Urgent call for safe zone as Rohingya face new threats in Burma
Nay San Lwin, co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition, has appealed for international intervention to establish a safe zone for the Rohingya.
His appeal comes amid fresh threats issued by the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine State against the Rohingya.
Despite long standing persecution by Burma’s military, the Arakan Army, an ethnic Buddhist insurgent group seeking regional autonomy, is now targeting the Rohingya.
More than 2,500 Rohingya have been killed and 300,000 displaced recently.
Lwin says the ongoing violence has pushed 30,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh, joining the 700,000 people who escaped the Burmese military’s 2017 brutal crackdown.
With the Arakan Army controlling the region, return remains impossible for the refugees.
Lwin criticized the UN Security Council for its inadequate response and urged support for legal actions against Burma’s leaders. That includes a recent International Criminal Court arrest warrant request for junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
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