FG condemns human suffering in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
By . | Publish Date: Sep 12 2017 9:04AM


Nigeria on Tuesday condemned “the horrendous human suffering’’ of the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar.
A
government statement made available to the media in Abuja also
expressed regret at the desperate human rights situation in Rakhine
state.
It described the situation as a “very reminiscent of what happened in Rwanda in 1994 and in Bosnia Herzegovina in 1995’’.
“The
Federal Government condemns the horrendous human suffering caused by
what is now confirmed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights in his statement, to be a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’
of the Rohingya people.’’
It,
therefore, called on the UN to invoke the principle of the
“Responsibility to Protect” and intervene in Myanmar to stop the ongoing
ethnic cleansing and create the conditions for the safe return and
rehabilitation of the fleeing Rohingya people to their motherland.
“The
Government similarly calls on all members of the civilized world to
condemn this heinous act and to demand for appropriate punishment to the
perpetrators.’’
Thousands
of ethnic Rohingya people were forced to flee to Bangladesh in recent
weeks following alleged killings, raping and destruction of their
properties by government forces.
The
action had drawn international condemnation of the with about 400,000
signing a petition calling for the withdrawal of Nobel Peace prize
conferred on the country’s leader Aung Suu Kyi.
Source:https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-condemns-human-suffering-in-myanmar-s-rakhine-state.html
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