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"On this 4th anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, the Women’s League of
Burma (WLB) would like to convey our message of solidarity to our Rohingya sisters and
brothers. We share your sorrows, pain and demand justice in the name of all those who
perished in the brutal crackdowns by the Burmese military and the survivors who remain.
WLB condemns in the strongest possible terms the violence committed by the Burmese
military, which forced more than 700,000 Rohingyas to flee from Rakhine State into
Bangladesh.
The WLB and its member organizations have also experienced the agony of being forced to
flee our homelands all as well. For decades, the Burmese military has terrorized ethnic
communities with their wide-spread campaigns of violence. Sexual and gender-based
violence, especially rape has been systemically utilized by the Burmese military junta.
Women and girls in ethnic areas have long suffered under the Burmese military junta's culture
of impunity. Accountability for the crimes against ethnic women and girls is long overdue.
Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have been forced to flee for their lives. This
humanitarian crisis has disproportionate impact on women and children. They face great risks
ranging from including malnutrition to being sexually exploited.
Since the military coup on February 1, the human rights situation in Burma is deteriorating
day by day. Civilians of every gender, religion and socio-economic background have been
killed and detained by the junta simply for demanding their basic fundamental rights and
freedoms. The Burmese military junta perhaps think it is above the law and that there are no
consequences for the atrocity crimes and human rights violations it committed in Rakhine
state and continues to do so all over Burma.
Impunity has emboldened them so the world must act to ensure that the harrowing ordeals
faced by our Rohingya sisters, brothers and other ethnic community over the decades must
never happen to others. We must put an end to sexual violence in conflict, extrajudicial
killings, arrests of peaceful protesters and inhuman treatment in detention.
WLB reinforces our repeated calls for an immediate referral of the Burmese military junta to
the International Criminal Court and domestic courts with jurisdiction to bring justice for
victims and survivors.
And to our Rohingya sisters and brothers, we hold your pain close to our hearts and vow to
work alongside you all to break free of the reins of injustice which have kept us chained for
too long.....၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် သြဂုတ်လ ၂၅ ရက်နေ့တွင် အမျိုးသမီးများအဖွဲ့ချုပ် (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ) သည် ရိုဟင်ဂျာညီအစ်ကို ညီအစ်မများ နှင့် တသားတည်းရပ်တည်ကြောင့် သတင်းစကားပါးခြင်း ဆိုသည့် ထုတ်ပြန်ကြောညာချက်ကို ထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သည်။..."
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Women's League of Burma
Date of Publication:
2021-08-25
Date of entry:
2021-08-25
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English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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