An international lawyer has called on the global community to take action and compel the Myanmar government to provide the basic rights of the Rohingya Muslims, Press TV reports.
In an interview on Saturday, Barry Grossman said there is a “complete blackout of information” with respect to the “horrible” situation of the Rohingya Muslim community in the Asian country.
He added that the Myanmar government had failed to fulfill its undertakings to provide internationally monitored access to the unprivileged community.
“The regime needs to be compelled to ensure the Rohingya access to basic health care, education and the standard civil liberties like the right to engage in religious practices,” the lawyer added.
The Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar has been persecuted and has faced torture and repression since Myanmar’s independence in 1948.
The government of Myanmar announced that the minority would not be allowed to register as “Rohingya” in the country’s first census recently conducted with the help of the United Nations. The Rohingya Muslims account for about five percent of the country’s population of nearly 60 million.
Reports say hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are suffering from a severe shortage of food and drinking water. Humanitarian aid deliveries have slowed down in Rakhine as a result of an escalation in sectarian violence.
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