Rohinyás: the most persecuted minority majority of the world

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With a "democratic" government, the conflict between Rohingya and Rakhines has increased. I arrived at the enclave that they both share from Naipyidó, administrative capital of Myanmar, after more than nine hours on a motorcycle on impractical roads.

The rohinyás lead in Myanmar for centuries and its current population doubles Icelandic. They settle in a rich territory coveted raw materials. Is that the reason why they are so persecuted? Or perhaps because hostilities intensified when the Military Junta began to liberalize prices?

I arrived at the enclave shared by Rohingya and Rakhines from Naipyidó after more than nine hours on a motorcycle on impractical roads.

His story, as so, It has a lot to do with the colonizers that a country gets lucky. In the case, British. Under their domination, this Muslim ethnic group from Bengal to settle in Myanmar. They were agricultural labor at the price of a slave. Also, the effective servants of his graceful majesty - as they did in Palestine and India - fueled religious rivalries with the Rakhine Buddhist ethnic group and some others to better subdue them. Although the Islam of the Rohingya is not as radical as the Arab, when they left they left connected the clock-bomb that allowed them to continue controlling the most valuable assets of the country.

Centuries ago, a few hundred Rohingya settled in Arakan; actually, almost reach a million. But, the Government applied to the territory the denomination of the Rakhine ethnic group, with which the opposition of the remaining minorities was won. The current government, although he always criticized with the Military Junta, has not made amends for his very misguided folly.

Under British rule, this Muslim ethnic group from Bengal was invited to settle in Myanmar

The Rohingya minority is one of the most persecuted since 1982, when they were dispossessed of citizenship. The excuse: There were radical extremist groups within it that had attacked the Rakhine through terrorist actions. Dispossession involved being treated as illegal immigrants and, in consecuense, with restrictions to move freely, as well as the loss of the most basic human rights.

Myanmar's government has been more expeditious than neighboring China, that has known how to guide its own minorities towards its interests, and has made the Rohingya the most persecuted majority minority in the world. Those who remain in the country live in concentration camps and are prevented from having children.

The Rohnyas who remain in the country live in concentration camps and are prevented from having children

And 2015, with Aung San Suu Kyi and yours in power, thousands of Rohingya began to climb onto the barges and Andaman Sea. They believed they would be accepted by Thailand and Indonesia. Neither have they been able to land there nor have the “civilized” Australians and New Zealanders done as some Western NGOs have done with African boats.. Although, if we look back again, when violence between Rakhines and Rohingya began to escalate, both the Burmese Police and Army, just like the rest of the world, they looked whistling away. And, right now, neither Eastern nor Western governments lift a finger watching them die in the Andaman Sea.

Regarding Aung San Suu Kyi, who suffered house arrest in his mansion and denounced to the world the repression exerted on the Burmese, be quiet. In the longest paragraph she pronounced in this regard - "it is necessary to resolve the racial conflicts in Rakhine" - she does not mention the word "Rohingya" and merely repeats like a broken record.: "You have to enforce the law".

Now, neither Eastern nor Western governments lift a finger watching them die in the Andaman Sea

Why do you not use your privileged moral position to denounce the repression that your Government exercises against the Rohingya and other ethnic groups in the country?? Why not use your immense power to stop such a fierce pursuit? By not changing an unfair law, Are you not betraying the principles that you defended so much in your favor and yours? His silences and refrains are as shameful as ours and confirm to us once again that a Nobel Peace Prize is not as exemplary as it is supposed to be..

Paraphrasing the great author, "Apartheid, wherever you are, leaves us one more stain on the face of what we call humanity ". The Rohingya remind us “what we don't want to remember and what, however, constitutes us ".

The Rohingya remind us “what we don't want to remember and what, however, constitutes us ". The situation, since I was in 2012, has changed for the worse

The situation, since I was in 2012, has changed for the worse. Then, The world was already asking for help for the Rohingya: of his country, for so many centuries, and our. Which does not mean that Bangladesh does not have to take its share of responsibility, as they are descendants of ancient Bengalis.

End, we should assume that authentic democracy is an inalienable right of majorities and minorities. Inside Myanmar and outside.

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Comments (4)

  • Gines Vera

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    Thanks for bringing us through this travel chronicle what happens there, although the reality of a globalized world should make us think of globalized humanitarian ideas, we are all united, we can all be there. Interesting those open questions to ponder. Greetings.

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  • Rafa Blanca

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    This is a humanitarian issue of the first order that should matter much more to us and is not covered by the media., because it does not affect us directly. Thank you Pepa for focusing on a violation of the human rights of a people of which we know little or nothing.

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  • Rosa

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    Paper, great article! !My hair stands on end at the thought of how much injustice still exists in this world! New and new cases of discrimination by one human being against another are discovered.
    And we learn of such terrible events only in passing, to listen to an informative short in the media.
    And thanks to you, the TIRELESS DISSEMINATORS of the injustices in this world.
    !Thanks!

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  • Rosa M Marin

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    Thank you for your article Pepa!. It brings us closer to understanding the injustice with this people!. It is very strong that such inhuman and just discrimination still exist!!

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