BRCNL discussed Rohingya situation with French officials
RB News
May 15, 2013
BRCNL was invited by Miss Sophie BUSSON, Sub-Directorate of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs & Sub-Directorate of the United nations, international organizations and the francophone of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France and Miss Alexandra MIAS, Director of Southeast Asia Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France for a meeting in order to discuss 2 subjects. 1. Situation of Rohingya in Arakan and 2. Crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Arakan. The meeting was planned on 13th May 2013 from 15:30 pm to 16:30 pm at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Mr. Hla Aung, president of NDPHR in exile from Paris accompanied with the delegation of BRCNL.
In the meeting, Sazaat Ahammed, Chairman of BRCNL has discussed the present situation of Internally Displaced Rohingyas, Rohingyas in Camps, in Townships and in Villages of Arakan. And the worry of Rohingyas by the remarks of President Thein Sein; intention to deport all Rohingyas to third country and not to revise the by a group of dictators led by dictators General Nay Win imposed citizenship law of 1982 which makes Rohingyas deliberately stateless, that gives yet the Buddhist mobs the encouragement to attack not only the Rohingyas in Arakan but also all Muslims throughout Burma.
Sazaat Ahammed highlighted that killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, forcing to leave Arakan, restriction on movement, restriction on education, restriction on medication, restriction to marry, restriction to have baby, extortion of money, intimidation, rape, forcefully Bengalizing, looting, segregation and burning become the daily persecution of Extremist Rakhines and Security Forces of Burmese Government against the Internally Displaced Rohingyas, remaining Rohingyas in Townships and Villages of Arakan. Furthermore, Sazaat also discussed “cannot protect Rohingyas”, has been said by authority to Madam Melanie Teff from the Charity Refugees International who recently backed from Arakan.
With regard to the crimes against humanity, Sazaat Ahammed giving example of experts and specialists from different field said that the reports of experts and specialists are counted and taken into consideration in general. In the case of Rohingya, Professor Willem Schabas, the former president of International Association of genocide scholars said that it [persecution against Rohingyas] turns into the genocide by expressing that if peoples are forced to leave the place where they live, if peoples are restricted to move from one place to another within the place where they live, if peoples are restricted to access education, if peoples are restricted to access medication, if peoples are restricted to marry, if peoples are restricted to have baby and if peoples are restricted to daily activities those are all signs of genocide, which Rohingyas face daily in Arakan, Burma.
And discussed the report of Human Rights Watch [crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Arakan, Burma]. According to International Law, International Community has the obligation to stop crimes against humanity, particularly the obligation of France, United Kingdom and United States of America because these countries committed to humanity and Human Rights. Sazaat has on the one hand appealed France through Miss Sophie BUSSON that France being a permanent member of Security Council to bring these crimes against Humanity to the Security Council of United Nations to get a Binding Resolution so that Peace Keeping Forces of United Nations must be sent to Arakan to stop crimes against humanity. On the other hand, Sazaat has humbly requested France Government through Miss Alexandra MIAS to strongly pressure the government of Burma to end killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, forcing to leave Arakan, restriction on movement, restriction to education, restriction to medication, restriction to marry, restriction to have baby, extortion of money, intimidation, rape, forcefully Bengalizing, looting, segregation, burning, to let domestic and international aids and aids workers reach the Rohingyas, to enforce law for the security of lives, faith, places of worship and properties, to revise the discriminatory citizenship law of 1982 with the international standards so that Rohingya gets the ethnic and civil rights back.
Mr. Hla Aung, has extensively discussed the report of Rakhine investigation commission, and rejected it. Further he highlighted how Burmese government brings the Bengali Rakhines from Bangladesh and resettles them in the lands of Rohingyas. At the end of the meeting Sazaat handed over a file to Miss Alexandra MIAS in which consisted of a letter, a copy of joint statement on the official report of Rakhine Investigation Commission issued on 3rd May 2013 and a document of 51 graphic photos of Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing.
