International Rohingya Conference in the USA Calls for Stopping Genocide in Myanmar
Dr. Habib Siddiqui Special to Salem-News.com-Dec-24-2013
The Rohingya people, who mostly live in the western Rakhine state of Myanmar, are the most persecuted people in our time.
The first international conference in the USA on the plight of the Rohingya people of Myanmar – “Stop Genocide and Restore Rohingya’s Citizenship Rights in Myanmar” - was held in the campus of University of Wisc., Milwaukee on December 14, 2013.
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(MILWAUKEE) - The first international conference in the USA on the plight of the Rohingya people of Myanmar – “Stop Genocide and Restore Rohingya’s Citizenship Rights in Myanmar” - was held in the campus of University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee on December 14, 2013.
It was jointly hosted by the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) and the Rohingya Concern International (RCI). The conference opened with a welcome speech from BRAFA’s chairman – Mr. Shaukhat Kyaw Soe Aung (MSK Jilani) and Dr. Chia Vang of the Ethnic Studies program at the university.
