Pismo kanadskom premijeru Justin Trudeau za poništavanje počasnog kanadskog državljanstva Aung San Suu Kyi

14. 09. 2017.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
pm@pm.gc.ca

Poštovani Premijer,


U ime više od 100 istaknutih svjetskih intelektualaca - istraživača zločina genocida i lidera za zaštitu ljudskih prava i sloboda - članova MeÄ‘unarodnog ekspertnog tima Instituta za istraživanje genocida Kanada, tražimo od Vlade Kanade da poništi počasno kanadsko državljanstvo, dato  Aung San Suu Kyi, državnom ssekretaru Mjanmara. TakoÄ‘e od Vlade Kanade tražimo da osudi strašne zločine počinjene od strane vladinih vojnih, paravojnih i policijskih snaga koje su počinile genocid nad Rohinja muslimanima, te da s drugim internacionalnim subjektima Kanada učini sve kako bi se počinioci ovih strašnih zločina priveli pred lice pravde.

Vlada u Mijanmaru je počinila genocid protiv Rohinja muslimana, višegodišnje obespravljene manjine u Mjanmaru. Rohinja muslimani, koji su u proteklih nekoliko nedelja tražili sigurnost u Bangladešu, govore o etničkom čišÄ‡enju i masovnom ubijanju civila od strane vojnih, policijskih i pravojnih snaga Vlade u Mjanmaru. Human Rights Watch je analizirao satelitske snimke koji jasno pokazuju sistematski spaljena sela Rohinja muslimana u sjevernom Mjanmaru. Neki Rohinja muslimani su toliko poniženi da u očaju bježe iz Mjanmara brodom, a mnogi umiru na moru. Bangladeš, koji je primio više od 150.000 Rohinja muslimana je od meÄ‘unarodne zajednice zatražio zaštitu svoje teritorije, jer je vojska Mjanmara minirala granicu. Izveštaj MeÄ‘unarodne, državne inicijative na Univerzitetu u Londonu iz 2015. godine pod nazivom "Odbrojavanje za uništavanje, genocid u Mijanmaru",  zaključio je da se Rohinja muslimani suočavaju sa zadnjom fazom genocida. Radi se o sistematskoj diskriminaciji, nasilju i segregaciji protiv Rohinja muslimana, strašnim zločinima sponzorisanih od strane Vlade u cilju sistematskog i potpunog uništenja Rohinja muslimana".

Kanadska vlada je 2007. godine dala počasno kanadsko državljanstvo Aung San Suu Kyi. Tada je navedeno: "Njena duga borba za donošenje slobode i demokratije ljudima Burme učinila ju je oličenjem ideala demokratije, slobode, ljudskih prava i vladavine zakon."  Ono što se sada dešava pod vladavinom Aung San Suu Kyi u Mjanmaru je poptuno suprotno idealima demokratije, slobode, ljudskih prava i vladavine zakona, što je bila osnova za dobivanje njenog počasnog kanadskog državljanstva. Najistaknutiji svjetski intelektualci, lideri ljudskih prava i sloboda su pozvali da joj bude oduzeta Nobelova nagrada za mir. Još jedan počasni kanadski državljanin i dobitnik Nobelove nagrade za mir, aktivistkinja za obrazovanje djevojčica Malala Yousafzai, javno je osudila neprihvatljivo antiliderstvo Aung San Suu Kyi koja odbija da osudi zločine počinjene od strane vojnih i policijskih snaga njene vlade uprkos apelima da to uradi od Dalai Lama, pape i mnogih dobitnika Nobelove nagrade za mir.

Budući da je liderstvo Aung San Suu Kyi u suprotnosti sa osnovnim kanadskim vrjednostima i principima demokratije, slobode, ljudskih prava i vladavine prava - principa na osnovu kojih je dato počasno kanadsko državljanstvo, u ime članova Internacionanog ekspertnog tima Instituta za istraživanje genocida, Kanada - istaknutih svjetskih intelektualaca - istraživača zločina genocida i lidera za zaštitu ljudskih prava i sloboda , ali i u ime više od 30.000 Kanadskih Bošnjaka, preživjelih žrtava agresije i genocida na Bosnu i Hercegovinu, tražim da učinite sve što je u vašoj mogućnosti da se oduzme počasno kanadsko državljanstvo dato Aung San Suu Kyi.

