His Excellency

Mr. Fumio Kishida

Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Government of Jaan
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,ub-ect$ A humble appeal to your kind and sympathetic consideration in the humanitarian
ground to protect innocent Rohingya children, men and women in Arakan.
.ith due resect and honor" /e" the members of the 0urmese 1ohingya Association in Jaan
201AJ3 exress our heartfelt gratitude to your Excellency" the Government of Jaan and its
eole for your continued symathy" tolerance and suort to/ards the oressed and ersecuted
1ohingya eole of Ara4an ,tate" 0urma. The 1ohingyas are an ethnic minority grou of 0urma
/hich is under constant tyranny of 0urmese military regime. ,o far half of 1ohingya oulation
/ere exelled from the country or have to leave their homeland to save their lives since 0urma5s
indeendence. They are denied citi6enshi rights effectively rendered stateless" facing
institutionali6ed ersecution /hile living in miserable overty.
The democratically elected government of then 7rime Minister 8 9u recogni6ed 1ohingya a
distinct ethnic grou of Myanmar. Ho/ever after '+:% military cou led by General 9e .in the
successive regimes do not ac4no/ledge the term 1ohingya and commonly refer to the Muslim
oulation in Ara4an ,tate as ;0engali"< claiming that they are all illegal migrants from
0angladesh. 9evertheless" there have been Muslim inhabitants in /estern 0urma for centuries.
The oulation of over *&&"&&& 1ohingya ethnic minority live in 0urma" mostly in the /estern
1a4hine state and currently" aroximately '(&"&&& 1ohingya are internally dislaced in central
1a4hine state and hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring countries in fear of
ersecution" including at least %='"&&& in 0angladesh" at least =&"&&& in Malaysia" and many
more in Thailand and >ndonesia as /ell as Australia.
The 0urma ?iti6enshi @a/ of '+*% has long excluded the 1ohingya eole from aroved
ethnic grous" desite they having lived in northern 1a4hine state for generations" and has
thereby rendered 1ohingyas stateless and vulnerable to exloitation and abuse. The Government
of 0urma is clearly un/illing to sto violence escalated in 1a4hine ,tate and ta4e any action
against those masterminds of 1ohingya ethnic cleansing. >t is /ell evident that government of
0urma is not sincere to achieve eace /hile formulating long term lan to ut all 1ohingyas in
the 1efugee ?ams or exel to third countries as 7resident Thein ,ein roosed to 89 High
?ommissioner for 1efugee in July %&'%.
1ecently" !anghee @ee" the ne/ 89 raorteur on the human rights situation in 0urma" visited
the Ara4an ,tate caital ,itt/e as a raorteur and succeeds ArgentinaAs TomBs C-ea Duintana.
Gunma)Ken Tatebayashi)shi" 9aegi ?ho'EF')E"
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He /rote numerous reorts on the crisis in Ara4an ,tate and /arned that the stateless 1ohingya
minority /ere facing ersecution and a range of serious rights violations at the hands of the
authorities and the Ara4anese community. A 1ohingya leader Mr. Aung .in" a 1ohingya rights
activist living in ,itt/eAs Muslim Iuarter Aung Mingalar" said he and other 1ohingya leaders met
/ith !anghee @ee on ,unday" adding that the raorteur visited Aung Mingalar and a cam for
dislaced 1ohingya" as /ell as t/o cams for dislaced Ara4anese.
Cur 1ohingya students can not go to J,itt/eK universityand 1ohingya children are not allo/ed to
enroll in schools" everyone has the right to education" according to the 89" but our children
cannot get it. Cur 1ohingya need to have a rogram to be resettled Jin former homesK" /hile /e
need rights and citi6enshi as former democratic government recogni6ed a distinct ethnic grou.
1ohingyas are denied to get treatment in the government hositals" only international 9GCs
rovide % hours a day of medical treatment through a mobile clinic that visits the cams
routinely. ,o" /e have lost our rights to access to health care. 1oughly '(&"&&& 1ohingya
dislaced by the outbrea4 of deadly inter)communal violence have been living in sIualid"
cro/ded cams since %&'%. Authorities revent them from leaving the cam and are limiting
humanitarian aid and basic government services such as health care" education and food" for the
dislaced.
9e/ly born 1ohingya children sent their entire short life confined to a cam for one of the
/orldAs most ersecuted religious minorities. And li4e a gro/ing number of other Muslim
1ohingya children /ho are going hungry" they are sho/ing the first signs of severe malnutrition.
0urmaAs child malnutrition rate /as already among the regionAs highest" but itAs an increasingly
familiar sight in the countryAs /esternmost state of Ara4an" /hich is home to almost all of the
countryAs '.= million 1ohingya Muslims.
More than '(&"&&& have been traed in cro/ded" dirty cams since extremist 0uddhist mobs
began chasing them from their homes t/o years ago" 4illing u to thousands eole. The others
are stuc4 in villages isolated by systematic discrimination" /ith restrictions on their movement
and limited access to food" clean /ater" education and health care. .ith seasonal rains no/
beating do/n on the lastic tents and bamboo shac4s inside 1ohingya cams" the situation has
become even more miserable and dangerous for 4ids.
