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88 Generation Leaders Speak Out on Rohingya Issue

Everyone has the right to a nationality. These Bengalis have been in Burma for so so many years. Somebody who has been in one place for more than 10 years must belong to that place. Life span is not even 100 years. The Burmese must learn to respect the universal human rights. These Bengalis must be recognised as citizens of Burma. They may not belong to the 135 races, but they belong to the land of Burma—nobody can deny it.

—Uraw Gam

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A positive attitude is the only antidote known to heal all the wounds received or to be received during our unfinished journey to democracy in Burma. It is so remarkable to see the people of Burma and the 88 generation’s fearlessness in defiance of all the unfairness they have suffered at the hands of the dictatorship. Keep up your good work and we are all with you in our hearts to move Burma all the way to democracy.

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The international media spotlight is on Burma nowadays. Most Burmese were quite proud of the adulation that Suu Kyi received in Europe recently and so they cannot be hypocritical about how people in the West view Burma. Suu Kyi is the “Burmese idol” for human rights in the West (even school children learn about her) and the struggle of “the oppressed” (including the Rohingyas) in Burma is viewed as a struggle for basic human rights for everyone. You can’t just talk about human rights only when it suits you (for example, if you are a political refugee applying for funding and/or political asylum in the West).

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Americans and the international community have spent time, money, resources and lives in other countries, from Iraq and Pakistan to Greece, Libya and Africa, without accomplishing anything. Now that the Burmese government is trying to open up without having to fight, why don’t they have the heart to help minority people in Burma? They have wasted everything in other countries but not a penny in Burma. It is unfair how they have ignored the problems and issues facing minority groups in Burma for over 60 years. If the American government and international community together helped Burma to get democratic reforms and minority rights, it would be the best money they could spend, and an example to the Middle East of how they can achieve peace and freedom without spilling a single blood drop.

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Bengali Rohingyas’ leaders must stop spreading fabricated news. These Bengali Rohingya leaders are vandalizing our country’s reputation and image on the international stage. The Burmese government’s and Burmese people’s stand on the Bangladeshi Rohingya issue won’t change. The Burmese government has every right to deport illegal immigrants. Bengali Rohingyas are not a Burmese ethnicity—they are Bangladeshis who illegally entered and settled in Arakan State. There’s no ethnic cleansing of Bengali Rohingyas, but illegal migrants must be deported to their country of origin regardless of their religion.

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