Civil society protests against killings of Rohingya Muslims

Islamabad: The Pakistan Civil Society Alliance (PCSA) has strongly condemned the brutal genocide of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar with the support of their government and military. The speakers urged the Pakistan government to immediately shutdown the Myanmar embassy in Islamabad and expel the diplomats until the Myanmar government takes up necessary measures to stop the killings of Rohingya Muslims.

The speakers at the PSCA protest in front of the National Press Club on Thursday also stressed the OIC countries, UK, USA and EU to break up their silence against the ethnic cleansing of the Muslims in Myanmar that could not be possible with the support of the Myanmar government and military.

The speakers included the PCSA National Coordinator and Executive Director Devcom-Pakistan Munir Ahmed, Member National Commission Human Rights Chaudhary Shafiq, former MNA Bushra Anwar, Pir Azmat Sultan, Sibtain Raza Lodhi, Haseeb Kiyani, Jamil asghar Bhatti, Naseem Ahmad Usmani, Kinza Abbasi. The civil society activists said the Muslims are being burnt alive, and cut into pieces while the entire world has turned blind eye and deaf ear to the historic genocide of Muslims. The reaction could be much severe therefore the global powers should immediately take notice of the human sufferings in Burma.

The PCSA National Coordinator Munir Ahmed said “the brutal killings are intolerable and the Muslims also have the right to direct action that would disturb the global peace efforts. If the genocide had happened against any other religion in any Muslim country, the entire world has attacked that country. This is entire faith-based discrimination against the Muslims and sheer violence of the Universal Human Rights Charter. The Rohingya and Kashmiri Muslims are not the children of lesser god. The brutality should end at once; otherwise the global human rights champions would be responsible for the extreme reaction. He urged the Pakistan government and the Nobel Foundation to withdraw the awards and honours that had been conferred upon Aung San Suu Kyi that is directly responsible for the historic massacre.

Chaudhary Shafiq, the Member of the National Commission for Human Rights, said the killings in Burma are sheer violence of human rights. The silence of European Union, USA, UK and other human rights organisation is mysterious. He said a human life the most precious regardless of the faith. The faith-based genocide should be accepted by the global human rights organisations and nations. They should raise their voice with strategic and forceful support.

In another protest, a group of leading writers and poets from the twin cities also gathered at the National Press Club and chanted slogans against the killings of Muslims in Burma. They said the government should launch a strong protest with the UN agencies and with the government of Burma, Poet Aisha Masood said this genocide should be taken seriously by the Muslim Nations. The children of the Pakistan Sweet Homes also protested against the brutal killings.