DHAKA: A grouping of Islamic international locations stated Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims is a "serious and blatant violation of international law" and it's calling for world support in solving the crisis.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation issued a joint remark Sunday at the finish of a two-day conference in Bangladesh, which has taken in additional than 700,000 Rohingya who've fled violence in Myanmar since August.
The remark stated the grouping will proceed to paintings the UN and other world platforms to handle the rights violations going down in Myanmar. The grouping echoed earlier world statements saying ethnic cleaning is going down in Myanmar.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali stated delegates pledged solidarity along with his nation "in the face of the huge Rohingya influx with its humanitarian and security consequences."
Security forces in Buddhist-majority Myanmar launched a scorched-earth marketing campaign in late August in accordance with assaults by a Rohingya rebel crew. Thousands of persons are believed to have been killed within the crackdown, which many rights activists imagine was a calculated attempt to pressure Rohingya from the country.
Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar, where they have lengthy faced persecution. Many in Myanmar see them as unlawful migrants from Bangladesh, and deride them as "Bengalis." Most have lengthy lived in poverty in Myanmar's Rakhine state, next to Bangladesh.
The hundreds of 1000's who fled now reside in squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society estimates that at least 100,000 refugees will likely be exposed to excessive risks all over the approaching monsoon season.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation issued a joint remark Sunday at the finish of a two-day conference in Bangladesh, which has taken in additional than 700,000 Rohingya who've fled violence in Myanmar since August.
The remark stated the grouping will proceed to paintings the UN and other world platforms to handle the rights violations going down in Myanmar. The grouping echoed earlier world statements saying ethnic cleaning is going down in Myanmar.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali stated delegates pledged solidarity along with his nation "in the face of the huge Rohingya influx with its humanitarian and security consequences."
Security forces in Buddhist-majority Myanmar launched a scorched-earth marketing campaign in late August in accordance with assaults by a Rohingya rebel crew. Thousands of persons are believed to have been killed within the crackdown, which many rights activists imagine was a calculated attempt to pressure Rohingya from the country.
Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar, where they have lengthy faced persecution. Many in Myanmar see them as unlawful migrants from Bangladesh, and deride them as "Bengalis." Most have lengthy lived in poverty in Myanmar's Rakhine state, next to Bangladesh.
The hundreds of 1000's who fled now reside in squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society estimates that at least 100,000 refugees will likely be exposed to excessive risks all over the approaching monsoon season.
Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis 'ethnic cleansing'
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