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BROUK has received reliable information that the Burmese authorities have tried to deceive UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Mr Tomas Ojea Quintana during his visit to Arakan State.
This morning BROUK received the following information from the ground:
At least 500 people have been arrested since the violence. Government authorities moved those arrested Rohingyas from Buthidaung Jail to an unknown location just prior to Quintana visit to the Jail. The relatives of the prisoners do not know where those people were taken after Buthidaung jail.
Many people are living in an open area without any shelter, but sometimes they were brought to designated places and had their pictures taken to show that they were in safe places.
Farmers have been forced to go to the paddy fields in Maungdaw because of the UN envoy’s visit, not because they wanted to do it.
Students and their parents were threatened by the Government authorities to send their children to school during Quintana visit.
BROUK President Tun Khin said “I hope UN Rapporteur Thomas Quintana will find out the real facts and see through the authorities’ fabrications. I would encourage Quintana to visit again to investigate independently the Arakan violence. It is very important that the UN Rapporteur should recommend that a UN Commission of Inquiry is established into the silent killing fields of Arakan.”
Tun Khin said, “ASEAN should play a key role to protect Rohingyas. EU, UN and UK governments have kept silent where Rohingyas are dying day by day as there is no food and water for them. The government is not only blocking aid, but the authorities are also restricting people trading and buying food and water. We would like to recommend that the UN Special Rapporteur supports UN humanitarian intervention in Arakan.”
For more information please contact Tun Khin +447888714866
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