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70 Beautiful Rohingyas

The Rohingya who cannot justify their
existence await help

Chris Lewa from the Arakan Project, established to defend the
rights of Rohingya Muslims, said that violence acts and human rights
violations were witnessed in at least 30 villages only between July and
September. He also indicated that a large number of Muslims were

taken into custody on the grounds that they had connections with ter-
ror organizations.

Aung Win, one of the Arakanese opinion leaders, said that his
application for naturalization was not accepted since they were con-
sidered as Bengali. As a result, the Arakanese still remain stateless.
Neither Myanmar where they have lived for years accepts them as its
citizens nor does the neighboring country Bangladesh naturalize
them as alleged.

As a result of the pressure of international community, Myanmar
government announced that it accepted to naturalize the migrants
who meet the necessary conditions. However, it is clear that this is a

deception. The Rohingya cannot enjoy this right as they cannot certi-
fy that their families have been living in this country for three gener-
ations. Additionally the public authorities do not allow the Rohingya
to be married; what is more the state does not issue birth certificate to
newborn children.

In short, the government acts as if Rohingya Muslims had never
lived in this country and there were no such people.

Tyranny and Violence are defeated by Love

Materialism imposed on people for years and disbelief which
emerged as a result of the former are the underlying main reasons for