dinsdag 12 september 2017

Beheading Children

Dear friends,

Very few had heard of Rwanda, until 800,000 people were dead. And right now in Burma, the Rohingya community is being hunted down by rampaging bands of soldiers hellbent on murder.

It’s sickening. They're even beheading tiny children.

But here’s the craziest thing -- the military behind this massacre is supported by countries like Britain, Germany and Italy!

Burma's generals have spent years building these alliances. Let's demand our governments end their support until the slaughter is stopped -- when our call is huge we’ll take out ads in media at a major global summit in a few days!

Cut support to Burma’s butchers

Governments around the world have engaged with Burma’s military -- hoping to prevent massacres like we’re seeing right now. It’s clear that policy has failed, but they have massive leverage by breaking ties with these butchers!

The Rohingya are a poverty-stricken community who are denied citizenship in Burma, and have been persecuted for years because of their darker skin and different religion. Some have taken up arms and attacked security forces. But this is all out ethnic cleansing -- the worst crisis the Rohingya have ever faced. Sign now and share everywhere!  

Cut support to Burma’s butchers
We’ve helped the Rohingya before -- when thousands fled a previous crackdown and were stranded at sea, our global community donated to support rescue missions to save them. Now they need us again -- more than ever. Let’s rise to their call and make sure this isn’t another Rwanda.

With hope,

Bert, Rewan, Ana Sofia, Danny, Ricken and the entire Avaaz team

More information:

Rohingya: "Even a baby was not spared by the military" (Al Jazeera)
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/rohingya-babies-spared-army-170827192311109.html

UN reports "devastating cruelty" against Rohingya (UN)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=56103

Rohingya crisis: UN sees 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41224108

Burma: Rohingya children 'beheaded and burned alive' as refugees continue to flood into Bangladesh to escape violence (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rohingya-burma-myanmar-children-beheaded-burned-alive-r...

It’s time for the U.S. to pressure Burma on human rights — once again (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/07/18/its-time-for-the-u-s-to-pressure-bu...


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Very few had heard of Rwanda until 800,000 people were dead. And right now in Burma, the Rohingya people are being massacred -- they’re even beheading tiny children. Shockingly, The army behind the killing is supported by countries like Britain, Germany and Italy -- let’s demand they drop support for these brutal troops to help end the slaughter! 

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1 opmerking:

Anoniem zei

Ik heb ook allemaal vreselijke foto's gezien, maar let wel op, het is niet zo dat alleen het leger verantwoordelijk is voor de vele slachtingen, er zijn nogal wat militante bewegingen actief, de schrijver van dit artikel op moon of alabama noemt het ook nog 'n proxy war, waar en wanneer foto's gemaakt zijn en wie de actoren zijn, het blijft vaak erg onduidelijk (zeker vandaag de dag). Het land is na 60 jaar dictatuur met daarvoor een koloniaal verleden een behoorlijk jonge democratie! De huidige presidente onderscheidden met de nobelprijs werd meerdere malen gedetineerd en zat jarenlang vast, ook na de verkiezingen gewonnen te hebben, terwijl mensenrechtenorganisaties in de hele wereld voor haar vrijlating pleitten. Toen ze uiteindelijk vrij kwam en president werd genoot ze enorm veel goodwill waarom ze precies dat zou verspelen in plaats van uit te buitten is op z'n minst vreemd. (Myanmar's Suu Kyi slams 'misinformation' over Rohingya crisis) Naar mijn mening zeer terecht wordt in het eerste artikel de hypothetische vraag gesteld wat er zou gebeuren als Bangladesh onder de zeespiegel verdwijnt. Gaat om ong. 186 miljoen mensen! Chaos! Ook in deze regio.

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