Good Deed Friday: Our Rohingya Brothers and Sisters

We have been hearing about the frightening situation of the Rohingya people of Myanmar over the last two years or more, over 146,000 children, women and men have been forced to flee to Bangladesh to escape violence since August 2017, but until recently it has seemed that the ethnic cleansing of these people has been ignored by most of the world.  In more recent days we have seen the President of Turkey speak out about the need for action to stop the genocide and bring aid and relief to the Rohingya.

With others also speaking out including Malala Yousufzai and Desmond Tutu, awareness of the situation is increasing and pressure is being placed on the UN to intervene.

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What can we do?

Learn More:

Who are the Rohingya Refugees? - Amnesty International

Myanmar: "We Are At Breaking Point" - Rohingya: Persecuted In Myanmar,Neglected In Bangladesh - Amnesty Internationl Report

Human Rights Watch's reporting on Burma

Erdogan says world ‘blind and deaf’ to Rohingya plight - The Guardian

Mayanmar intensifies its abuse of Rohingya - New York Times

Rohingya violence: Calls for Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel Peace Prize to be withdrawn over Burma crisis - The Independent

Donate:

Islamic Relief in Mayanmar

Muslim Aid's Mayanmar Emeregency Appeal

Islamic Help's Rohingya Emergency Appeal

Human Appeals Myanmar Emergency Appeal

Penny Appeal's Emergency Rohingya Campaign

Raise Awareness and Taking Action:

Restless Beings is an international human rights organisation that has been championing the human rights of the Rohingya, including through lobbying for international media and political attention, petitions, protests and through sharing footage and witness statements of the situation in Myanmar.

Petition to Urge the UN & Muslim World to protect Rohingya Muslims in Burma

Petition to UK Parliament: Please take actions against the Rohingya genocide

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