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vacuum
25th March 2013, 02:31 AM
Something, apparently:




It is vital the information we are going to share with you is made viral as quickly as possible. The ethnic Rohingya people of Myanmar (Burma) in Southeast Asia are being massacred. These barbarous acts are being carried out by Neo-Nazi racist groups like the RNDP (Rakhine Nationalities Development Party), ALA (Arakan Liberation Army), NaSaKa border police and 969 monks led by Monk Wirathu, the self proclaimed Bin Laden of Buddhism. The Government of Myanmar is at best ignoring the slaughter of these people, just like the rest of the international community, and at worst is participating in the crimes.

The persecution of the Rohingya people is severe. The Burmese junta considers them to be sub-human and denies them almost all basic human rights. Often they are subject to torture, gang rape, starvation, slave labor, and forced to reside in the most dire camps in the world - some call these refugee camps but they are concentration camps. Over the past few months, thousands of Rohingya have been encouraged onto boats and sent out to sea with not enough food or fuel, and left there to die. Some of the boats were attacked and sunk, with women and children on board.

While the United States claims to defend human rights, their record clearly reflects a government that will only intercede when their business interests are threatened. While politicians occasionaly pay lip service to the horrific conditions in Myanmar no action is ever taken. The only people neglecting the situation in Myanmar worse than the U.S. are the press who consistently ignored these atrocities or reported them as 'ethnic clashes'. Since they have failed to document these crimes in any way, we consider the media to be complicit in concealing them from the rest of the world.

The acts of genocide being committed against the Rohingya people must no longer be ignored. We call on Anonymous and all supporters of human rights to stand against this great injustice and lend the Rohingya people a voice, before they are completely eliminated.

The Rohingya are now anticipating a third massacre, in which Rakhine have declared they will leave no Rohingya left on the land, just a few left as exhibits for the museum.









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Tweets:

Muslim kids from Meiktila. Last week they had a home. Now they begin a new life. Prisoners in a stadium. pic.twitter.com/nSDeX5Nf6I #RohingyaNOW


Myanmar, Shining New Hope for Global Oil Giants http://bit.ly/YwChXY Why the West stays silent. #RohingyaNOW


#RohingyaNOW trying to escape GENOCIDE have been shot beaten tortured raped sold kidnaped imprisoned starved & drowned by Burma & neighbours

Rohingya fleeing from ethnic cleansing are refused refugee status in many neighboring countries. #RohingyaNOW

#EthnicCleansing of Muslim Minorities in Burma is imminent and requires international panic to intervene. Raise Awareness NOW #RohingyaNOW

Western countries ignore the plight of these 800,000 people as they scramble to sign contracts with 'reformed' Myanmar. #OpRohingya

URGENT Already the violence in Burma has spread beyond the Rohingya to include all Muslims and all non-Buddhists. #RohingyaNOW

Premeditated attack on the #RohingyaNOW is currently ongoing. They have made hate speeches, distributed weapons and flyers to incite hatred.

The impunity of the Myanmar government ends today. The eyes of the world are now on you Burma. #RohingyaNOW

Ethnic Cleansing: More than 100,000 Muslim Rohingya were driven from their homes in 2012. Many were lost at sea. #RohingyaNOW

"Buddhist Nationalism in Burma. Institutionalized racism... led to GENOCIDE in Burma." http://www.tricycle.com/feature/buddhist-nationalism-burma #RohingyaNOW

It's called persecution and ethnic cleansing, not ethnic clashes. The #Rohingyas have no weapons. #RohingyaNOW

We do not see ethnic violence 'flare up' in Myanmar, we see ethnic violence nurtured and sheltered by those in power. #RohingyaNOW

Don't be fooled, the government is complicit in this. The army doesn't just look away, they rape, murder and abuse the #RohingyaNOW.

In all of the reports the police watched as the angry mob burned their way through the city. State sponsored ethnic cleansing. #RohingyaNOW

They try to call the massacres of #RohingyaNOW a conflict between people of Myanmar. It's not. The govt stoked the fire. Armed the people.

