Arakan News Agency
On 16th of December 2016 members of European Rohingya Union (ERC) held a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Paris, France.
A number of Rohingya refugees and activists participated to raise the awareness regarding the genocidal campaigns against Rohingya in Myanmar.
The demonstration was held with the cooperation by the community of Srilanka in Paris, Jaffna International Muslim Community in Paris, Global Chairman of Human Rights Mission and NRB Welfare society
Mr. Haroon Yousuf – an ERC council member for France said the demonstration was arranged in order to raise the issues of human rights abuses and allegations of “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya and the blockage of humanitarian aid and independent investigation in Arakan State, Myanmar.
The demonstration have demanded from Burmese government to:
– Stop the genocide of Rohingya.
– Allow Independent investigation including Rohingya elders in the investigating commission.
– Allow doctors without borders.
– Allow International media.
How many children you will kill?
How many women and girls you will rape?
How many people you will kill and burn alive?
Since 9 October, More than 720 Rohingya civilian lives with nearly 1000 under arbitrary arrest, with used gang-rape against more than 250 Rohingya women and girls as young as 10. At least 3000 houses have been burnt down, which has been captured in Human Rights Watch’s satellite images, forced more than 40,000 Rohingya civilians to become homeless and who are now at high risk of starvation and lack of medical treatment.
More than 21,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee to Bangladesh while many boats were pushed back by Border Guard Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi is busy in mess cleaning of her military, the same military who make her deprived to become a president of Myanmar. As far as Mr. Kofi Annan is is concern, he is not visiting the effected areas. So, he is following her footstep.
The protest was started at 15:00 and ended at 16:00.
