New York City
September 27 , 2012
The Rohingya
Concern International (RCI)actively participated under the banner of Burma Task
Force/New York
in the demonstration held on September 27,2012
while Burmese President Thein Sein was delivering a speech at Asia Society/NYC which was led by Dr. Sheik Ubaid of BTF/NY.
while Burmese President Thein Sein was delivering a speech at Asia Society/NYC which was led by Dr. Sheik Ubaid of BTF/NY.
The President and Secretary of RCI, Mohiuddin M Yusof and Junaid Uddin
, both gave speeches in English and Burmese respectively.
Here is the link to listen the speech.
There was chanting too such as STOP GENOCIDE and STOP KILLING with
banners.
In his speech RCI- President said that Rohingyas are bonafied citizens
and an imdegenous people of Burma/Myanmar. He said that Rohingyas are the
victims of a pre-planned Genocide.
If the destruction of a whole community, hindering the growth of a
community through limiting the birth rate, destroying villages, burning homes
and religious institution and the places of worship, killing children, men and
women, raping, looting and confiscating the land and commercial stores and
business, denying human rights, inflicting inhuman atrocities on innocent
civilians are not crimes against humanity or genocide then how we have to
define genocide or ethnic cleansing.
Quoting the speech of President Thein Sein in UN General Assembly that
everyone in Burma disregarding race, religion, sex or language are entitled to
live in peace and security, RCI-President said "what about the Rohingya
people in Arakan region, still the Rohingyas are not in peace and security but
suffering in all forms physical, mental and materially.
He urge the President to take care of the matter of Rohingya people as
soon as he is back in the country.
He also said that Ethnic cleansing and genocidal activities against
Muslim Rohingyas will not be acceptable to world community and the Burma Task
Force USA will not sit idly until the situation in Arakan and restoration of
Rohingyas human rights are established as President promised in UN speech.
Mr. Junaid Uddin, the secretary of RCI in his Burmese language speech
said the President Thein Sein of Union of Burma has full responsibility to
protect the Rohingyas in Arakan/Burma who are the victims of ethnic cleansing.
Here is the link of Junaid Uddin's speech-
Many other people also gave speeches in the demonstration.
RCI- Information Desk
Contact:-202-594-2548 (Mohamd)
New York,USA
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