ASEAN can no longer turn a blind-eye to Myanmar's atrocities

Aljazeera
by Eric Paulsen

22 July 2019

ASEAN has a responsibility to help facilitate a repatriation process that prioritises the well-being of the Rohingya.

 

Rohingya refugees hold placards as they participate in a rally to observe World Refugee Day at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on June 20, 2019 [File: Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters]

After fighters attacked security targets in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military responded by killing and maiming thousands of Rohingya civilians, raping hundreds of women and girls, and burning entire villages to the ground. Almost two years after the military-led "clearance operation" that forced more than 745,000 Rohingya men, women and children to flee and seek refuge in Bangladesh, this humanitarian crisis seems more intractable than ever.

Asean should back EU’s sanctions on Myanmar.

THE NATION
Opinion
May 02, 2019 01:00
By The Nation

Regional bloc has the power to help end military atrocities that have killed thousands 

This past Monday, the European Union extended its ban on selling arms to Myanmar while also prolonging sanctions against high-ranking officials suspected of perpetrating atrocities against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.

The sanctions are aimed at preventing the export of arms and equipment “that might be used for internal repression”, the EU announced.