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Hoist the colors of the human | Sir Bob Geldof | MPAC Media Awards

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On May 3, 2018 By MPAC

Sir Bob Geldof accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 MPAC Media Awards for his four decades of humanitarian work. Sir Bob Geldof launched “Band Aid” and “Live Aid,” raising over $210 million for Ethiopian famine relief, and millions more for Darfur and the victims of the Ebola crisis in West Africa. For his humanitarian work, Sir Bob Geldof has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, received an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, and presented the “Freedom of the City of Dublin” award. Geldof returned that award in protest that his fellow awardee, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has permitted the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. You can read the transcription of his speech here. http://bit.ly/2rlKGSI ---------- Subscribe to MPAC's channel: http://bit.ly/MPACYouTube Visit MPAC's website: http://mpac.org Like MPAC on Facebook: http://fb.com/mpacnational Follow MPAC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mpac_national Follow MPAC on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mpac_national About the Muslim Public Affairs Council MPAC improves public understanding and policies that impact American Muslims by engaging our government, media, and communities.

Rohingya blood is on international hands | Ilhan Cagri on PressTV

On September 6, 2017 By MPAC

MPAC's Religious Freedom Fellow Ilhan Cagri spoke to PressTV about the critical situation in Burma, where over 120,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled and over 400 have been killed. No international government has done anything to stop the violence. Burmese Head of State Aung San Suu Kyi has not put a stop to the killings, and the issue is one of racism.