On Sunday, 21st June 2015, nearly 1,000 Brummies of all faith and no faith, attended a peaceful demonstration organised by the Rohingya Solidarity Movement in Chamberlain Square to show solidarity towards the Rohingya community who are suffering at the hands of the Burma authorities.
At this event, a number of elected Birmingham Councillors committed to making representation to the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Phil Hammond MP to seek intervention from the United Nations Security Council in Burma.
Today, a letter signed by 101 Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Councillors from Birmingham has been sent to the Foreign Secretary:
Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
Dear Mr Philip Hammond,
Re: Genocide of Rohingya People in Burma
We, the undersigned, elected representatives of Birmingham City Council, request our Government to convene a special session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lobby members of the UNSC and sponsor a draft resolution demanding the following:
- Government of Burma must change the law to allow citizenship to Rohingya people.
- Allow unrestricted access to United Nations (UN) investigators to report on the scale of violence and killing carried out against Rohingya people.
- Government of Burma must allow UN peace-keeping force as applied in other parts of the world where conflicts and genocide have taken place.
- To arrest and try those responsible for instigating violence against Rohingya people.
- Allow Non-Government Organisations and charities to enter Burma and to operate without harassment and intimidation from local extremists and the Burmese military.
- Ensure children of Rohingya people are entitled to receive education.
- UNSC to set a deadline on the demands laid out by the tabled resolution or Burma face the possibility of sanctions.
- UNSC to call on neighbouring countries to do more to help Rohingya people fleeing persecution. All countries must ensure Rohingyas at refugee camps are protected from traffickers and criminals gangs from harming women and children.
For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thanking you in anticipation.
Yours truly,
 Sir Albert Bore | Ladywood | Lab Group Leader |
| Robert Alden | Erdington | Con Group Leader |
| Paul Tilsley CBE | Sheldon | LibDem Leader |
| Muhammad Afzal | Aston | Lab |
| Uzma Ahmed | Bordesley Green | Lab |
| Mohammed Aikhlaq | Bordesley Green | Lab |
| Deirdre Alden | Edgbaston | Con |
| Nawaz Ali | South Yardley | Lab |
| Tahir Ali | Nechells | Lab |
| Sue Anderson | Sheldon | LibDem |
| Gurdial Singh Atwal | Handsworth Wood | Lab |
| Mohammed Azim | Sparkbrook | Lab |
| Caroline Badley | Quinton | Lab |
| Susan Barnett | Billesley | Lab |
| David Barrie | Sutton New Hall | Con |
| Vivienne Barton | Bartley Green | Con |
| Bob Beauchamp | Erdington | Con |
| Matt Bennett | Edgbaston | Con |
| Steve Booton | Weoley | Lab |
| Barry Bowles | Hall Green | Lab |
| Randal Brew OBE | Northfield | Con |
| Mick Brown | Tyburn | Lab |
| Alex Buchanan | Billesley | Lab |
| Sam Burden | Hall Green | Lab |
| Andy Cartwright | Longbridge | Lab |
| Tristan Chatfield | Oscott | Lab |
| Zaker Choudhry | South Yardley | LibDem |
| Debbie Clancy | Northfield | Con |
| John Clancy | Quinton | Lab |
| Lynda Clinton | Tyburn | Lab |
| John Cotton | Shard End | Lab |
| Ian Cruise | Longbridge | Lab |
| Basharat Dad | Stechford & Yardley North | Lab |
| Barbara Dring | Oscott | Lab |
| Jerry Evans | Springfield | LibDem |
| Mohammed Fazal | Springfield | Lab |
| Mick Finnegan | Stockland Green | Lab |
| Matthew Gregson | Quinton | Lab |
| Paulette Hamilton | Handsworth Wood | Lab |
| Andrew Hardie | Sutton Vesey | Con |
| Roger Harmer | Acocks Green | LibDem |
| Barry Henley | Brandwood | Lab |
| Penny Holbrook | Stockland Green | Lab |
| Des Hughes | Kingstanding | Lab |
| Jon Hunt | Perry Barr | LibDem |
| Mahmood Hussain | Lozells & East Handsworth | Lab |
| Mohammed Idrees | Washwood Heath | Lab |
| Zafar Iqbal | South Yardley | Lab |
| Ziaul Islam MBE | Aston | Lab |
| Kerry Jenkins | Hall Green | Lab |
| Brigid Jones | Selly Oak | Lab |
| Josh Jones | Stockland Green | Lab |
| Nagina Kauser | Aston | Lab |
| Tony Kennedy | Sparkbrook | Lab |
| Ansar Ali Khan | Washwood Heath | Lab |
| Changese Khan | Selly Oak | Lab |
| Mariam Khan | Washwood Heath | Lab |
| Narinder Kaur Kooner | Handsworth Wood | Lab |
| Chaman Lal | Soho | Lab |
| Mike Leddy | Brandwood | Lab |
| Bruce Lines | Bartley Green | Con |
| Keith Linnecor | Oscott | Lab |
| Majid Mahmood | Hodge Hill | Lab |
| Ewan Mackey | Sutton Trinity | Con |
| Karen McCarthy | Selly Oak | Lab |
| James McKay | Harborne | Lab |
| Gareth Moore | Erdington | Con |
| Yvonne Mosquito | Nechells | Lab |
| Brett O'Reilly | Northfield | Lab |
| John O'Shea | Acocks Green | Lab |
| Eva Phillips | Brandwood | Lab |
| Jess Phillips | Longbridge | Lab |
| Robert Pocock | Sutton Vesey | Lab |
| Victoria Quinn | Sparkbrook | Lab |
| Hendrina Quinnen | Lozells & East Handsworth | Lab |
| Chauhdry Rashid | Nechells | Lab |
| Habib Rehman | Springfield | Lab |
| Carl Rice | Ladywood | Lab |
| Fergus Robinson | Edgbaston | Con |
| Gary Sambrook | Kingstanding | Con |
| Valerie Seabright | Kings Norton | Lab |
| Rob Sealey | Bournville | Con |
| Shafique Shah | Bordesley Green | Lab |
| Mike Sharpe | Tyburn | Lab |
| Sybil Spence | Soho | Lab |
| Claire Spencer | Moseley & Kings Heath | Lab |
| Stewart Stacey | Acocks Green | Lab |
| Ron Storer | Kingstanding | Con |
| Martin Straker Welds | Moseley & Kings Heath | Lab |
| Sharon Thompson | Soho | Lab |
| Karen Trench | Perry Barr | LibDem |
| Lisa Trickett | Moseley & Kings Heath | Lab |
| Anne Underwood | Sutton Four Oaks | Con |
| Anita Ward | Hodge Hill | Lab |
| Ian Ward | Shard End | Lab |
| Mike Ward | Sheldon | LibDem |
| Fiona Williams | Hodge Hill | Lab |
| Ken Wood | Sutton New Hall | Con |
| Alex Yip | Sutton New Hall | Con |
| Waseem Zaffar | Lozells & East Handsworth | Lab |
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