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A Srebrenica remembrance charity has joined other genocide education charities in condemning US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from seven countries from entering the States.
The UK-based Remembering Srebrenica said the order was discriminatory and would lead to dehumanisation of people based on religion.
Chairman Dr Waqar Azmi OBE said: “We must be clear about what this order is. It has banned only Muslims from these countries, not any other faith groups. It sends the message that Muslims are sub-human.”
Calling the order “dangerous”, he added: “In Bosnia, nationalism became increasingly dependent on denigrating ‘the other' with the media characterising Bosnian Muslims as 'Islamic fundamentalists' and ‘terrorists’, which led to the spreading of fear, leading to discrimination, dehumanisation and persecution.
“We cannot allow this to happen again and must learn the lessons from the past to create a better future,” he said.
"We, Romania's international partners and allies, express our profound concern at the actions of the Romanian Government on the night of January 31, 2017, which have undermined Romania's progress on rule of law and the fight against corruption over the past ten years. This act, in contravention to the collective wisdom of the entire judicial and rule of law community, credible elements of civil society, and the demonstrated concerns of Romanian citizens over the past two weeks, can only undermine Romania's standing in the international community and risks damaging partnerships that are based on common values, inherent in the guiding principles of the EU and NATO. We hope the Government of Romania will reverse this unhelpful course. While amendments to existing laws and procedures are occasionally necessary, these changes should be made only in the process of comprehensive and credible consultation with all stakeholders.
To this end, the EU Member States which have endorsed this statement also draw attention to the recent CVM report of the Commission. This report sets out the conditions to avoid a reassessment of the progress made in the fight against corruption. It identified a limited number of key recommendations the fulfillment of which would lead to the provisional closing of individual benchmarks and to the conclusion of the CVM process. The EU Member States which have endorsed this statement hope that Romania will act in a way allowing the EU Council to work in this direction," the joint statement read.
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