Burmese Muslims protesters gathered in front of UN Head Quarter
Press Release
Date: April 12, 2013
Time: 5:38pm
In front of UN Head Quarter
New York
Organizers:
(1) Free Rohingya Campaign
(2) Myanmar Muslim Civil Right Movement
About 200 Burmese Muslims and Rohingya of USA resident representing all 50 states gathered on 4/12/13, 9:30 am in front of Myanmar Permanent mission at New York.
Despite heavy rain, protesters were determined to continue their planned demonstration as most of the people need to go home by Bus or rental minivan. They have demanded to stop religious discrimination, anti Muslim movement, and terrorism in Burma. They also asked U Thein Sein to dismantle terrorist network like 969 and others who has been planning and executing systematically the terror network with the support of very powerful element inside government. One of the organizers from Forth Wayne Indian said in his speech “We wait for too long since May 2012 to see action of U Thein Sein government with hope that he will do something to stop violence but Meikhtila genocide has proven that security forces do nothing when Muslim were being killed and burnt them alive.”They also highlighted the need to resettle 100 thousand Rohingya IDP to their own villages and all religious building be rebuilt on the same location as it was before.
At 11:00 am the leaders of protesters handed over memorandum to NYP police officer to be handed over to H.E U Kyaw Tin, Permanent Representative. The protesters moved In front UN Head Quarter to demand to the world body to send UN investigation teams to find out real mastermind of terrorism inside Burma as they do not have any confident in U Thein Sein and the commission that he formed. Journalists from Turkish Journal were on the sense interviewing the protestors. The protesters ask UN Security Council to wait until all six million Muslim were killed or they send UN investigators for genocide before it is too late. They also declare that Rohingya and Burmese Muslim are one and united and will work together until justice is being done and full human right and Citizenship right is restored.
RFA and VOA have interviewed Nay San Oo and Yusuf Iqbal the detail about the protest as well.
For protesters of voice for voiceless
Yusuf Iqbal
Excellent, Thanks a lot for your hard work. Thank you.
