Iranian Students Stage Rally in Support of Myanmar Muslims

Navideshahed: A large number of Iranian students staged a rally in support of the Muslim minority in Myanmar as the oppressed community is experiencing daily massacre and attacks by the majority in the Southeast Asian nation.

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دوشنبه - ۰۶ آبان ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 06 August

Students and lecturers of the Azad University in Tehran gathered in front of the UN office here in Tehran on Monday to deplore the brutal massacre of innocent Muslims in Myanmar.

The protesters condemned the massacre, carrying placards and pictures of the victims of the massacre.

The government of Myanmar refuses to recognize Rohingyas, who it claims are not natives and classifies as illegal migrants, although the Rohingya are said to be Muslim descendants of Persian, Turkish, Bengali, and Pathan origin, who migrated to Burma as early as the 8th century.

Even Myanmar's so-called democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has kept quiet on the atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslims.

Myanmar's President Thein Sein said Rohingya Muslims must be expelled from the country and sent to refugee camps run by the United Nations.

The UN says decades of discrimination have left the Rohingyas stateless, with Myanmar implementing restrictions on their movement and withholding land rights, education and public services.

Since June, hundreds of members of the nearly-one-million-strong Rohingya Muslim minority have been killed and tens of thousands of others among them have been displaced in the west of the country due to a wave of communal violence.

Over the past two years, waves of ethnic Muslims have attempted to flee by boats in the face of systematic oppression by the Myanmar government.

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Source: Fars News Agency

Students and lecturers of the Azad University in Tehran gathered in front of the UN office here in Tehran on Monday to deplore the brutal massacre of innocent Muslims in Myanmar. The protesters condemned the massacre, carrying placards and pictures of the victims of the massacre. The government of Myanmar refuses to recognize Rohingyas, who it claims are not natives and classifies as illegal migrants, although the Rohingya are said to be Muslim descendants of Persian, Turkish, Bengali, and Pathan origin, who migrated to Burma as early as the 8th century. Even Myanmar's so-called democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has kept quiet on the atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar's President Thein Sein said Rohingya Muslims must be expelled from the country and sent to refugee camps run by the United Nations. The UN says decades of discrimination have left the Rohingyas stateless, with Myanmar implementing restrictions on their movement and withholding land rights, education and public services. Since June, hundreds of members of the nearly-one-million-strong Rohingya Muslim minority have been killed and tens of thousands of others among them have been displaced in the west of the country due to a wave of communal violence. Over the past two years, waves of ethnic Muslims have attempted to flee by boats in the face of systematic oppression by the Myanmar government. The End Source: Fars News Agency