A/HRC/39/CRP.2 Bengali”. Written by a monk, it warns that, because of the ARSA “terrorist” attacks, Muslims in Rakhine State are not to be trusted and are using various means to swallow and overpower Buddhism in Myanmar, especially by demanding citizenship, which will, one day, lead to there being Muslim members in the Parliament. “At the new Parliament held on 1 February 2016, there was no Muslim. This is a surprise the Myanmar people should be proud of. In the future, we need to be careful and make sure that there is still no Muslim in the Parliament. If we do not succeed, we will need to issue laws to protect our country”. 2908 • Aung Zeyathu on 26 May 2017 also carried an article entitled “Our country, race and religion can only survive, if we defend them”. The text warned that, if the people of Myanmar gave too much attention to human rights, Myanmar would “turn into a Muslim country”.2909 • On his personal blog, Wirathu had posted a series of videos entitled “Defend against the dangers of Jihad”; “Jihad and the future”; and “Jihad war and future Myanmar”2910, all calling for action against the “immediate” Islamic threat facing the country. • The screenshot on the left below is an official statement issued by MaBaTha Baho (nationwide) on 1 June 2015. It reads: “There were instances when the race and religion were lost in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, south Philippines, south Thailand, and the Rakhine region in Myanmar. The 200 Bengali that were recently accepted into Rakhine State could not be sent back, and they were harming the locals. Because we felt sorry for the boat people... we lost our homes in our own land. MaBaTha hereby declares that immediate action is needed to make sure those (Rohingya) who are already in Myanmar leave as soon as possible, and future boat people never enter Myanmar's border.”2911 • The second screenshot below is of the cover of the 13 September 2017 issue of Atumashi, another MaBaTha periodical. The cover photo shows Wirathu preaching at a rally in September 2017, with the title “Will you surrender the great Maungdaw city (to an invasion)?” Articles from this issue, as well as from other issues, are regularly posted as images on Facebook. 2908 2909 2910 2911 See also No Hate Speech project, https://www.facebook.com/NoHateSpeechMyanmar/posts/ 1699017717077839 (accessed July 2018). See also No Hate Speech project, https://www.facebook.com/NoHateSpeechMyanmar/photos/ a.1547581885554757.1073741828.1547579185555027/1795167930796150/?type=3&theater (accessed July 2018). https://wirathu.blogspot.com (the website was no longer accessible in August 2018). Posts on file with the Mission. This statement was still available on Facebook in July 2018. V-044. 327