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http://cfob.org/news/CFOBinCrisisWithRohingya.html

They are bullying him with funding you listen, if not no money ..
how funding works in politics..

Dear Friends,Please see the following letter of Ko Tin Maung Htoo, Executive
Director of Canadian Friends of Burma. CFOB is in Crisis with Rohingya Issue.
Because Ko Tin Maung Htoo led Canadian Friends of Burma is not taking side with
so-called Rohingya Benagli, Inter Pares is bullying him and CFOB.

Since Ottawa-based Inter Pares, a key member NGO of CNC, consistently put
pressure on CFOB to stand with Rohingya Muslim, to the extent that they cut off
their funding and even blocked the funding coming from other sources.
This is totally disgustingly shameful BULLYING and DICTATORIAL TATICS of
Inter Pares.
Lets show our support for hero of Burma Ko Tin Maung Htoo and Canadian
Frriends of Burma.
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) would like to express our stand very clearly here
that CFOB is truly the Canadian (TRUE) Friends of Burma and we would like to
express our appreciation over your hard work, dedication, devotion and
determination for revealing truth, working to bring about justice and to restore
human rights in Burma.
Please see the original letter
athttp://cfob.org/news/CFOBinCrisisWithRohingya.html
Letter stated as follow:
CFOB in Crisis with Rohingya Issue
Action Alert Nov. 5, 2012
By Tin Maung Htoo, Executive Director, Canadian Friends of Burma
After hesitation for months, Ive now decided to inform our network that Canadian
Friends of Burma (CFOB) working in support of democracy and human rights in
Burma since 1990, has been going through a crisis, especially under enormous
pressure to side with Rohingya Muslim in ongoing conflict with local Buddhist
Rakhine community in Burma. The pressure is up to a point that CFOB was
forcefully suspended from a group of NGOs Canadian NGOs Committee on
Burma (CNC).
In particular, Ottawa-based Inter Pares, a key member NGO of CNC, consistently
put pressure on CFOB to stand with Rohingya Muslim, to the extent that they cut
off their funding and even blocked the funding coming from other sources.
Apparently, this is the act to terminate our work for Burma. CFOB is an
independent organization and we are not in no way subordinate to any
organization. CFOB stands for human rights for everyone, but we dont want to be
seen siding with any group in the conflict. Inter Pares does not seem to understand

this point and put enormous pressure to amend our position. We see this as
interference in the internal affairs of an independent organizations policy-making
process.
On one hand, we are aware that Inter Pares is using Canadian taxpayers money
from CIDA to support Rohingya media and advocacy groups such as Kalandan
Press and Arakan Project with 5% of a total CIDA funding each year. These
organizations are indeed responsible for sending out false news and exaggerated
information to the outside world. It appears that Inter Pares wants CFOB to be part
of this wrongly guided campaign. That is something we can not accept and will not
accept at any cost.
For this mounting pressure, Inter Pares also seems to have worked closely with
Burma Campaign UK (BUCK) that has cozy relationships with many Rohingya
Muslim elements in UK and Arab world. And Inter Pares blames CFOB for not
being able to work with them. Of course, we work with organizations that are
pragmatic, but not with radical elements under the banner of so-called human
rights.
In fact, CFOB helped secure Inter Pares almost $30 million for Burma border
projects since the beginning of funding from the government aid agency, CIDA.
CFOB was indeed the platform and the springboard for the funding from CIDA.
The latest successful effort was the continuation of the funding from 2010 to 2015
with $3 million each year. CFOB lunched a nation-wide campaign with the support
of Burmese communities across Canada in beseeching Prime Minister Stephen
Harper to make sure of this funding for Burma. However, Inter Pares does not seem
to appreciate our effort and is continuously using unethical and ambitrary act to
disrupt our work.
Their action is a contradiction to what they call themselves as social justice and
human rights organization in Canada and their intent is thus questionable. If
continued, it would definitely tarnish the image of Canada in the eyes of thousands
of Burmese-Canadians and 60 millions of Burmese people.
Therefore, I would request you to directly ask Inter Pares Board of Directors to
review its managements tactic in solving the difference with CFOB. Please see their
Board of Directors and management team
a http://www.interpares.ca/en/who/staff.php

I will also take other necessary actions to save the existence of CFOB from all these
destructive acts and keep the operation running as much as it can.
You can also see my position on the conflict in Arakan state of Burma

The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) is federally incorporated, national nongovernmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Burma.
Contact: Suite 206, 145 Spruce St., Ottawa, K1R 6P1; Tel: 613.237.8056; Email:
cfob@cfob.org ; Web:www.cfob.org
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Thank you very much and lets show our solidarity with Ko tin Maung Htoo and
Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB).
Yours faithfully, Canadian Friends of Burma News Flash
cfob.org Canadian Friends of Burma is a non-governmental organization operating
in partnership with other national and international NGOs, including those along
the Burma-Thai border. Affiliated with Peacefund Canada, CFOB works in a nonparisan manner for the