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Stop The Genocide In Myanmar - UK Government Please Help!
Closed
1,451 signatures
What the petition asks
Hundreds have been forced to flee their villages as the emergency situation in Myanmar has worsened. Urgent needs of displaced people include water, hygiene facilities, food & shelter.
The Burmese government, along with radical Burmese Buddhists, are attempting to exterminate the Rohingya people through direct violence and denial of rights. the Rohingya people have been denied basic human rights both inside their native Burma and have been subjected to routine forced labour, and have been resettled on unfarmable land while their previous lands have been confiscated and given to Buddhist settlers from elsewhere Violence and oppression in Burma have forced many Rohingya to flee.
Debate in Parliament
MPs debated this petition on 16 April 2018.
Timeline
| 18 Sep 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Mar 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
| 16 Apr 2018 | Debated in Parliament |
Key facts
Signatures
1,451
Status
Closed
Opened
18 Sep 2017
Closed
18 Mar 2018
Debated
16 Apr 2018
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