An open challenge to the President of Myanmar, U Thein Sein
Friday, 10 May 2013 
As you know, I am a Rohingya victim. 1000s of our houses were burnt down, all our belongings were looted, 1000s of #Rohingya were killed, we lost everything and came to the dire refugee camps, you are forcing us to rob our name, Rohingya, now, but don’t forget that we have spirits. Dictators can kill us but our spirits will remain forever in the history of human journey.
“Our spirit is unbroken. In fact, it is stronger than ever. Today, we reaffirm our faith in the essential dignity of every individual, what we share as Americans and as human being, is far greater than what divides us” (James Earl Jones, Sept 23, 2001)
USA, EU, and ASEAN think that you are a good reformer like Mikhail Gorbachev, everyone praise you as a great reformer of Burma.
You have a problem called Bangali threat which halts your democracy process and you allege us as Bangali even though there are 100s of Bangali Buddhist monasteries and hundred thousands of Bangali who worship those monasteries.
“Freedom works miracles. For free men everything is possible. I called for an alliance for freedom and democracy in the America. I said then, and I repeat today, that we cannot ally ourselves either politically or economically with Governments which oppress their people. Latin America has never known a single war between two democracies. That is reason enough for every person of good faith, for every Government with good intentions, to support the effort to stamp out tyranny”” ( Oscar Arias, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech)
A person, who is sincere and honest, can easily confess his mistake in front of the whole humanity. We know ourselves as Rohingya, the world know us as Rohingya ethnic but you and all dictators in Burma have been forcing us to be Bangali. I would like to challenge you and all dictators regarding Bangali issue. Let’s call a free and fair international commission to investigate who are Bangali in Burma. If I can’t prove who real Bangali are, then let the whole humanity to punish me. I am not writing this challenge only for on line pleasure, I am not afraid of death, I know everyone must taste death, I am neither a politician nor involve any organization, I haven’t taken any penny from anyone to raise my voice and I don’t have a hope of fame, whatever I am doing, is for the sake of reality, and to save innocent people. I request you to accept my challenge and solve Bangali problem forever, or you will be responsible for all future problems regarding Bangali issue.
I request you to release all innocent #Rohingya arrested recently in Siittwe, please stop torturing them in the custody. If you agree my challenge, all your problems and our problems will end soon.
You and your police are treating us as animals. Let me remind you a source:
“We the people of the United Nations determined…….to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of human person, in equal rights of men and women and of nation large and small…….have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims”
(From Preamble to the UN Charter)
In 1948, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but Myanmar dictators have been continuously abusing rights of Rohingya, Christians and Muslims during dictatorship period and now, with a license of democracy process.
Thank You.
Courtesy - Twitlonger.com
Court orders full probe on mass grave
May 10, 2013
The Matale Magistrate today ordered a full investigation on the Matale mass grave and instructed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to submit a comprehensive report to court by the end of this month.
The Magistrate also ordered the CID to record statements from 13 petitioners in the Matale mass grave who had claimed that their relatives were believed to have been buried at the site.
The lawyer appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Sunil Watagala, said that the Magistrate had also ordered a DNA test on the skeletal remains found in Matale.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa had last month decided to appoint a special commission to investigate the mass grave at Matale. The investigations by the commission will be in addition to the investigations being carried out by the police.
Over 150 skeletal remains and human bones have been unearthed from the mass grave in Matale. Forensics had determined that the remains were of those killed sometime in the late 1980′s and the area has now been marked as a crime scene.
At least 10 skeletal remains were first found from the site near the Matale hospital in November last year by construction workers when land near the hospital was being dug-up to construct a new building. Following police investigations excavation work began to look for skeletal remains at the site and more remains were found.
The JVP had demanded that the government carry out investigations on the mass grave following fears the remains maybe that of JVP members or supporters killed during a 1987-89 insurgency.
The UNP, which was in power during the 1987-89 period, said it will back an independent investigation into the mass grave. The UN had also been called to assist in the investigations into the mass grave.
In a written statement submitted to the UN Human Rights Council, ahead of the 22nd session last March, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a nongovernmental organization, had said that the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances should, through their experts, study the situation and the conduct of inquiries relating to the remains of the 200 or more persons found in Matale and assist the Sri Lankan government to ensure that these inquiries meet international standards. (Colombo Gazette)
