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Monday, January 3, 2011

Arakanese Demand Decolonization at UN Office in New York

Dhaka: Around 30 Arakanese gathered to stage a protest in front of the UN building in New York, USA, on the anniversary of the fall of Arakanese sovereignty on 31 December, 2010, demanding that their land be decolonized by Burma. 
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Ko Hla Htay, who is an organizer of the event, said, "Arakan was a sovereign country until 1784, when the Burmese king invaded. Since then, our people have fallen in one colony after another. Even though Burma regained independence in 1948, our land is still a colony under Burmese rulers. Our people call it a hidden colony. Because of this, we came to in front of the UN building to demand decolonization of our land." Replying to Narinjara's question about why they claim Arakan is a colony, he said, "We have no right to learn our own literature or history, nor any rights to preserve our cultural heritage ourselves. We have neither human rights nor nationality under the current military government, There is no self-determination for our people despite that we have our own land and our own nationality. The facts are enough to tell that the state of Arakan is now a colony in Burma." 

The Burmese central government has deprived Arakanese of all rights in order to monopolize the state since Burma gained independence. Arakanese people have no right to carry out their fate themselves. Many Arakanese strongly believe that independence was not for Arakan, but only for Burman people, because the British transferred administration of the state directly to Burman rulers. 
"We know the UN declared on 14 December 1960 that there were no more colonies around the world, but our people are still under the colonization of Burma. So we demanded the UN to wipe out the colony system in Burma in accordance with its declaration," Ko Hla Htay said. 

The Arakanese staged the protest in front of the UN under the name of the Arakan Freedom Movement committee, which was formed by some Arakanese people living in the USA. 

U Khine Aung Kyaw, who is also an Arakanese patriot that joined the protest, said, "Demanding the UN to decolonize is right and correct because Arakan is now a colony. There have been no rights for Arakanese people since Arakan lost its independence. Today is the 226th anniversary of the fall of Arakanese sovereignty. We have a right to demand decolonization at the UN." 

During the gathering for the protest in front of the UN building, some prominent Arakanese leaders, including Dr. Aye Kyaw, delivered a speech about the current situation of Arakan as well as the history of Arakan. 

After the protest, the Arakanese Freedom Movement committee send an appeal letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the US government, the European Union, and other related offices around the world, demanding decolonization. 
Ko Ba Khin, who is also an organizer of the protest, said, "We described in the letter the present situation of Arakan under the Burmese junta. We want the world leaders to know about our people's condition and how much they are suffering under the current military junta. We are satisfied with our activities because we can send our letter to world leaders during the day of mourning for the loss of our sovereignty. We believe our program was ended successfully." 

This is the first time Arakanese people have staged such a demonstration and demanded decolonization in front of the UN in New York. 

Arakan State was an independent country from nearly 3225 BCE to 1784 CE, when the Burmese king, Bodaw Phaya, invaded and occupied the kingdom. Since then Arakan has been continually ruled by other powers - passing under British rule and Japanese rule for a short period before becoming part of an independent Burma in 1948. 


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