{"id":41190,"date":"2017-12-14T09:25:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T09:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=41190"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T10:50:02","slug":"mep-sajjad-karim-calls-for-rohingya-to-be-given-official-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2017\/12\/mep-sajjad-karim-calls-for-rohingya-to-be-given-official-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"MEP Sajjad Karim calls for Rohingya to be given official citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-41190-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MEP-Sajjad-Karim-calls-for-Rohingya-to-be-given-official-citizenship.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MEP-Sajjad-Karim-calls-for-Rohingya-to-be-given-official-citizenship.mp4\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/MEP-Sajjad-Karim-calls-for-Rohingya-to-be-given-official-citizenship.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (APP): Member European Parliament Sajjad Karim on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) push for the Rohingya to be given official status as Burmese citizens into speech during the European Parliament complete December plenary session in Strasbourg.<br \/>\nDr Karim said that if the situation of the Rohingya was ever to be resolved, then citizenship for the displaced people was key to the solving the problem, also using the Pope\u2019s recent visit to \u201cMyanmar \u2013 where he was prohibited from using the name Rohingya\u201d to highlight the extent of the problem.<br \/>\nAccording to a report received from Brussels, addressing the Parliament, Dr Karim said \u201cfor many, many years now Member after Member of the European Parliament have stood in this chamber and highlighted the plight of\u201d the Rohingya. It seems that those calls have fallen on deaf ears and today we arrive at a situation where even the Pope cannot go there and call these people by their true identity \u201cIt is clear that whilst there is much that is being done by the European Union today\u201d , unless and until we insist on regularisation and status for these people, they are going to continually find themselves in this position time after time.\u201d<br \/>\nThe British MEP also insisted \u2013 after previous calls \u2013 for a review of the suitability of Aung San Suu Kyi to maintain her status as a Sakharov Prize holder have expressed his concern regarding the appropriateness of Myanmar\u2019s premier Aung San holding on to her award for her human rights record, following her on denial and inaction of the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma.<br \/>\nSpeaking in the Parliament, Dr Karim said \u201cMadam representative (EU High Representative Federica Mogherini), when you speak about Aung San Suu Kyi and i hear from many that\u201d There is a willingness from her to cooperate with us \u2013 the fact of the matter is this, that somebody who holds a prize given by this house \u2013 the home of human rights; the Sakharov Prize \u2013 if she finds herself unable to speak for her own people, then this house must review its relationship with her \u201cSilence is no longer an option.\u201d \u201cIt is not good enough, it must stop, she must speak out now.\u201d<br \/>\nFor the past 12 years, Dr Karim has been one of the most active Members of the European Parliament in raising the issue of Rohingya Muslims, including through various resolutions, parliamentary questions and has previously appealed for the European Parliament President, Antonio Tajani, to review Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s award back in September 2017, as well as writing to Representative Mogherini asking what steps the European Commission intends to take to help the Rohingya.<br \/>\nAPP\/Sohail\/VNS Islamabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (APP): Member European Parliament Sajjad Karim on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) push for the Rohingya to be given official status as Burmese citizens into speech during the European Parliament complete December plenary session in Strasbourg. 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