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CHANDIGARH, September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
Updated: September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dal-khalsas-plea-to-suu-kyi-on-rohingya/article19638019.ece
The Dal Khalsa, a radical Sikh organisation, has demanded that Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi take immediate action to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Rohingya community.
The Dal Khalsa, in an open letter to her, has expressed concern over the alleged killings of Rohingya Muslims in the restive Rakhine State of Myanmar.
“The violence against the Muslim minority community has shocked us. It is appalling because the woman we knew believed cooperation and dialogue [non-violent tools] as the effective methods of conflict resolution. Regrettably, the alleged killings have battered the reputation of the Nobel Peace prize winner,” said Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh.
“As an organisation fighting for Sikh rights, the Dal Khalsa has always considered you [Aung San Suu Kyi] as a source of moral courage and steadfastness and supported your commitment to continue to fight for human rights,” he said.
“The people, the groups who admired you, supported you and voiced your cause are disappointed and disheartened the way Rohingya Muslims are being treated in an inhuman way,” he added.
“The situation cries for your urgent attention. The responsibility rests on you to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Muslim Rohingya minority and affecting the geopolitics of South Asia,” said Mr. Singh.
Students of Islamic Organisation and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind activists participate in a rally to protest against the alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims near Myanmar Consulate in Kolkata on Thursday.
A Rohingya refugee woman loads the body of her son who died after their boat capsized in Bay of Bengal after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh September 7, 2017.
Sep 07, 2017 15:07 IST
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Mohammad Salimullah (R) and Mohammad Shaqir are the two Rohingya refugees who have petitioned the Supreme Court about the proposed deportation. ‘We cannot be deported to a place where we will be killed for sure,’ he says. ‘Since August 25th, Rohingya in the Rakhine state have been massacred and their villages burnt... If the Indian government expects us to return to this situation, then it is against the tenets of humanity’, he added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Facing criticism over the plan, Kiren Rijiju replied saying, ‘I want to tell the international organisations whether the Rohingya are registered under the United Nations Human Rights Commission or not. They are illegal immigrants in India.’ Around 14,000 of the Rohingya living in India are registered with the UN refugee agency, making the rest illegal and liable to be sent back. India however, is not a signatory to UN conventions on refugees and no national law covers this issue. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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The Ministry of Home Affairs estimates 40,000 Rohingya in India. In August, minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju, told parliament that instructions for identifying and deporting illegal nationals including the Rohingya had been made. An attack on August 25, 2017 by the Rohingya insurgents on Myanmar’s forces prompted a ‘clearance operation’ which led to the killing of at least 400 people, arson and violence in Rakhine villages and the exodus of nearly 146,000 to Bangladesh. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Noor Qasim says his home was burnt while his sister and her husband succumbed to death on August 27, 2017 during the recent upsurge in Myanmar. ‘Sending us back at this time is like rounding us up and killing us,’ he says in despair. ‘If India can welcome refugees from around the world, why deport the Rohingya?’, he asks. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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‘I was born in Burma. We left when I was 2 years old’, says 9- year-old Ubadul who studies at a madarsa in Shastri Park. The UNHCR says Rohingya refugees are spread across six locations in India — Jammu, Nuh in Haryana’s Mewat district, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Chennai. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Noor Alam who communicated via a translator said that though he was able to flee to Delhi in December 2016, his sisters are still trapped in Myanmar. ‘I left because there was a wave of violence at that time. Whether my relatives in Myanmar will survive or not, I don't know. They are in God's hands now,’ he adds. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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20-year-old Tasmida who studies in Delhi says that the Indian government must ensure that if they are sent back, they receive the same freedoms in Myanmar as Indian citizens enjoy in their country. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Mohammad Salimullah (R) and Mohammad Shaqir are the two Rohingya refugees who have petitioned the Supreme Court about the proposed deportation. ‘We cannot be deported to a place where we will be killed for sure,’ he says. ‘Since August 25th, Rohingya in the Rakhine state have been massacred and their villages burnt... If the Indian government expects us to return to this situation, then it is against the tenets of humanity’, he added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
Updated: September 07, 2017 21:20 IST
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dal-khalsas-plea-to-suu-kyi-on-rohingya/article19638019.ece
The Dal Khalsa, a radical Sikh organisation, has demanded that Myanmar’s State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi take immediate action to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Rohingya community.
