and history. 

BRAJ urge the international community especially U.S. and western countries including Japan to pressure U Thein Sein to withdraw his previous inhumane statement to UNHCR and recognize Rohingyas ethnic rights and grant them automatic citizenship. 

BRAJ hopes a lot from democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out against discrimination on Rohingyas and to find a permanent viable solution for Rohingyas and Arakan people for their peaceful co-existence without any discrimination. 

RB News Desk