Dear Conservatives,
Most people didn't know who the Rwandans were until 800,000 had been killed.
Now, the fate of the Rohingya people of Burma is hanging by a thread as
mobs attack them while the police look on. The Burmese President could
stop the violence - all he has to do is approve a plan to protect them
and ensure it is enforced, while granting them citizenship. Let’s appeal
to European leaders to press him when he visits them in days, and stop the next Rwanda:
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Most people didn't know who the Rwandans were until it was too late, and 800,000 of them were dead.
Right now, the fate of Burma's Rohingya people is hanging by a thread.
Racist thugs have distributed leaflets threatening to wipe out this
small Burmese minority. Already
children have been hacked to death and unspeakable murders committed. All signs are pointing to a coming horror, unless we act.
Genocides happen because we don't get concerned enough until the crime is committed.
The Rohingya are a peaceful and very poor people. They're hated because
their skin is darker and the majority fear they’re 'taking jobs away'.
There are 800,000 of them, and they could be gone if we don't act.
We've failed too many peoples, let's not fail the Rohingya.
Burmese President Thein Sein
has the power, personnel and resources to protect the Rohingya, all he
has to do is give the word to make it happen. In days, he’ll arrive
in Europe to sell his country’s new openness to trade. If EU leaders
greet him with a strong request to protect the Rohingya, he’s likely to
do it.
Let’s get 1 million voices and plaster images of what’s happening in Burma outside his meetings with key EU heads of state:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/we_said_never_again_en/?bKXtveb&v=26526
