Plea to immediately save innocent Rohingya lives …

… IN ARAKAN STATE, MYANMAR

Since Friday 25th of August 2017, Myanmar military forces supported by local extreme Rakhine Buddhists and the government, (who are claim to be fighting armed Rohingya forces), have been massacring and killing innocent Rohingyas.

Innumerable civilians including women and children have already been either brutally killed, set alight or have had to flee from their homes. Multiple Rohingya villages have been burned down.

Given the emergency for our people in Arakan State, Myanmar, the following are our desperate requests:

• We urge the Myanmar Government to immediately stop the ethnic cleansing of innocent Rohingyas in Arakan State, Myanmar.

• We urge the UN to intervene and immediately end the massacre of innocent Rohingya civilians.

• We urge the Australian Government to pressure the Myanmar Government to end the ongoing genocide of innocent Rohingyas immediately.

• We urge the Bangladeshi Government to provide food and shelter to the helpless Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar.

• We urge the UN to intervene and provide security for the surviving Rohingyas in Arakan State, Myanmar. We urge the Myanmar Government to allow immediate aid access for the displaced Rohingyas in Arakan State, Myanmar.

• We urge the Myanmar Government to allow independent media access into Arakan State, Myanmar.

• We urge the Myanmar Government to allow immediate access to the UN fact-finding missions into Arakan State, Myanmar.

• We urge the Myanmar Government that Kofi Annan’s peace treaty be implemented.

• We urge the Australian Government implement immediate sanctions on Australia’s Aid Program to Myanmar, as part of the agreement was to maintain peace and stability especially pertaining to ethnic tensions.

• We urge the Australian Government to increase the numbers of Rohingya refugees accepted into Australia in the light of this humanitarian crisis.

• We urge the Australian Government to speed up the processing of refugees and end refoulement of Rohingyans to Myanmar.
Jane Salmon