The anti-Rohingyan violence in Arakan province is directly affecting Rohingyan refugees in Australia.<\/p>\n
The family of a Rohingyan refugee, Habibrahman, presently in detention in Darwin Airport Lodge is missing. Habib\u2019s mother, sister are missing since their house was burned down at the start of the violence on 8 June. His aunts and cousins are also missing, as hundreds have been reported killed, and thousands displaced in a government sponsored pogrom.<\/p>\n
Over 150 Rohingya Burmese will rally today in Canberra to protest against the discrimination and ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in the Arakan Province.<\/p>\n
A bus bringing representatives of Brisbane\u2019s Rohingyan community will arrive in Canberra on Friday 15 June to hold a second day of protests.<\/p>\n
Protest in Canberra on Friday will be held at the Myanmar Embassy at 10am and will then march to Parliament House at 11am.<\/p>\n
For more information contact Brisbane Rohingya Community: Sujauddin Karimuddin 0411378204.<\/p>\n
or Burmese Rohingya Community in Australia: Amwar Sha 0410 083 811; Sayeed Kasim 0469 303 342<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The anti-Rohingyan violence in Arakan province is directly affecting Rohingyan refugees in Australia. The family of a Rohingyan refugee, Habibrahman, presently in detention in Darwin Airport Lodge is missing. Habib\u2019s mother, sister are missing since their house was burned down at the start of the violence on 8 June. His aunts and cousins are also missing, as hundreds have been reported killed, and thousands displaced in a government sponsored pogrom. Over 150 Rohingya Burmese will rally today in Canberra to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[133,139,138,141,140,136,23,135,137],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-press-releases","tag-burma","tag-canberra","tag-darwin-airport-lodge","tag-discrimination","tag-ethnic-cleansing","tag-massacre","tag-rally","tag-rohingya","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"\n