Feb 1, 2025 | ARNO Press Release
Four years ago today, the military junta overthrew the peaceful elections which had taken place, and began a crackdown on civil liberties, human rights, and human dignity which continues until today. The Myanmar military, has ignored repeated calls to stop violence and has continued to tear the fabric of the country of Myammar, from north to south, in order to hold on to power because it is clear that the people of Burma are seeking democratic change.
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) recognizes the efforts made by Burmese civil society, across all ethnic groups, to combat and dismantle the horrible policies of the military junta and to secure freedom and democracy. Over the course of the last four years, the behavior of the military junta has only helped to bring the people of Burma together under a common banner, instead of keeping us divided and separated by malicious propaganda.
ARNO welcomes the joint statement by Australia, Canada, EU, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, UK, and US on the fourth year of the military coup. We encourage the international community to continue to demand a total ceasefire in Burma, at the same time, continuing funding of all humanitarian programs for internally displaced people and refugees across Asia. Further, we call upon ASEAN to put a stringent plan of action in place to enforce the 5 point consensus. We call upon all companies to remember that human rights obligations also apply to them in the Myanmar context.
ARNO calls upon the UN Security Council to refer the matter of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court so that decades of impunity can finally end.
