Rohingya activists slam ASEAN's call for dialogue with Myanmar

Al Jazeera
by Joshua Carroll
03 August 2019
 
Regional bloc accused of whitewashing Myanmar's crimes against Rohingya.

Almost 730,000 Rohingya crossed the border into Bangladesh and arrived in Cox's Bazar in August 2017 after fleeing military-led massacres in Myanmar's western Rakhine state [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters] 

Efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to encourage "dialogue" between Rohingya refugees and the Myanmar government have sparked fierce criticism from Rohingya activists, who accuse the bloc of whitewashing the Myanmar military's crimes and legitimising deeply flawed repatriation plans.

Rohingya activist says US ban on Myanmar generals a first step

Mail onlineBy
Afp
17 July 2019

Wai Wai Nu, an advocate for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, speaks at the State Department in Washington

A formerly imprisoned Rohingya activist said Wednesday that a US ban on Myanmar's top generals was a welcome first step but urged more action to support the long-targeted minority.

The State Department on Tuesday said that army chief Min Aung Hlaing, three other top officers and their families would not be allowed to visit the United States due to their roles in "ethnic cleansing" of the mostly Muslim Rohingya.