On December 13th, Human Rights Now joined 81 other NGOs in signing a joint statement urging the UN Security Council to act on Myanmar’s Rohingya’s Crisis.<\/p>\n
Myanmar authorities are still heavily restricting access to northern Rakhine State for most international humanitarian organizations, human rights monitors, and independent media.<\/p>\n
Over 646,000 Rohingya have been made refugees since August 25, when Myanmar security forces launched \u201cclearance operations\u201d in response to armed attacks on security posts by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).<\/p>\n
The Myanmar government has the primary responsibility to protect its diverse population without discrimination and regardless of ethnicity, religion or citizenship status. But, the civilian and military leadership of Myanmar, including the military\u2019s Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, refuse to even acknowledge the serious human rights violations against the Rohingya and continue to deny any wrongdoing by state security forces in Rakhine State while ignoring decades of
\ninstitutionalized discrimination against the Rohingya community.<\/p>\n