ERC Condemns General Min Aung Hlaing’s Remarks on Rohingya

The European Rohingya Council (ERC) condemns and categorically rejects the remarks on Rohingya made by Myanmar’s commander-in-chief General Min Aung Hlaing on 27 March 2107. In his speech to the crowd on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Mr. Min Aung Hlaing defended the armed forces’ brutal crackdown of innocent Rohingya in Maungdaw Rakhine State, during […]

Doctors seek support for Rohingya Muslims

Medics accuse international community of silence about human rights violations in Myanmar By Bayram Altug GENEVA: Rohingya Muslim doctors in Europe have described the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State as “genocide,” and have called on the international community to raise its voice against ongoing human rights violations. “It is crucial that an international investigation commission be […]

ARU and ERC Welcome the Adoption of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Myanmar

Arakan Rohingya Union and The European Rohingya Council Welcome the Adoption of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Myanmar  The United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings, rape, and torture by Myanmar armed forces against Rohingya ethnic minority in Arakan/Rakhine state. Arakan […]

Mr. Kofi Annan led advisory commission on Rakhine state must not be mistaken as an alternative to UN led Commission of Inquiry

Mr. Kofi Annan led Advisory Commission must not be mistaken as an alternative to U.N. led Commission of Inquiry The European Rohingya Council (ERC) welcomes the recommendations made by Mr. Kofi Annan led Advisory Commission on Rakhine State. However, under no circumstances, it must serve to prevent the UN led independent fact-finding Commission to Rakhine […]