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Rally For Rohingya Muslims In Surrey
10-04-2017
On September 23rd , A Rally in Support of Rohingya Muslims was Organized by Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) in Surrey Holland Park. About 50 demonstrators showed up at a rally
Randeep Sarai M.P. was the only elected official to be present at the Rally, he stated, “Since the rally was held in his riding he had to come to speak in solidarity with the victims of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.”
Signed by scores of residents of Greater Vancouver, the letter was presented to him by the organizers.
A Protest letter signed by the BC residents collected by – Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI) who demanded that the honorary citizenship given to Aung San Suu Kyi by Canada for her complicity in the repression of Rohingya Muslims was also presented to Sarai who assured to take up this issue on behalf of his constituents.
The IAPI also wants Canadian government to press upon the Government of India to open doors for Rohingya Muslims who face deportations under pressure from Hindu extremists.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Yasmin Ullah and Abu Hafiz Ullah Jamal who had organized a rally for Rohingyas in Vancouver last Sunday, Yasmin being an immigrant from Rakhine that has witnessed large scale violence against Rohingya Muslims by the army and Buddhist extremists shared her story.
Khalsa Aid supporter and an independent TV Broadcaster Harpreet Singh also spoke at the event. Khalsa Aid is an international relief agency that came under attack from the Hindu Right for organizing camps for Rohingya refugees on the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The IAPI cofounder Gurpreet Singh, veteran Communist activist Harjit Daudhria, Bhupinder Malih from People’s Front and BC Muslim Association President Daud Ismail were among other speakers at the rally that was attended by women, children and seniors carrying placards bearing slogans against genocide.
The organizers would like to thank their committed friends such as Parshotam Dosanjh, Amrit Diwana, Kulwinder Singh, Saif Khalid, Navtej Johal and Harry Punia for taking out time to participate and show their solidarity with the victims of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
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