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An Open Letter from International Journalists to the UNHRC An Open Letter from International Journalists to the UNHRC It is worth mentioning that there are more people joining the campaign... An Open Letter from International Journalists to the United Nations Human Rights Council : Save Rohingya Muslims "… Whoever kills a person-unless it is for murder or corruption on earth-it is as if he killed the whole of mankind; and whoever saves it, it is as if he saved the whole of mankind." (Quran 5:32) “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” ( Matthew 5:21-22) "All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death, Liking others to oneself, one should neither slay nor cause to slay."(Dhammapada: Chapter 10:1) “You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13) Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, These days, the world is witnessing bloodshed in many places: The Saudi-led coalition is bombing Yemen; Syria is torn apart as superpowers are seeking their interests; more than 500,000 Yemeni children are suffering from starvation and there is no shelter for Syrian families from terrorists’ crime. The terrorist groups, supported by superpowers, continue their activities and their carnage. Meanwhile, recently the crimes against a group of Myanmar people have led to the murder and displacement of thousands of Muslims in this country. The Muslim minority of Myanmar are deprived of their citizenship rights and forced out of their country and their homes while their farms and cottages are burnt. According to the Human Right Watch recent statement, new satellite imagery shows several hundred buildings are burned in Burma’s Rakhine State; the imagery shows that 99 percent of the village was destroyed. Damage signatures are consistent with fire, including the presence of large burn scars and destroyed tree cover. Save Rohingya Muslims ǀ 1 Amnesty International has also stated that Myanmar’s security forces planted internationally banned antipersonnel landmines along its border with Bangladesh, which have seriously injured at least three civilians, including two children, and reportedly killed one man. Moreover, up to 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violence in northwestern Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, a U.N. agency official said recently, adding that more than 1,000 people, mostly Rohingya, may have been killed in Myanmar. Living desperately in refugee camps, the Rohingya refugees are threatened by the governments to be deported to their countries, which portrays the human violence in the age of rationality and cannot be ignored. Also the Israel, well known for his violation of human rights, is the main arm supplier of Myanmar and continues to arm Burma military amid ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims. On June 5, in answer to a parliamentary question by Knesset member on weapons sales to Myanmar, Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel “subordinates [itself] to the entire enlightened world, that is the Western states, and first of all the United States, the largest arms exporter. We subordinate ourselves to them and maintain the same policy.” However, Haaretz also points out that Lieberman statement is incorrect. The United States and the European Union have imposed an arms embargo on Myanmar. It is noteworthy that all these crimes are happening before the Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi, who not only refrains from condemning these crimes against humanity, but also claimed that the situation is being twisted by a "huge iceberg of misinformation". World leaders, NGOs and fellow peace prize winners, including Malala Yousafzai and Archbishop Desmond Tutu has condemned Aung San Suu Kyi's apparent inaction in response to the emerging crisis in Myanmar. Hereby, we, as the international journalists, photographers and media activists condemn in the strongest terms the Muslims’ holocaust in Myanmar, and call for an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on this issue, before the world faces the worst bloodshed after the WWII. Save Rohingya Muslims ǀ 2 List of Signatures in support of the letter NO Name and Title and Title NO Name and Title and Title NO NAME AND TITLE Aamali, Mohammadkarim/Journalist Aghajani, Hamideh/ Journalist at 26 51 Al-Asadi, Forat/ TV Producer 1 at Shiraz-e-Novin Newspaper Young journalists Club Aghamohammadloo, Mostafa Aazami, Farshad/Freelance Journalist 27 52 Al-Asadi, Mohammad /Journlaist 2 /International Documentary Director Alavi, Mahmoud/Journalist at Setareh Abbasi Niasar, Zahra /Freelance Agheli, Maryam /Journalist at Fars 28 53 Shargh, Salam Sarbedar & Pupils 3 photographer News Agency Association