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Date: April 04, 2008 Ref: : 06-2008/PM/TH

Immediate Release on Rohingyas in Thailand

On behalf of entire Rohingya community, we, the members of the Free Rohingya Campaign (FRC), would like to
express our disappointment with the decision of the Government of Thailand to send the stranded Rohingya
refugees to an isolated island. This decision is inhumane and a clear violation of human rights. It violates several
UN and International laws, especially the 1967 Protocol of the Geneva Convention, regarding Statelessness.

The Rohingyas in Burma have been rendered stateless after being denied their citizen rights since 1982. They are
under the threat of extinction through a systematic genocidal campaign of the brutal Burmese junta. They are
indeed the most oppressed people on earth. This fact has been documented and corroborated by several
international agencies, including the NGOs operating in the region.

It is the Burmese regime's atrocity and inhuman treatment of the Rohingya Muslims that has been the Raison
d'être for their forced eviction and refugee status in countries like Thailand. We are simply horrified to notice the
Thai Government's utter indifference to the plight of our people. We are sorry to state that the decision of the
Thai Government mimics its hostile and hateful attitude towards its own Muslim minority who face daily
persecution and religious oppression.

We call upon the Thai Government to stop this forced encampment of the Rohingya refugees immediately.

We would like to call upon the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), and all member
nations of the OIC to stop the Government of Thailand from forced encampment of the Rohingya Refugees in
an isolated island that would kill them. We would also like to point-out that the restriction of movement against
the Burmese Refugees in Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and other countries is in itself a crime that hinders
their survival as human beings. We also call upon the UN human right bodies to take meaningful steps toward
stopping the forced exodus of Burmese people in future. And we urge the international community to do
everything that is within its power to stop such encampment of Rohingya refugees. It should also raise concerns
about economic and political ties of the Thai and Chinese governments with the Burmese regime.

We call upon the UNSC to continue Burma’s Agenda in her next session as a serious issue and to support the
demand for an arms embargo against the brutal regime.

We invite all Rohingyas worldwide to put a hand with FRC by standing a peaceful protest in front of the Royal
Thai Embassies or her Consulate offices till the government repeat their decision against the Rohingyas and not
to threat any other Burmese community in future. However, we hope Burmese community will give a meaningful
hand with us in this regards.

FRC is dedicated to the issues of Rohingya and the human rights inside Burma.
We specially would like to call upon the Muslim communities from South-East Asia region to show their
solidarity with our defenseless Rohingya Muslim and with Thai-Muslim community who are even under several
maltreatments for longtime under Thai hypocritical regime.

Finally, we would like to request all democracy-loving countries to limit their business transactions with counties
like Thailand, India, China and Russia that provide the lifeline to the brutal Burmese junta, through their
economic bilateral ties.

Thanking you in anticipation.

With best regards,

(On Behalf of Central Executive Body)

Ko Ko Linn

Free Rohingya Campaign (FRC)

Headquarters (New York, United States of America)
Tel: 1-(646)-821-1475
Fax: 1-(347)-561-9901

E-mail: info@freerohingyacampaign.org
Website: http://www.freerohingyacampaign.org

Copy to:
• Prime Minister’s Office
• United Nation Representative of Thailand (New York, U.S.A) Thai Ambassador’s Office, Washington,
• USA US Ambassador’s Office, Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand
• Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC)
• Arab League
• National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB)
• All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) Headquarters
• Euro – Burma Office
• US Campaign for Burma
• Amnesty International
• Human Right Watch
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters
• The Office of International Red Cross and Red Crescent (Headquarters)
• HRE Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development Committee (Thailand)
• Burma Campaign UK
• Burmese Muslims’ Association (BMA)
• All Related Medias
• Rohingya Organizations

FRC is dedicated to the issues of Rohingya and the human rights inside Burma.