Press Release: ARNO warmly welcomes unconditional release

Oct 6, 2006 | ARNO Press Release

Dated: 7th May 2002
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) warmly welcomes the unconditional release of Nobel Peace laureate and pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from 19 months of house arrest in Burma on 6th May 2002.
ARNO hopes it a positive step that can encourage the process of democratisation through national reconciliation between various groups in Burma, including Rohingya in Arakan.
In this context, we would like to draw the attention of all Burmese leaders and international community that the Rohingyas are the worst victims of human rights violations facing ethnic cleansing in Burma. They have been denied their right to nationality in their historical and ancestral homeland of Arakan.
Nurul Islam
President
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO)
Arakan