Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ref: NO/001058
Date: 10.02.2015
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million Rohingya in various parts of the world. He provided the accounts of how Arakan Rohingya
Union has coordinated the global advocacy for the rights of Rohingya with the international
community and advanced the cause through the OIC, US Government, United Nations General
Assembly, Human Right Commission and OCHA, European Union, and numerous NGOs. Dr. Uddin
explained the details of the US Congress Resolution, UN General Assembly Resolution, and the
UN Special Rapporteurs Report and their impacts on the Burmese Governments handling of the
Rohingya issues. He also highlighted the current obstacles and possible strategies for finding a
durable solution to the issues faced by the Rohingya people.
Ms. Azlinariah Abdullah provided the views of a Malaysian journalist and researcher and
experiences on Rohingya issues through her doctoral degree research focusing on displaced and
refugee Rohingya community in the Southeast Asia region. For academic purposes, she found
inadequate information on Rohingya issues despite their large presence in various country in the
world. In the context of Southeast Asia, she pointed out that Rohingya community is rarely
examined compared to other ethnic groups such as Moro in southern Philippines and Malay
Muslim communities in southern Thailand. Such lack of information on Rohingya issue has
warranted the important research to fill in the vacuum. Ms. Abdullah presented the humanitarian
situation of the refugees in Malaysia and the issues surrounding their education, safety and
protection. "the Rohingya children born and raised in Malaysia are undocumented, the future of
their families is in uncertainty, the communities have crafted for themselves a life on a fringe,
and determined to live their lives as decent human beings and continue to remain Muslim,'' she
said. Ms. Azlinariah also pointed out that Rohingya should be treated without discrimination and
Malaysia should ensure their equal access to protection and entitlement of human rights.
Dr. Ambia Parveen spoke about the Rohingya women victims caught in cycles of ethnic cleansing
of Rohingya by the Government of Burma and the violence committed by the Buddhist Rakhine
mobs. She gave the insights of how the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya devised by the former
military regime has fueled the upsurge of militancy and radical philosophy of purity of religion
and race in Buddhist-dominated Burmese society. She provided a brief historical perspective on
history of the indigenous Rohingya population in Arakan state in Burma, and the sequence of
consecutive events that has shaped the ill-fate of Rohingya since the independence of Burma
that has ended the British colonial rule. She has stressed the urgent needs for protection of
Rohingya women and children who are caught in the cycles of violence against Rohingya by the
radical Buddhist Rakhine and the Burmese security forces. Dr. Parveen has appealed the
international community to step up its efforts in addressing the serous issues faced by the
Rohingya women in Arakan such as lack of healthcare and education, deprivation of their rights
to marry, need for development of professional skills, their vulnerability to human-trafficking and
sex-slavery, and other security and safety issues.
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The conference has resulted in greater global awareness of the Rohingya political and human
right issues - a significant efforts by the ERC to keep the profile of the plight of Rohingya up in the
international arena. The message from the conference to the international community and the
Government of Burma conveyed.
Sincerely,
Khairul Amin (Chairman)
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