Death toll beyond 100 forget 10 & there r no "clashes" @PressTV ‘Myanmar clashes death toll rises to 10’ http://bit.ly/WNjJ5e #RohingyaNOW

Footage of the #RohinyaNOW devastation. Burning & burned down houses & mosques this wk: MEIKTILA VIOLENCE MARCH 2013 http://bit.ly/Zep6KQ

Muslims in Burma from Meiktila transported to the latest 'camp'. Organised GENOCIDE pic.twitter.com/axt1MaNmU7 #RohyingyaNOW

When your city goes up in flames.... This is not sectarian violence, but religious persecution. pic.twitter.com/u6hehAnveX #RohingyaNOW




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Tweets:

#RohingyaNOW: I have been in complete shock ever since i learned about #OpRohingya & how NO mainstream media outlet is covering it. #Disgrace

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced out of their homes to face rape, torture, prison and death. #RohingyaNOW

This is a planned attack. Same as last year and and world ignores because it is economically inconvenient to bother with it. #RohingyaNOW

The #RohingyaNOW are Described by the @UN as being amongst the most persecuted people in the world Burma Myanmar http://priceofoil.org/2013/03/18/is-oil-one-reason-for-burmese-genocide/

In '11 @foreignoffice pledged to continue to support positive changes in Myanmar https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/35439/hrd-report-2011.pdf Was Will Hague asleep? #RohingyaNOW

NaSaKa, the Myanmar police that is accomplice 2 genocide "has repression down to a fine art" acording to http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=07RANGOON181&q=rohingya #RohingyaNOW

Another @wikileaks cable: "Burma's military machine is top-down, xenophobic.. and crave respect" http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09RANGOON205&q=rohingya #RohingyaNOW

The Myanmar military uses agent system, compromised of Buddhist Rakhines to monitor/extort the Rohingya http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=07RANGOON181&q=rohingya #RohingyaNOW

Western countries ignore the plight of these 800,000 people as they scramble to sign contracts with 'reformed' Myanmar. #RohingyaNOW

There are 20,500 refugees in different locations in #Meiktila, where four days ago, 160 died, 13 mosques & 3 schools burnt down. http://m-mediagroup.com/en/archives/7608

Entire Ywar Tan village in Yamethin was burnt down to ash by Buddhists. 1,000 people marched to 2 other villages. Myanmar. #RohingyaNOW

Tortured, burned bodies lie in town of Meikhtila http://yfrog.com/kj9nmprj http://yfrog.com/hscwaiyoj pic.twitter.com/nbM0DZtWM0 #RohingyaNOW

Want to risk another Rwanda? The plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar is widely ignored by MSM. Don't let it be too late, again. #RohingyaNOW

Maybe if al Qaida showed up the West would notice? #RohingyaNOW

What's going on in #Myanmar isn't ethnic clashes; it's straight up ethnic CLEANSING. #RohingyaNOW

More than 1200 families - at least 6000 - were forced to leave their homes this week. #RohingyaNOW

Dear @nytimes When will the "religious rioting" occuring in Myanmar be called what it is? GENOCIDE nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/asia/after-violence-in-myanmar-a-city-counts-the-dead.html #RohingyaNOW

Dear @UN & @StateDept, Silence is a War Crime. #RohingyaNOW

A simple request from Muslim leaders in Burma: please protect us, our homes... http://yfrog.com/kfau7pkj pic.twitter.com/20Ok2EDKGy #RohingyaNOW

Exiled To Nowhere. Story of the #Rohingya people of Burma told in photos: http://www.nowherepeople.org/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=0&at=0 #RohingyaNOW




-----====== #RohingyaNow - Set 3 - Picture Tweets ======-------

Picture Tweets: The following photos are from #Meikhtila where the attacks started. Some are very graphic. We need to stop this before it spreads more

Muslims burned on side of the road by mob of Buddhists & monks while the police did nothing #Meikhtila pic.twitter.com/ry3uJj37XE #RohingyaNOW

#Meikhtila Muslim family after fleeing for their lives, all they could do is look on as their city burns pic.twitter.com/QC4oylVBss #RohingyaNOW

Muslims escorted out of #Meikhtila w/ their hands above their heads. Victims treated like criminals pic.twitter.com/E5M7R9SJ9g #RohingyaNOW

