The United Nations is set to vote on a new draft resolution urging Myanmar’s government to abandon its plans to force Rohingya Muslims to identify as “Bengali” - a term used to brand the minority as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The resolution also urges Myanmar to grant the largely stateless Rohingya “access to full citizenship.” But rights group Burma Campaign UK said that the resolution “will be ignored” by the government. “Almost every General Assembly resolution on Burma [Myanmars previous name] in the past decade has called for action on the Rohingya and the Burmese government has not only ignored these calls, but stepped up repression,” Mark Farmer, director of the rights group, told the AA.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 14:52:11 +0000
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