A former U.S congressman and current president of the US based ‘United to End Genocide’ activist group, Tom Andrews, outlined today that, “the building blocks of genocide” were evident during his month long visit to Burma this year.
Andrews warned that the Rohingya Muslims faced life-threatening deprivation whilst living in a state of fear under the current government and urged the US government to use their leverage with the Myanmar government to protect the Rohingya community.
Outlining in his report that the suffering of the people in the Rakhine state was ethnically driven he said,
Andrews warned that the Rohingya Muslims faced life-threatening deprivation whilst living in a state of fear under the current government and urged the US government to use their leverage with the Myanmar government to protect the Rohingya community.
Outlining in his report that the suffering of the people in the Rakhine state was ethnically driven he said,
“Clearly the danger signs are very present and growing that we could be seeing a catastrophe. There’s been a significant loss of life already. It’s not because of anything these people have done. It’s because of whom they are, their ethnicity and the God they pray to. That’s why they are being targeted.”