Myanmar nationals in USA will stage protests

13 Jul 2019

13 July, 2019/ DMG 

A demonstration will be held in front of the Singapore and Myanmar embassies in Washington D.C, U.S.A on 15 July in support of the six Arakanese people who were deported from Singapore to Myanmar.

The demonstrations are scheduled for 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Arakanese people and other ethnic people from Myanmar in the U.S will participate in the event.

The Myanmar Army has blatantly violated human rights in each and every ethnic region, including carrying out intensive clearance operations that forced over 700,000 Muslims from Arakan State to flee to Bangladesh.

Currently, the Myanmar Army’s ongoing fighting with the Arakan Army is intensifying and the international community have condemned the Myanmar Army for unlawful arrests, torture, killing, using civilians as human shields during military operations, forced labour and other acts that transgress human rights against Arakanese people in Arakan State.

Meanwhile, the Singaporean government unlawfully arrested and deported leaders of Arakan Association (Singapore) accusing them of fundraising and providing financial assistance for the AA and its political wing the ULA and mobilizing and organizing the Arakanese communities in Singapore to support the AA’s violent activities in Arakan State. The protests will be held to show their dissatisfaction with the actions of the Singaporean government, the organizers said.

They also said that they denounced the Singaporean government for transferring the leaders of the Arakan Association (Singapore) to the Myanmar police force despite knowing the Myanmar Army is committing war crimes in ethnic regions. These actions show that the Singaporean government lacks any moral responsibility and it threatens their security and lives of the Arakanese communities, both domestically and abroad, the organizers said.

Another protest will be staged in front of the Singaporean Embassy in Japan on 17 July.

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