After decades of silence, the United States has urged the South East Asian nation of Myanmar to stop prosecuting its Rohingya Muslim minority. “The US was aware of the fleeing of Rohingyas from Myanmar for persecution,” Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher told reporters in Bangladesh. “It’s a matter of concern and the US wants that Myanmar stops the persecution of Rohingyas.” The plight of Rohingyas has been making international headlines since about 400 Rohingyas landed on Indonesia’s shores on two separate boats over the past month. The two boats are believed to have been among nine carrying about 1,200 Rohingyas believed to have landed on Thai shores late last year. Thai authorities reportedly beat them and dumped as many as 10 wooden boats far out to sea with no motors and hardly any provisions. They bore scars which they said had been inflicted with wooden sticks and rifle butts. More than 550 Rohingya Muslims are feared to have drowned during the last two months after being towed out to sea by the Thai military.
ROHINGYA MUSLIMS PERSECUTION
After decades of silence, the United States has urged the South East Asian nation of Myanmar to stop prosecuting its Rohingya Muslim minority. “The US was aware of the fleeing of Rohingyas from Myanmar for persecution,”