The Dal Khalsa, in an open letter to her, has expressed concern over the alleged killings of Rohingya Muslims in the restive Rakhine State of Myanmar.
“The violence against the Muslim minority community has shocked us. It is appalling because the woman we knew believed cooperation and dialogue [non-violent tools] as the effective methods of conflict resolution. Regrettably, the alleged killings have battered the reputation of the Nobel Peace prize winner,” said Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh.
“As an organisation fighting for Sikh rights, the Dal Khalsa has always considered you [Aung San Suu Kyi] as a source of moral courage and steadfastness and supported your commitment to continue to fight for human rights,” he said.
“The people, the groups who admired you, supported you and voiced your cause are disappointed and disheartened the way Rohingya Muslims are being treated in an inhuman way,” he added.
“The situation cries for your urgent attention. The responsibility rests on you to resolve the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Muslim Rohingya minority and affecting the geopolitics of South Asia,” said Mr. Singh.
Students of Islamic Organisation and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind activists participate in a rally to protest against the alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims near Myanmar Consulate in Kolkata on Thursday.
A Rohingya refugee woman loads the body of her son who died after their boat capsized in Bay of Bengal after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh September 7, 2017.
Sep 07, 2017 15:07 IST
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Mohammad Salimullah (R) and Mohammad Shaqir are the two Rohingya refugees who have petitioned the Supreme Court about the proposed deportation. ‘We cannot be deported to a place where we will be killed for sure,’ he says. ‘Since August 25th, Rohingya in the Rakhine state have been massacred and their villages burnt... If the Indian government expects us to return to this situation, then it is against the tenets of humanity’, he added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Facing criticism over the plan, Kiren Rijiju replied saying, ‘I want to tell the international organisations whether the Rohingya are registered under the United Nations Human Rights Commission or not. They are illegal immigrants in India.’ Around 14,000 of the Rohingya living in India are registered with the UN refugee agency, making the rest illegal and liable to be sent back. India however, is not a signatory to UN conventions on refugees and no national law covers this issue. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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The Ministry of Home Affairs estimates 40,000 Rohingya in India. In August, minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju, told parliament that instructions for identifying and deporting illegal nationals including the Rohingya had been made. An attack on August 25, 2017 by the Rohingya insurgents on Myanmar’s forces prompted a ‘clearance operation’ which led to the killing of at least 400 people, arson and violence in Rakhine villages and the exodus of nearly 146,000 to Bangladesh. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Noor Qasim says his home was burnt while his sister and her husband succumbed to death on August 27, 2017 during the recent upsurge in Myanmar. ‘Sending us back at this time is like rounding us up and killing us,’ he says in despair. ‘If India can welcome refugees from around the world, why deport the Rohingya?’, he asks. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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‘I was born in Burma. We left when I was 2 years old’, says 9- year-old Ubadul who studies at a madarsa in Shastri Park. The UNHCR says Rohingya refugees are spread across six locations in India — Jammu, Nuh in Haryana’s Mewat district, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Chennai. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Noor Alam who communicated via a translator said that though he was able to flee to Delhi in December 2016, his sisters are still trapped in Myanmar. ‘I left because there was a wave of violence at that time. Whether my relatives in Myanmar will survive or not, I don't know. They are in God's hands now,’ he adds. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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20-year-old Tasmida who studies in Delhi says that the Indian government must ensure that if they are sent back, they receive the same freedoms in Myanmar as Indian citizens enjoy in their country. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)
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Mohammad Salimullah (R) and Mohammad Shaqir are the two Rohingya refugees who have petitioned the Supreme Court about the proposed deportation. ‘We cannot be deported to a place where we will be killed for sure,’ he says. ‘Since August 25th, Rohingya in the Rakhine state have been massacred and their villages burnt... If the Indian government expects us to return to this situation, then it is against the tenets of humanity’, he added. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)