European Parliamentarians: Press Myanmar to Stop Violence and Ethnic Cleansing against the Rohingya

PRESS STATEMENT European Parliamentarians: Press Myanmar to Stop Violence and Ethnic Cleansing against the Rohingya   [12 February 2018, Brussels] – On Monday a delegation from the European Parliament will visit Myanmar and Bangladesh to discuss the Rohingya crisis.  Commenting on the visit, Dr Anita Schug, Spokesperson of the European Rohingya Council said, “This is […]

URGENT APPEAL FOR PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN RAKHINE STATE

Press Release URGENT APPEAL FOR PROTECTION AND SAFETY IN RAKHINE STATE We, the undersigned Rohingya organizations and communities worldwide are deeply concerned with the recent developments following clashes in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar on August 25, 2017. We appeal the international community to exercise “the Responsibility to Protect” as the Rohingya civilian population plunges into […]

ERC Condemns General Min Aung Hlaing’s Remarks on Rohingya

The European Rohingya Council (ERC) condemns and categorically rejects the remarks on Rohingya made by Myanmar’s commander-in-chief General Min Aung Hlaing on 27 March 2107. In his speech to the crowd on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Mr. Min Aung Hlaing defended the armed forces’ brutal crackdown of innocent Rohingya in Maungdaw Rakhine State, during […]

ARU and ERC Welcome the Adoption of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Myanmar

Arakan Rohingya Union and The European Rohingya Council Welcome the Adoption of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Myanmar  The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape, and torture by Myanmar armed forces against Rohingya ethnic minority in Arakan/Rakhine state. Arakan […]