Avaaz kampanj - för att stoppa ett pågående folkmord i Burma
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Dear friends,
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 can deploy forces to protect the Rohingya, all he has to do
is approve a plan to do it. 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:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/burma_the_next_rwanda_loc/?bkMUncb&v=26488
Torture,
gang rape, execution style killings -- human rights groups are using the
term "ethnic cleansing" to describe the brutality in Burma. Already more
than 120,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee, many to makeshift camps near the
border, while others have fled in boats only to drown, starve, or be shot at by
coastguards from neighboring countries. Reports show that violence is escalating
-- President Thein Sein recently declared a state of emergency after another
round of deadly attacks, and there could be another large scale massacre any
day.
Genocides don’t happen when governments oppose them, but the
Burmese regime has been leaning the wrong way. Recently, a government
spokesperson admitted that authorities were enforcing a rule that limits the
Rohingya population to having only two children and forces couples seeking to
get married to obtain special permission. And experts report that government
authorities have stood by or even participated in acts of “ethnic cleansing.”
President Sein has finally been forced to acknowledge what’s happening to the
Rohingya, but he has so far refused to implement recommended plans to use
government forces to stop the violence and protect those at
risk.
Until he does, the risk of genocide hovers like a dark cloud
over not just Burma, but the world. Through their trade relations, UK PM Cameron
and French President Hollande have massive leverage with Sein -- if they press
him to act when he meets with them this month, it could save lives. Let’s make
sure they do. We've failed too many peoples, let's not fail the Rohingya.
Join the call now and share this with everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/burma_the_next_rwanda_loc/?bkMUncb&v=26488
Time and again, the Avaaz community has stood with the people of Burma
in their fight for democracy. When the regime brutally cracked down on Buddhist
monks in 2007, Avaazers donated hundreds of thousands of dollars/euros/pounds to
provide technical support and training to activists to fight a communications
blackout. In 2008, when a devastating cyclone killed at least 100,000 Burmese,
but the venal military regime stopped all official international aid from coming
in, our community donated millions directly to monks on the front line of the
aid effort.
Our community didn’t exist when genocide was committed in
Rwanda, 20 years ago. Would we have done enough to stop it? Let’s show the
Rohingya our answer to that question.
With hope and determination,
Jeremy, Luis, Aldine, Oliver, Marie, Jooyea and the whole Avaaz
team
PS - Many Avaaz campaigns are started by members of our
community! Start yours now and win on any issue - local, national or global:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?bgMYedb&v=23917
MORE
INFORMATION
Burma riots: Video shows police failing to stop attack (BBC
News)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22243676
Burma: End ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims (Human Rights
Watch)
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/22/burma-end-ethnic-cleansing-rohingya-muslims
Video shows Burmese police standing by as Buddhists attack Muslims (The
Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/burmese-police-buddhists-attack-muslims
Rights
group accuses Myanmar of 'ethnic cleansing' (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/world/asia/myanmar-rohingya-report
Dalai
Lama Pleads for Myanmar Monks to End Violence Amid Damning Rights Report (ABC
News)
http://abcnews.go.com/International/dalai-lama-pleads-myanmar-monks-end-violence-amid/story?id=19013148#.UXV3vCt4a5w
Thein Sein to visit Britain, France in July (AFP)
http://www.dvb.no/news/thein-sein-to-visit-britain-france-in-july/28815
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Vidareläsning:
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2013/03/avaaz-nu-over-20-miljoner-medlemmar.html
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2011/12/avaaz-internets-nya-folkdemokrati.html
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2013/05/dagens-industri-nekar.html
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2013/05/1000-tals-sorjer-offren-for.html
http://undermattans.blogspot.com/2013/05/hur-manga-av-kladindustrins-slit-slang.html
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AVAAZ: Stoppa Folkmordet i Burma
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