Zarif Urges Action on Rohingya Genocide Before ’It’s Too Late’
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif chided the international community for remaining silent on the violence directed toward Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, calling for swift action to end the genocide.
"The international community has no excuse to allow the genocide of Rohingya Muslims to continue in front of our eyes," Zarif tweeted on Thursday.
He further demanded urgent action to address the plight of Rohingya Muslims, saying, "We must act now before it's too late."
Myanmar's security forces have been attacking the Rohingya Muslims and torching their villages since October 2016 in a bid to push them out of the western state of Rakhine.
The attacks have intensified since August 25, following alleged armed attacks on police and military posts in Rakhine.
The Rohingya have been subject to communal violence by extremist Buddhists for years, forcing large groups of Muslims to take perilous journeys and seek refuge in Bangladesh and other neighboring countries.
Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has come under fire for failing to protect the country's Muslim minority from persecution.
She claimed on Wednesday that "a huge iceberg of misinformation" was spreading about violence in western Myanmar.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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