News Agencies Ahadian, Mohammad Saeed/ Albasha, Ali /Reporter at Alkass Sport Abbasi, Alireza / Cameraman at NBC 29 Editor in Chief of the Khorasan 54 4 TV newspaper Abbasi, Behzad/ Freelance Alialinejad, Mohammad /Journalist at 30 Ahadian, Sina /Journalist at YJC 55 5 Photographer Khorasan Newspaper Alikhani, Fatemeh /Young Journalists Abbasi,Avin /Freelance photographer 31 Ahi, Fatima /YJC News Agency 56 6 Club(YJC) Abbasian, Mehdi photographer of Ahmadi, Farzin/Photojournalist at 7 NEDAYE IMAN Journal 32 Iranian Labour News Agency 57 Ali-Panah, Ismael / Producer (ILNA) Alipour, Mahmood /Editor in Chief of Abdelpour, Reza/Photojournalist at Ahmadi, Haji Mohammad 33 58 the True Terrorist Observatory site 8 Jam-e-Jam News Agency /Freelance Journalist Responsible for education Abdi, Mahdi/journalist at Fars News Ahmadi, Hanieh Sadat/ 34 59 Alizade, Neda /Media Activist 9 Agency freelance journalist Abdi, Mahdi/Journalist at Mehr News Ahmadi, Kaveh /Director of the Alizadeh, Mohammad/journalist at 35 60 10 Agency & Fars News gency Parliamentary News Service Young journalists Club Abdinian, Farzaneh /Freelance Ahmadvand, Yaser /The CEO of 36 61 Alizadeh, Reza /Media Activist 11 photographer ANA News Agency Allahyarbeigi, Mahdi /Photojournalist at 12 Abdollahi, Zahra /Freelance Journalist 37 Ahooi, Mohammadreza /Journalist 62 Fars News Agency Ahouei, Amin Allahyarbeygi, Mahdi /Photographer of Abdolmohammadi, Zahra/Journalist at 38 Photographer at Tasnim News 63 13 Fars News Agency Fars News Agency Agency / Pouya Abdolvand, Fatemeh / Ajoodani, Maryam-Sadat/cultural Alshaban, Mohammad / Syria TV 39 64 14 Writer & social & cultural activist journalist at Fars News Agency Correspondent Amerinia, Rahmatollah /Journalist at Abiri, Elaheh/ Freelance Photographer 40 Ajorb&ian, Kobra / Journalist 65 15 IRNA News Agency Ajudani, Rahele /Freelance Amin Abadi, Seyed Mohammad Aboyasani, Hossein /Journalist 41 66 16 Journalist Journalist / Kayhan Newspaper abu Maash, Hassan /Cameraman at Akbari, Mohammad / Journalist at Aminabadi, Seyed Rohollah /Journalist at 42 67 17 karbala satellite channel Khorasan Newspaper Kayhan Newspaper Abutorabi-Zarchi, Akbulut, Ali /Cameraman & VT- 43 68 Amini, Bahare /Freelance Journalist 18 Abolqasem/Freelance Photojournalist Editor at Hayla TV Akbulut, Vildan / Correspondant at Amiri kalyaee,/ Masoud reporter & Adeli, Elnaz / Journalist 44 69 19 Haila TV photographer at think tank Borhan Akhondmahdi, Fatemeh /Fars News Afrooz, Abbas Hadi /Deputy head of 45 70 Amiri, Samaneh /Photojournalist 20 Parleman News Site Agency Afsaryan, Seyed Alireza /Journalist at 46 Akhoundi, Meysam /Journalist 71 Anabestani, Ali Asghar /Media Activist 21 ISNA News Agency Afshar, Yasser/Social Editor at Akhtari, Hossein /Journalist at Javan Anbarloei, Mohammadreza /Media 47 72 22 Mashregh News Agency Newspaper Activist Afsharzadeh, Arezoo /Freelance Akrami, Seyed Ali /Journalist at Anisi, Hale / Journalist of HAMSHARI 48 73 23 Journalist Iqna News Agency Newspaper Akrami, Vahid Afshin-Zarei, Aziz/Journalist at Jam- Anvaar, Ali/Photojournalist at Iranian 49 Photograph Editor of “Quds 74 24 e-Jam News Agency Students’ News Agency Newspaper” Aghaee, Javad /Vatanemrooz Akvan, Samane /Journalist at 50 Arab, Hamed /Freelance photographer 25 Newspaper Hemayat Newspaper 75 Save Rohingya Muslims ǀ 3 NO Name and Title NO NAME AND TITLE NO NAME AND TITLE Arabi-Mofrad, Ehsan/Journalist at Baghcheghe, Esmat /Journalist at Dehghani, Hamed/News Director at 76 Azad News Agency 104 Tasnim News Agency 132 Nafir News Press Arabshahi, Amin /Director of the Bagheri, Leila Sadat /Journalist Dejakam, Taghi /Media Activist 77 Tasmanian News Agency 105 133 Bagheri, Seyed Ehsan Araby, Reza /Journalist at Fars News Derakhshani, Mahdi/Chief-Editor at /Photographer&Manager of Iran 78 Agency 106 134 Diyar-e-Azarbaijan News Agency Photographers House Bagheri, Vida /Journalist of Deylami, Younes/journalist & 79 Ardestani, Alireza /Journalist 107 BADAN Newspaper 135 photojournalist at Marvdasht News Agency Baghshani, Alireza/documentary Dianti, Farzaneh / Journalist at Arefi, Mohsen /Freelance Journalist 80 108 filmmaker & Media Activist 136 Hemayat Newspaper Asad, Wisam/www.asiasat.tv 81 109 Bahadori, Akbar /Reporter at IRIB 137 Dorri, Mahdi /Media Activist Ebdul Rahman /Fadaiuan Emam Asadi, Jalil /Media Activist Bahari, Freshteh /Journalist 82 110 138 Khamenei Channael Telegram Ebrahim Abadi, Mahmoud /Cultural Asarzadeh, Vahid /Editor in Chief of Baharv&i, Masoumeh/freelance expert 83 Ardestan News Agency 111 journalist 139 Asghari-rad, Abolfazl /Editor-in-Chief Bahman Shahbazi/ Photographer at Ebrahimi, Mohamadhassan/ Media 84 at Fars News Agency 112 IRNA News Agency 140 Activist Ashourian, Aliasghar/News
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