Dr. Ezzedin Al-Komi, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of Egypt’s
Ikhwanweb:
April 26, 2013
A
153-page Human Rights Watch report accuses Myanmar’s government of ethnic
cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, crimes against humanity that continue unabated
to-date and prevention of relief aid from reaching surviving Muslims.
In a statement
issued Friday, Dr. Ezzedin Al-Komi, Chairman of the Human Rights Committee of
Egypt’s Shura Council, asked Human Rights Watch (HRW) to submit its documented
information as evidence to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor with
regard to the daily massacres, mass graves and systematic ethnic cleansing,
which continues under the nose of the international community against Muslims
of Burma.
"What is
happening to Rohingya Muslims are crimes against humanity, gross injustice and
brutal genocide. The Security Council must use its powers, activate Chapter VII
of the Charter of the United Nations to protect the Muslim minority in Arakan
in Burma, like it did in Darfur, and issue warrants of arrest for security
forces, Buddhist monks and local leaders involved in those massacres.
"How much
credibility will the Rome Convention and the International Criminal Court have,
if they do not face up to these violations with the mechanisms available to
them, designed for use in situations like this?"
Al-Komi appealed to
the International Commission for Human Rights to do its part to protect this
minority, which suffered greatly under military rule in Burma.
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