9a4ed boys and girls run barefoot on the muddy" narro/ ath/ays" or lay in ools of ra/
se/age" exosing them to otential /aterborne diseases that 4ill. ,ome have blac4 hair tinged
/ith atches of red or blond" a tell)tale sign of nutrient deficiency commonly seen in laces
exeriencing famine. @ast month" even 0ertrand 0ainvel" country reresentative for the 89As
childrenAs agency 8nicefL/hich says the number of severe malnutrition cases has more than
doubled bet/een March and June to reach nearly '"&&& cases. Even 9obel 7ri6e /inner Aung
,an ,uu Kyi" /hether for reasons ersonal or olitical" has remained largely silent as members of
the religious minority have been chased do/n by 4nife)/ielding mobs. ?onditions in the cams
Land else/here in Ara4anL/ent from bad to /orse in February after the government exelled
their main health lifeline" the 9obel)ri6e /inning #octors .ithout 0orders 2M,F3. #octors
.ithout 0orders has remained barred. >n a move aarently timed to 8, ,ecretary of ,tate John
KerryAs arrival in 0urma on Friday" the government said the aid grou could get bac4 to /or4"
though it remains unclear /hen that /ill haen and /hat conditions /ill aly.
Gunma)Ken Tatebayashi)shi" 9aegi ?ho'EF')E"
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The ne/ 89 human rights envoy for 0urma exressed serious concern about the conditions in
cams for more than '&&"&&& mostly minority Muslims dislaced by violence led by 0uddhist
extremists" and /arned that the countryAs human rights situation may be deteriorating. !anghee
@ee so4e at the end of a '&)day fact)finding mission to 0urma" her first in the caacity of 89
raorteur. ,he said 0urma should be alauded for having come a long /ay since installing an
elected government in %&'' after almost five decades of reressive military rule. ;!et" there are
/orrying signs of ossible bac4trac4ing" /hich if unchec4ed could undermine MyanmarAs
efforts to become a resonsible member of the international community that resects and rotects
human rights"< she said" after tal4s /ith olitical and social leaders and tris to troubled areas of
the country.
>n recent months" the government has failed to ma4e much rogress in ending religious conflicts
and ethnic tensions" and -ournalists have been coming under legal assault after an initial eriod of
good/ill that sa/ the lifting of censorshi.
;0y virtue of their legal status Jor lac4 ofK" the Muslim community has faced and continues to
face systematic discrimination" /hich include restrictions in the freedom of movement"
restrictions in access to land" food" /ater" education and health care" and restrictions on
marriages and birth registration"< @ee said. ,he added she /as concerned that ;the governmentAs
lan for long)term eaceful coexistence may li4ely result in a ermanent segregation< of the
0uddhist and Muslim communities
Furthermore" the authority is forcibly collecting ?ensus" a grou from the 0uemese ?ensus
Ta4ing Authority visiting 1ohingya villages in the region to ersuade eole to register as
0engalis but no 1ohingya agree to register in the ?ensus as 0engalis. At last the census grou
left /ithout success but as retaliation the authority came bac4 to the villages accomanied by a
small grou of 0order Guard 7olice 20G73 and raid houses in the village indiscriminately. They
rob the villagers of belongings and then searate the /omen aside and start harassing them.
.hen the security forces are about to rae the /omen at gun oint the villagers" and many
eole from neighboring villages" gather and try to rescue the innocent /omen. At that oint" the
security forces oen fire in the air to diserse the cro/d. @ater" they arrest a fe/ eole and ta4e
them a/ay at gun oint to the Head Duarter of 0G7. >n the detention 1ohingyas are tortured
severely and charge for obstructing the ,ecurity Forces and organi6ing anti)census activities in
the village. This is one of the routine harassment and ersecution on 1ohingya ?ommunity in
Ara4an ,tate by formulating ne/ atmoshere in the region to oress and 4ill or drive out
1ohingya from their ancestral homeland.
,o that /e /ould li4e to aeal the Jaanese Government concerned authorities articularly the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ress and urge the 8nion of Myanmar Government that$
'. To end the ersecution of the 1ohingya eole and resect internationally recogni6ed
human rights for all ethnic and religious minority grous /ithin 0urma.
%. To rotect armless innocent 1ohingya from attac4" violence and resect human rights"
recogni6e 1ohingya as one of the 0urmaAs ethnic grous and grant the right of
citi6enshi.
Gunma)Ken Tatebayashi)shi" 9aegi ?ho'EF')E"
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=. To allo/ 1ohingya minority choose their o/n ethnic name ;1ohingya< they are not
0engalis" the ne/ verification rocess threaten" forced and oress 1ohingyas for not
being registered as 0engalis.
(. To suort or endorse international indeendent enIuiry commission monitored by 89
rights grou to unveil the real facts of massacre or ethnic cleansing on 1ohingya.
Than4 you very much.
.ith best regard"
Hasega/a Kenichi
7resident
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0urmese 1ohingya Association in Jaan
Gunma)Ken Tatebayashi)shi" 9aegi ?ho'EF')E"
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