Dr. Emir Ramić
Direktor Instituta za istraživanje genocida

Institut za istraživanje genocida, Kanada (IGK) je javna naučna ustanova koja se bavi istraživanjem zločina protiv mira, zločina genocida i drugih teških povreda meÄ‘unarodnog prava.

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Verzija na engleskom jeziku

09. 14, 2017.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
pm@pm.gc.ca

Dear Prime Minister,

On behalf over 130 prominent world intellectuals – researchers of the crime of genocide and leaders for the protection of human rights and freedoms – members of the International Expert Team of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada, I ask the Canadian government: to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship given to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of Myanmar, and to unequivocally condemn the atrocities committed by Myanmar's military and state-supported nationalist groups who have committed genocide against that nation's Rohingya Muslim minority, and work with other international partners to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice.

Genocide is now being committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority by the Myanmar government. The Rohingya – numbering around one million – are a long-persecuted minority in Myanmar.  The Rohingya who have sought safety in Bangladesh in recent weeks are telling eyewitness stories of ethnic cleansing and mass shootings of civilians by the Myanmar military. Human Rights Watch has analyzed satellite images that indicate Rohingya villages in northern Myanmar are being systematically burnt down. Some Rohingya are so desperate that they are fleeing Myanmar by boat, with many dying at sea. Bangladesh, which has seen 146,000 Rohingya seek protection on its territory in the past two weeks, is accusing Myanmar of planting landmines on its border, most likely to ensure they never return. A 2015 report by the International State Crime Initiative at the University of London, titled “Countdown to Annihilation: Genocide in Myanmar,” concluded that “The Rohingya face the final stages of genocide. Decades of persecution have taken on a new and intensified form since mass killings in 2012. The marked escalation in state-sponsored stigmatisation, discrimination, violence and segregation, and the systematic weakening of the community, make precarious the very existence of the Rohingya.”

In 2007 the Canadian government bestowed an honorary Canadian citizenship on Aung San Suu Kyi stating that "her long struggle to bring freedom and democracy to the people of Burma has made her the embodiment of these ideals of democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law." What is happening under Aung San Suu Kyi's watch in Myanmar right now is about as far as you could get from the "ideals of democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law" that were the basis of her receiving her honorary Canadian citizenship.

The irony that longtime global human rights champion and icon Aung San Suu Kyi is governing Myanmar, while crimes against humanity are taking place, has led to calls for her to be stripped of her Nobel Peace Prize. Another honorary Canadian citizen and Nobel Peace Prize winner, girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai, publicly condemned Aung San Suu Kyi’s feeble leadership in protecting the Rohingya.

In recent years all of this has been happening under the defacto leadership of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who has  refused to condemn the atrocities committed by the military and citizens of her nation over the past several years despite appeals to do so by the Dalai Lama, the Pope, and more recently by fellow Nobel laureates.

Whereas Aung San Suu Kyi's inaction contradicts the basic Canadian values and principles of democracy, freedom, human rights and the rule of law - the principles on which Canadian citizen granted
to Aung San Suu Kyi, on behalf over 130 prominent world intellectuals – researchers of the crime of genocide and leaders for the protection of human rights and freedoms – members of the International Expert Team of the Institute for Research of Genocide Canada, but also on behalf of more than 30,000 Canadian Bosniaks, survivors of aggression and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I ask you to do everything in your power to revoke the honorary Canadian citizenship given to Aung San Suu Kyi.
Sincerely,

Dr. Emir Ramic
Chairman of the Institute for Research of Genocide

Institute For Research of Genocide Canada (IGC) is a public scientific institution engaged in analysis of crimes against peace, crime of genocide, and other grave breaches of international law.