More than 500 Rohingya Feared Dead After Arakan Army Forced Boat to Depart Despite Severe Weather
More than 500 Rohingya Feared Dead After Arakan Army Forced Boat to Depart- Despite Severe Weather
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Rohingya women and girls facing escalating sexual violence under Arakan Army control
Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls, a hallmark of the genocide committed by the Burmese military, is becoming increasingly embedded within systems of detention, coercion and control under Arakan Army (AA) authority in northern Rakhine State, BROUK warned today.
In its new briefing, Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls: Emerging patterns of abuse in Arakan Army-controlled areas of Rakhine State, BROUK documents escalating sexual violence linked to detention, forced recruitment and repression targeting Rohingya communities under AA control.
BROUK Welcomes UN Report: States Must Enforce Arrest Warrants to End Impunity for Rohingya Genocide
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today welcomed a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tom Andrews.
In his final report, the Special Rapporteur warns that the international community’s failure to act on justice and accountability has enabled the Burmese military to continue committing genocide and other atrocity crimes with impunity. He also sets out urgent steps governments must now take to deliver justice and accountability.
EU Must Expand Burma/Myanmar Oil and Gas Sector Sanctions
On the eve of European Foreign Ministers’ expected annual rollover of European Union targeted sanctions on the Burmese military, we the undersigned European civil society organisations call on the European Union to expand sanctions targeting oil and gas revenue reaching the Burmese military.
The European Union (EU) must extend its sanctions framework on Burma to cover the entire oil and gas extraction supply chain, including service companies, financial intermediaries, insurers, accreditation providers and engineering contractors.
Justice Moves Closer for Rohingya as Victims Seek Reparations in Landmark Genocide Case
“Rohingya have suffered through a decades-long genocide, affecting every aspect of their lives. The generations of Rohingya victims – whether still in Burma or living as refugees elsewhere – have a right to reparations, and we hope this case in Argentina will be the first real step towards that,” said Tun Khin, President of BROUK.
New Report: The Rohingya Genocide – Starvation and Forced Labour as Tools of Erasure
The report comes just days after a new UN hunger hotspots assessment warned that Buthidaung Township in northern Rakhine State is at imminent risk of ‘IPC Phase 5 Catastrophe/Famine’ – the same classification currently applied in parts of Gaza. A military-imposed trade and aid blockade- combined with severe restrictions by the Arakan Army- is preventing life-saving humanitarian assistance from reaching Rohingya communities.
Argentine court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today formally petitioned the Federal Court in Buenos Aires to expand its universal jurisdiction case on the Rohingya genocide to also include atrocity crimes by the Arakan Army (AA). In doing so, it hopes to seek arrest warrants for Commander-in-Chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng, and others in the chain of command.
New Report: Rohingya Being Starved in Ongoing Genocide in Burma
Rohingya in Rakhine State are being deliberately starved to death as they suffer from genocidal policies imposed by the Burmese military, detailed in a new report, ‘Starving to death: the latest phase of the Rohingya genocide’, by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK.
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7th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day
Today marks seven years since the Myanmar military launched the 2017 brutal campaign of killings, mass rape, and arson against
International Acceptance of Rohingya Disenfranchisement Encourages Further Abuses
For Immediate Release 6th November 2020 Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) is concerned that the lack of international condemnation of