If
Myanmar has nothing to hide, why isn't the country's de facto leader, Aung San
Suu Kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, allowing U.N. investigators to
visit the country?
When Myanmar
transitioned from military rule to civilian democracy, many hoped the new
government would make efforts to resolve the Rohingya Muslim crisis that began
in 2012.
Many believed the de
facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is a former Nobel Peace Prize winner, would
fight for the rights of the ethnic Muslim community, which is considered an
outcast in its own country, despite living there for centuries.
However, all hopes
of peace were dashed after Suu Kyi, in the very first 100 days of her rule,
banned the usage of the term "Rohingya" to appease Buddhist
extremists, who wield considerable influence in Burmese politics.
Suu Kyi, a woman who
spent nearly 15 years under house arrest for her human rights advocacy, made it
very clear that she was not going to alienate the Buddhist majority for the
sake of an unrecognized minority.
In fact, as per
latest reports emerging from the region, she appears to be wholly complicit in
the discrimination against Rohingya Muslims.
Read here:
Myanmar Allegedly Removes Bathroom Walls From Rohingya Muslims’ Homes: https://goo.gl/HPwj0t
As minister of
foreign affairs, Suu Kyi recently refused entry to members of a United Nations
investigation focusing on widely reported allegations of killings, rape and
torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims.
“If they are going
to send someone with regards to the fact-finding mission, then there’s no
reason for us to let them come,” said Kyaw Zeya, permanent secretary at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Our missions
worldwide are advised accordingly,” he added.
The U.N. mission was
announced in the wake of the controversial military crackdown against Rohingya
Muslims in October in the Rakhine State.
Scores have been
killed while hundreds of others, around 75,000, have fled the country into
neighboring countries for refuge in what human rights watchdogs believe is part
of a systematic ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim community.
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The Burmese army has
also been accused of burning down Rohingya Muslim villages and raping the women
belonging to the embattled group.
Despite numerous
reports citing the aforementioned abuses against Rohingya Muslims, Suu Kyi
remains reluctant to let U.N. investigators into the country, arguing it “would
have created greater hostility between the different communities." (But
does withholding information about the crisis help in resolving it? Of course
not.)
If Myanmar has
nothing to hide, why isn't Aung San Suu Kyi allowing U.N. investigators to
visit the country?
Source: https://goo.gl/4CHPPC