A Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi
23 June 2016
Rohingya Thailand Group published an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmr, In accordance with her Thailand's visit. The letter raise concern on Rohingya persecution and human rights violation in Mynmar, despite its press conference was previously barred from the Thai authority.
It is an honor for me that I get a chance as a speaker here in this conference. Thanks to all: the sponsors of the conference.
This conference dedication is on Rohingya issue in Myanmar. Rohingya crisis is not an accidental but well planned , well orchestrated crisis created by Myanmar governments. The main architect of this crisis was U Nay Win. He began to erase and destroy all evidences and historical edifies related to Rohingya. National registration card issuance were restricted. Rohingya language in the nationality language program of BBS was stopped. SLOC and SPDC governments had systematically seized away Rohingyas’ NRC’s replace them with TRC’s (White Card). Former Immigration Minister U Khin Yi stated that there were seven hundred thousand TRCs holders in Rakhine state. U Thein Sein government had disenfranchised all white card holders. Thus Rohingya were excluded in 2015 election .
Here the most important fact to reckon is this Rohingya had had the rights to take part in all parliamentary election from British time to 2010 election. So it is a strange paradox that they were denied that rights in so called present day democracy election.
There were UN resolutions to recognize Rohingya identity and full citizenship. US congress had many times passed the same resolutions. In many capital of the world there are conferences participated by human rights groups, academics ,artists, journalists, philanthropists, noble laureates , to highlight the serious and grievous situation of Rohingya. This all conferences, portrayed the present persecution of Rohingya may lead to genocide.
President Obama, in 2012 explained to his audience in Yangon that Rohingya has the same dignity as you and us. No one has the rights to loot to kill them and destroy their houses . Similarly on 1st August 2013, his Excellency , Hon. John Bercow, the speaker of British common house at Yangon University Diamond hall explained “ why we must not call Rohingya Bangali” because it is genocidal and racial .
He also urges Myanmar government to revise 1982 citizenship law to bring it in line with international human rights norms. In 2014, ASEAN summit UN Secretary general Bankimoon replied to a question the world call them Rohingya, all UN agencies call them Rohingya. So , I should call them Rohingya too.
Adama Dieng , a special adviser to UN secretary general on the prevention of genocide said in Addis Ababa, during a UN meeting “ it was our hope that the new administration address the issue of discrimination against Rohingya. Instead they have continued to be denied their identity. If it is not halted it could lead to a genocide.”
Again in Geneva , Human rights council thirty second annual conference in last of june, UN special representative Maina Kiai stated Rohingya are still being persecuted and it may lead to genocide.
Despite all this our present government and the state counselor are going to choose the path of former military rulers whose main objective was to make Rohingya state less, at the most to give some naturalized citizenship. Our democratic state leaders now denying our identity and citizenship just to appease their co-religionists and extremists in Rakhine state. This anti Rohingya campaign is going on domestically as well as internally. All our hopes in the leadership of democratic statemen faded away . Indeed we did not hope this sort of harsh and negative political stance and undemocratic ,rhetoric from our noble peace laureate .
We are highly frustrated. 1.5 million Rohingyas are in strict confinement in Rakhine sate for the last four years .There future is nothing but degenerative uncertainty. So, our appeal to the world communities and all the participants here in this conference is to rescue us from the grasp of Myanmar racists tyrants: old and new.
Thank You all.
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