US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced Wednesday (Nov 22) that Myanmar’s Rohingya population was being subjected to “ethnic cleansing”, accusing the security forces of perpetrating “horrendous atrocities” against the Muslim minority.
“After a careful and thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya,” Tillerson noted.
His comments, which come after Tillerson visited the country last week, are the strongest condemnation yet by the United States of the military’s crackdown against the Rohingya, which has triggered a major refugee crisis.
More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled the mainly Buddhist country since the military launched a counter-insurgency operation in Rakhine state in late August, heading to neighboring Bangladesh, which is one of the world’s poorest nations.
“No provocation can justify the horrendous atrocities that have ensued,” Tillerson stressed in a statement.
Source: AFP
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