London, UK: The House of Commons hosted a reception for Burmese people, who are working for human rights and democracy in Burma and to honour Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, where the Burmese Rohingya Organization, UK (BROUK) was invited and participated in the event on October 21, according to BROUK’s President.
The event was organized by Speaker John Bercow, MP. It was called Burma Night, he added.
U Htun Khin (aka) Ziaul Gaffar participated in the event on behalf of BROUK.
The Speaker of the House chaired debates in the House of Commons, calling MPs to speak in the event about Burma.
Speaker, John Becow MP, British Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP, and Burma Campaign UK International Coordinator, Zoya Phan gave speeches at the event.
According to the British Foreign Secretary’s speech,” The British Government is still putting pressure on the Burmese Regime and the UK is the second largest aid donor to Burma in the world.
On the other hand, Zoya Phan, Burma Campaign UK International Coordinator highlighted in her speech that the regime’s 2010 election would not guarantee ethnic rights, human rights and democracy for Burma.
BROUK’s President had a chance to talk about untold sufferings of the Rohingya people, human rights violations in northern Arakan of Burma to many British MPs, some celebrities and also spoke to the new ambassador to Burma, Andrew Heyn.
Many MPs have supported the Rohingya people and the reception was a good opportunity for the people of Burma, including Arakanese Rohingya people to talk about their sufferings in Burma.
“It was a good opportunity for us to explain about the sufferings of Arakanese Rohingya and other ethnic groups of Burma, at the event, where many MPs supported the people of Burma,” said U Htun Khin.
“As a President of BROUK, I feel very honoured to be at this event on October 21. The invitation is a good sign for the Arakanese Rohingya community to work effectively and we are able to access to the very senior politicians of UK and hope Arakanese Rohingyas concerns will be addressed,” U Htun Khin added.
British Prime Minister’s wife, Sarah Brown, UK’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband MP, New British Ambassador to Burma, Andrew Heyn, many MPs some celebrities and Burmese Democratic movement groups participated.
This was the first time the Speaker of the House held a reception for Burma. It was the first opportunity for the Rohingya people to talk about their community with the Speaker.
