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JOINT STATEMENT
The
Burmese
Rohingya
Associa3on
of
North
America
(BRANA),
Burma
Task
Force
USA
(BTF-USA),
the
Myanmar
Muslim
Civil
Right
Movement
(MMCRM),
Free
Rohingya
Campaign
(FRC),
and
the
European
Rohingya
Council
(ERC)
condemn
the
gruesome
killings
of
Myanmar
Muslim
men,
women,
and
children
in
Meik3la
and
Mandalay
in
the
strongest
possible
terms.
The
Muslim
community
in
North
America
painfully
mourns
the
loss
of
hundreds
of
innocent
Muslim
lives
and
expresses
their
condolence
to
the
bereaved
families
of
the
vic3ms.
The
Muslim
community
in
North
America
rmly
stands
by
the
Myanmar
Muslim
community
and
expresses
the
unequivocal
support
for
and
solidarity
with
the
Myanmar
Muslims
in
Burma.
The
violence
orchestrated
by
Buddhist
monks
in
Meik3la
and
Mandalay
in
Burma
resulted
in
carnage
of
several
hundred
Muslim
men,
women,
and
children
and
complete
destruc3on
of
over
30
mosques
in
Meik3la,
Pegu,Teggone,
Yamaythin,
and
other
ci3es
by
the
Buddhist
extremists.
The
North
American
Muslims
express
their
deepest
shock,
par3cularly
at
the
horrendous
beheading
of
24
young
Myanmar
Muslim
school
children
in
Mandalay
as
they
were
trying
to
make
to
safety.
No
civiliza3on
on
this
earth
will
tolerate
such
humanly
unthinkable
bloodbath
involving
innocent
young
school
children.
BRANA,
BTF-USA,
MMCRM,
FRC,
and
ERC
urgently
appeal
to
UN,
European
Union,
OIC,
ASEAN,
and
the
governments
of
US,
Canada,
and
Australia
to
take
immediate
steps
for
protec3on
of
Muslim
popula3on
throughout
Myanmar.
We
urge
the
interna3onal
community
to
demand
the
United
Na3ons
to
probe
the
recent
massacres
of
Muslims
in
Myanmar
and
punish
the
perpetrators.
Further,
we
demand
the
Government
of
Myanmar
to
fully
enforce
law
and
order
for
the
security
of
all
ci3zens
in
over
340
ci3es
and
small
towns
of
mixed
popula3on
of
dierent
faiths
without
par3ality
toward
any
par3cular
group
or
ethnicity.
Dr.
Wakar
Uddin Chairman,
BRANA
North American and European Muslim Organiza8ons Condemn the Senseless Killings of Myanmar Muslims in Central Burma including the reported beheadings of 24 children and Urgently Appeal to the United Na8ons to Intervene
FREE ROHINGYA The European Rohingya Council Myanmar Muslim Civil Right Movement CAMPAIGN