UK Parliament terms violence against Rohingya as ethnic cleansing

The situation is a humanitarian crisis of huge proportions. Photo: Sky News

London, UK (BBN) – The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee says savagery focusing on Myanmar’s Muslim minority adds up to ethnic purifying.

The Committee in a report said that the brutality against the Rohingya in Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar may likewise constitute violations against mankind and even genocide.It likewise underlined that the Burmese security powers bear extreme obligation regarding the brutality on Rohingya Muslims, reports cnninews.com.

In the interim, Amnesty International has asked the U.N. Security Council to end the gridlock even with continuous violations against mankind focusing on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Head of Amnesty International’s UN office in New York Sherine Tadros said the United Nations Security Council in its meeting, held to talk about the Rohingya emergency, gave despicable and insufficient reaction to this emergency.

Absolution International additionally approached the UN Security Council to find a way to guarantee responsibility of those in charge of wrongdoings against mankind in Myanmar.
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