The Ohio State University student who carried out a knife attack on campus Monday wrote in a Facebook post shortly before the rampage that the abuse of a little-known Muslim community in Burma had driven him to the “boiling point,” writing, “I can’t take it anymore,” CNN reported.
“Seeing my fellow Muslims being tortured, raped and killed in Burma has led to a boiling point,” Abdul Razak Ali Artan allegedly wrote on his Facebook page shortly before Monday’s rampage, where he injured 11 people with a butcher knife before police killed him.
“America! Stop interfering with other countries,” he wrote.
Artan’s Facebook post throws a little-known and long-persecuted Muslim community in western Burma, also known as Myanmar, into the spotlight. (Courtesy of washingtonpost.com)
November 29, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi: Powerless for the Rohingyas
Championed as an icon for human rights, she languished in house arrest. World leaders and people all over called for her release while she stayed confined by the military junta for around 15 years in her own country.
She is now free.
And now, Aung San Suu Kyi chooses silence over a moral position while atrocities of the worst kind continue in her own country. She has become a glaring example of how a once human rights defender can become a reticent witness of human rights violation of one of the “most persecuted people in the world”.
She is the unquestioned leader of the party that is running Myanmar since last year. Her long struggle for democracy and human rights was supposed to be her schooling on how to run her country. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
She is now free.
And now, Aung San Suu Kyi chooses silence over a moral position while atrocities of the worst kind continue in her own country. She has become a glaring example of how a once human rights defender can become a reticent witness of human rights violation of one of the “most persecuted people in the world”.
She is the unquestioned leader of the party that is running Myanmar since last year. Her long struggle for democracy and human rights was supposed to be her schooling on how to run her country. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
Outcast: Adrift with Burma's Rohingya
In 2012, Rakhine Buddhists tore through Rohingya Muslim communities in western Myanmar (formerly Burma), attacking anyone in their path.
It sparked a wave of sectarian violence that spread to other parts of the country, with little hindrance from the authorities. Tens of thousands of Rohingya were housed in primitive camps under government-armed guard, while others tried to flee overseas to Malaysia or Thailand. (Courtesy of aljazeera.com)
Suu Kyi is missing all of the reasons for her Nobel peace prize
IT is time for the Nobel Foundation - the very organisation responsible for awarding Aung San Suu Kyi the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 - to strip her of the award due to her failure to speak up against the mistreatment and atrocities committed against the Rohingya and other minorities in her own country.
For many weeks, we have witnessed many incidents involving the continuous and merciless prosecution of the Rohingya and the minorities. According to Amnesty International and other international human rights groups, the ethnic Rohingya people have continued to suffer from many human rights violations under the country’s military regime.
It’s very sad to see a well known and highly respected figure keeping her silence and behaving as if nothing has happened in her own backyard. (Courtesy of thestar.com.my)
For many weeks, we have witnessed many incidents involving the continuous and merciless prosecution of the Rohingya and the minorities. According to Amnesty International and other international human rights groups, the ethnic Rohingya people have continued to suffer from many human rights violations under the country’s military regime.
It’s very sad to see a well known and highly respected figure keeping her silence and behaving as if nothing has happened in her own backyard. (Courtesy of thestar.com.my)
Myanmar's Suu Kyi delays Indonesia trip amid Rohingya crisis
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (Nov 28) postponed a visit to Indonesia after protests there over her country's bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims and a thwarted plot to attack its Jakarta embassy.
Thousands of desperate Rohingya have flooded over the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the past week, making horrifying claims of gang rape, torture and murder at the hands of security forces.
The Nobel laureate has faced a growing international backlash for what a UN official has said amounts to a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Suu Kyi's government has denied the allegations, saying the army is hunting "terrorists" behind deadly raids on police posts last month. (Courtesy of channelnewsasia.com)
Thousands of desperate Rohingya have flooded over the border from Myanmar's Rakhine state into Bangladesh in the past week, making horrifying claims of gang rape, torture and murder at the hands of security forces.
The Nobel laureate has faced a growing international backlash for what a UN official has said amounts to a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Suu Kyi's government has denied the allegations, saying the army is hunting "terrorists" behind deadly raids on police posts last month. (Courtesy of channelnewsasia.com)
Myanmar must react to humanitarian crisis
We note with alarm the grave human rights crisis unfolding in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Your article (Report, 25 November ) provides a timely spotlight on an increasingly desperate situation. The head of the local UN refugee agency describes a programme of ethnic cleansing. Other international experts point to indicators of genocide. At the very least, the alleged violations – the killings of hundreds, the rapes of many women, and the displacement of tens of thousands – amount to crimes against humanity. Aung San Suu Kyi’s government must respond, if a humanitarian catastrophe is to be prevented. Access for humanitarian aid, international media and human rights monitors is essential.
It is time for a unified diplomatic effort to call for humanitarian access. We urge UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to use his final weeks in office to lead an effort to secure this. We urge the UK to demand an international inquiry and unrestricted aid access. The international community cannot stand idly by while peaceful civilians are mown down by helicopter guns, women are raped and tens of thousands left without homes. If we fail to act, thousands may starve to death if they are not killed by bullets, and we may be passive observers of ethnic cleansing. (Courtesy of theguardian.com)
It is time for a unified diplomatic effort to call for humanitarian access. We urge UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to use his final weeks in office to lead an effort to secure this. We urge the UK to demand an international inquiry and unrestricted aid access. The international community cannot stand idly by while peaceful civilians are mown down by helicopter guns, women are raped and tens of thousands left without homes. If we fail to act, thousands may starve to death if they are not killed by bullets, and we may be passive observers of ethnic cleansing. (Courtesy of theguardian.com)
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