Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 27-10-2017
The United Nations (UN) says Rohingya crisis has not only been decades in the making but has for some time gone beyond Myanmar’s borders.
Voicing concern that hate speech and incitement to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya community has been “cultivated for decades” in the minds of the country’s people, the UN has urged the Security Council to act strongly to resolve the crisis.
Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights says the Rohingya issue has not been simply a domestic affair.
“It has been cultivated for decades in the minds of the Myanmar people that the Rohingya are not indigenous to the country and therefore have no rights whatsoever to which they can apparently claim.”
Lee also noted that while the plight of the Rohingya remains her main concern, the country has numerous other human rights challenges, including consistent reports of religious intolerance against Christians and Muslims across Myanmar.
She stressed that given the gravity of the situation, it is uncertain how long it might take for the Government to establish conditions for the safe and dignified return of the Rohingya, and to ensure they can rebuild their lives.
Furthermore, she noted that while the plight of the Rohingyas remains her main concern, the country.
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