A mob was allowed to destroy loot burn & kill their way through #Meikhtila. & the police did nothing. pic.twitter.com/HA9MGRiAHj #RohingyaNOW

GRAPHIC In #genocide they don't just kill. they make victims suffer to the max! #Burma #Muslims pic.twitter.com/ceIqbt0FuU #RohingyaNOW

The police let the#969 neo-Nazi burn all the Muslim houses. #Meikhtila pic.twitter.com/WOzgr4ZOjc #RohingyaNOW
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Silence is betrayal. Men, women, and children are screaming for help. No nations will take them. pic.twitter.com/RFZLUaJW3W #RohingyaNOW

A Buddhist monk brings food to those locked away in the stadium. This here, is #Buddhism & #Islam. pic.twitter.com/CaSylIpDXS #RohingyaNOW

She might've lost home or business & have nothing more than she could carry but they r lucky to be alive pic.twitter.com/UFx66fGtrW #RohingyaNOW

Police & army arrive in numbers in #Meikhtila. Too late for the 1000s displaced & 100s of dead Muslims. pic.twitter.com/cN0Bd1ex9Y #RohingyaNOW

While these kids r lucky to not have been beaten&burned on their way from school, their fear is evident. pic.twitter.com/09lsvAYadx #RohingyaNOW

After all those years living in #Meikhtila this old lady is probably left wondering why this happened. pic.twitter.com/De695Yp8CD #RohingyaNOW

They didn't stop the massacre, but refreshing to see rare kindness from #Myanmar police towards Muslims. pic.twitter.com/JiZN0gxSq0 #RohingyaNOW

Is their makeshift camp in the stadium a permanent fixture? "Locked away for their safety." pic.twitter.com/KuwgX2tHML #RohingyaNOW

Letters from Arakan State. 120,000 #Rohingyas still in refugee camps after last year's massacre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQ3OvhB10w&list=PL7f_rHUnK_tiXjsLfKzq9FTGnXuyu45e #RohingyaNOW

Please watch and share: Rohingya SOS: http://youtu.be/S54q7RdBmEg #RohingyaNOW The world's most persecuted people.

[GRAPHIC] These poor babies burned & beaten to death by Buddhists mob & their leaders the #969 monks. pic.twitter.com/dksJ1gTsYf #RohingyaNOW

This all happened under the watchful eyes of the police. Where is law & order? Not in #Meikhtila pic.twitter.com/KZsusSvWPc #RohingyaNOW

Tied up & then beat to death any Muslims they could find. #Meikhtila pic.twitter.com/R41risf8fv #RohingyaNOW

They left dozens of burned bodies in their wake. #Meikhtila pic.twitter.com/qyhHCd5YzA #RohingyaNOW

These are the #969 monks responsible for the hate campaign, the destruction and deaths of 100's in #Meikhtila alone. pic.twitter.com/KUE5vD1gc7

The monks inciting hatred and fueling the mobs. #Meikhtila Massacre http://yfrog.com/ockdsuij #RohingyaNOW

Inciting hatred and fueling the mobs, the monks of #969 raged on. #Meikhtila #Massacre http://yfrog.com/esi8dyuj #RohingyaNOW

The #969 monks colluding with police and army forces during the #Meikhtila #Massacre pic.twitter.com/9yYUO2eFST #RohingyaNOW

PS. Message to Burma: We know. We are Legion. We do not forget. We do not forgive. Expect us. #OpRohingya





Petitions
http://endgenocide.org/actions/protect-the-rohingya/
http://www.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_rohingya_muslims/
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/36335
http://www.activism.com/en_CA/petition/petition-to-the-canadian-government-on-behalf-of-the-rohingya-muslims-of-burma/42370
http://www.petitions24.net/tous_contre_le_massacre_de_rohingyas_en_birmanie

Glass
25th March 2013, 03:28 AM
interesting. I hear there are some big big projects gearing up in some very remote parts of the country. Much infrastructure planning. There's usually a monetary reason why ethnic and religious fervour are being whipped up and targeting one ethnic group. Usually a land ownership issue.