PUBLIC MEETING: STOP THE GENOCIDE OF THE ROHINGYA'S OF MYANMAR

BHARTA BACHAO ANDOLAN
STOP THE GENOCIDE OF THE ROHINGYA'S OF MYANMAR
Tuesday, 24th July, In front of UN offices across the world

Press Announcement

PUBLIC MEETING

 
The people of India, South Asia & the rest of the world, need to wake up the ongoing genocide of the Rohingyas, which is an ethnic minority in Myanmar. The military junta has unleashed its might on a hapless people, who have nowhere to flee & are dying in the thousands, whilst lakhs have been reduced to refugees. We have thus organized a public meeting to draw the attention of the Indian government, political parties, peoples' organizations & the media who now need to get engaged & intervene, if we are to bring an end to this genocide of an entire people.

SPEAKERS:

SS YADAV, KISHORE JAGTAP, FEROZE MITHIBORWALA, SARFARAZ ARZU, MERAJ SIDDIQUI, SIDDHARTH UGADE, ASLAM GHAZI, MULNIWASI MALA, COM. ARUN VELASKAR, FARID KHAN, JAGDISH NAGARKAR, JYOTI BADEKAR, 
TANVEER ALAM, ARIF KAPADIA, POOJA BADEKAR & CHETNA BIRJE,
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VENUE: MARATHI PATRAKAR SANGH, OPP. CST, MUMBAI.

DATE: 24TH JULY TUESDAY AT 3.30PM
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organized by:

All India Buddhist Council, All-India Bodhgaya Mukti Andolan, Buddha Vihara Samanway Samiti,
Awami Bharat, Vidyarthi Bharti, Mahatma Jotiba Phule-Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Vichar Manch, Hindu Vikasini, Muslim Intellectual Forum, Jamat i Islami (Maharashtra), Marathi Bharti, Muslim Students Organization of India (MSO), Bharat-Palestine Mukti Morcha, Free Palestine Campaign, Indian Youth for Palestine,
Urdu Markaz & Aligargh Muslim University Alumini Assoc. (Maharashtra)
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"The International Action Committee Stop the Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar" -
is launching a day of solidarity for the Rohingya in Myanmar on the July 24th, 2012 .

The first ever international solidarity day for one of the most oppressed ethnic in the world is aim to alert the international community to stand in support for the Rohingya struggle for survival and to reclaim their rights as original descendent of the once sovereign nation of Arakan which is now part of Myanmar after British declared independence in 1948.

This day is a united voice of the international community to call for Myanmar to stop the ongoing massacre and continuous oppression by the military junta and government of Myanmar against the Rohingya.

This is a wake up call to the world not to ignore the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims who are about to be exterminated from their own land in Arakan .

The committee will be handing over a special note to all the UN regional offices in the world on the same day with representatives from all civil societies , religious and non religious groups .

The following programs will take place simultaneously in the cities all over the world :

1. Gathering in front of the UN offices in different countries with banners and placards
            - Stop the genocide of Rohingya
            - Punish the Perpetrators of Massacre of Rohingyas in Myanmar
            - Rohingyas are Not illegal Immigrants
            - Stop Racism and Hate Campaign Against Rohingya Muslims
            - Stop the Bloodshed in Arakan
            - No to Expelling of Rohingya from Myanmar
            - Restore the Nationality of Rohingya as Myanmar Citizens
            - UN must intervene to stop Myanmar Killings
            - Bangladesh must open Border - Safe the Rohingya Refugees

2. Reading out a public declaration in solidarity with the Rohingya community

3. Declaring in one Voice one Slogan " Stop the Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar"

4. Handing over of Special Note to UN representative endorsed by national and international NGOs

5. Press Conference.