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Expressing serious concern at the difficult plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, the UN General assembly has urged Myanmar government to address the reported abuses of human rights there.
Only last month, the UNGA in a unanimous resolution had called upon the Then Sein government of Myanmar to take affirmative action to bring about improvement in the situation of the Rohingya Muslims including their right to nationality.
Unfortunately, even a purely humanitarian appeal was termed by the Myanmar government as containing a 'litany of sweeping allegations, accuracies of which have yet to be verified.'
There have been outcries from the international humanitarian bodies, human rights groups, some governments in Europe and North America over the issue.
Such pressure from the international quarters should persuade the Myanmar government, which is on a democratic path, to treat Rohingyas fully and squarely as their citizens.
Actually, communal riots that broke out in the Rakhine state last June killed a few hundred
Rohingya Muslims and over a hundred thousand were displaced.
The reports about which UN has expressed concern and urged the Myanmar government to address cannot be made a short shrift of by the Myanmar government. The truth is that the Myanmar government has rendered the Rohingyas a stateless people under the citizenship act of 1982.
This is ironical in a context where majority in the country follow the Buddhist faith of non-violence and peace.
How long will the Myanmar government continue to disregard world opinion in this manner?
What we recall with some concern is that Nobel laureate and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been rather equivocal and not come out clearly on granting citizenship right to the Rohingyas.
We urge Myanmar government to respect UN resolution, allow humanitarian aid to reach the victims of riots and consider giving them citizenship sooner rather than later.
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