Arakan News Agency
The heads of state and government of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday described what is being done to the Rohingya Muslims in the western Arakan province of Myanmar as “systematic atrocities that constitute a serious violation of international law”.
This came in the recommendations of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the meeting of the Organization on the sidelines of its summit on science and technology held in Astana, to call of the Government of Myanmar to take all measures to stop “discriminatory practices” against Rohingya Muslims.
The meeting also called on the Myanmar government to “cooperate with the fact-finding mission mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into all alleged violations of international law and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
They urged the Government of Myanmar to “take all measures to prevent and eliminate the root causes of dispersal and discriminatory practices against the Muslims Rohingyas, and to ensure the sustainable return of internally displaced and externally displaced Rohingya refugees”.
The Heads of States of the OIC stressed the need for Myanmar to take concrete steps to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Arakan region.
The meeting expressed concern about the massive influx of Rohingya people into Bangladesh and the humanitarian and security impact on the Bangladeshi Government.
They also called on Islamic countries and the world to continue their efforts in conjunction with the efforts of the United Nations to ensure the return of all displaced Myanmar refugees to their homes in Arakan province.
Since August 25th, the Myanmar army has committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan province.
There is no clear statistics on the victims of the genocide, but human rights activist Imran al-Arakani said in an interview with Anadolu that they had identified 7,500 killed people and 6,541 wounded from Rohingya since the beginning of the genocide campaign until Wednesday (September 6).
UNHCR estimated the number of Rohingyas fleeing Arakan to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence by 370,000 people.
This came in the recommendations of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the meeting of the Organization on the sidelines of its summit on science and technology held in Astana, to call of the Government of Myanmar to take all measures to stop “discriminatory practices” against Rohingya Muslims.
The meeting also called on the Myanmar government to “cooperate with the fact-finding mission mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into all alleged violations of international law and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
They urged the Government of Myanmar to “take all measures to prevent and eliminate the root causes of dispersal and discriminatory practices against the Muslims Rohingyas, and to ensure the sustainable return of internally displaced and externally displaced Rohingya refugees”.
The Heads of States of the OIC stressed the need for Myanmar to take concrete steps to prevent further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Arakan region.
The meeting expressed concern about the massive influx of Rohingya people into Bangladesh and the humanitarian and security impact on the Bangladeshi Government.
They also called on Islamic countries and the world to continue their efforts in conjunction with the efforts of the United Nations to ensure the return of all displaced Myanmar refugees to their homes in Arakan province.
Since August 25th, the Myanmar army has committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan province.
There is no clear statistics on the victims of the genocide, but human rights activist Imran al-Arakani said in an interview with Anadolu that they had identified 7,500 killed people and 6,541 wounded from Rohingya since the beginning of the genocide campaign until Wednesday (September 6).
UNHCR estimated the number of Rohingyas fleeing Arakan to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence by 370,000 people.
