I've
been hearing an increasing amount about the plight of the Rohingya
people of Burma in recent months. Concerns of ethnic cleansing and a
looming genocide. Avaaz has launched a petition in the hope of
pressuring David Cameron and Francois Hollande to raise this issue
when they meet the Burmese President this month. It's always a
little depressing when such heavy things are going on in the world,
and all you can do is sign a petition, but it's surely better than
nothing. Politicians are I suppose at least concerned about their
public appearance, and Burmese politicians seem increasingly concerned
about how their country is viewed in the wider world these days.
Here's
the text from Avaaz, with a link where you can sign the protest,
they've nearly reached their goal of a million people!
'Most
people didn't know who the Rwandans were until it was too late, and
800,000 of them were dead. Right now, the fate of Burma's Rohingya
people is hanging by a thread. Racist thugs have distributed leaflets
threatening to wipe out this small Burmese minority. Already children
have been hacked to death and unspeakable murders committed. All
signs are pointing to a coming horror, unless we act.
Genocides
happen because we don't get concerned enough until the crime is
committed. The Rohingya are a peaceful and very poor people. They're
hated because their skin is darker and the majority fear they’re
'taking jobs away'. There are 800,000 of them, and they could be gone
if we don't act. We've failed too many peoples, let's not fail the
Rohingya.
Burmese
President Thein Sein has the power, personnel and resources to
protect the Rohingya, all he has to do is give the word to make it
happen. In days, he’ll arrive in Europe to sell his country’s new
openness to trade. If EU leaders greet him with a strong request to
protect the Rohingya, he’s likely to do it. Let’s get 1 million
voices and plaster images of what’s happening in Burma outside his
meetings with key EU heads of state.'
Link to Site
And here's a video
of Abby Martin from back in April. She's interviewing the journalist
on the ground Assed Baig, about the persecution of the Rohingya
people he's witnessed.
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