Irfan Pathan speaks out on the Myanmar genocide issue

The situation in Myanmar is getting worse by the hour as Rohingya Muslims in the country have been forced to flee the country. It all started when Rohingya agitators attacked a police post which martyred 12 police officers. The armed forces along with Buddhist vigilantes have killed more than 350 people since August 25. Making his stand clear about the same Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan tweeted against the violence.

He was deeply affected by the situation in Myanmar as more than 14000 Rohingya’s have already escaped the country into Bangladesh. There are over one lakh who are desperate to leave the country fearing for their life. They’ve sought refuge in Pakistan as well as India but both the governments haven’t been keen on accepting them in.

Irfan said that the people around the world have made up their minds to not let peace prevail and it is humans who are again their own. “Looks like the world n it’s ppl have decided not to get peace.Humans only want to hurt other human #MyanmarGenocide.” He tweeted.

UN is keeping an eye

The United Nations also has an eye on the issue and is constantly trying to get updates on the situation and there is an indication that the UN might declare it a genocide.

“When they are being killed and forcibly transferred in a widespread or systematic manner, this could constitute ethnic cleansing and could amount to crimes against humanity,” the UN special advisor for prevention of genocide Adama Dieng was quoted as saying.

“I would hesitate to say at the moment that there is a genocide [in Myanmar], although that’s mainly for lack of evidence — it’s still a plausible conclusion,” David Simon, director of the genocide studies program at Yale University told abc.net.au. “I think we can say with a fair amount of certainty that there is ethnic cleansing going on and certainly crimes against humanity,” he added.

The UN’s Security Council had met last week to deliberate the situation in Myanmar.

“I have written officially to the president of the Security Council to express my concern and to propose various steps to end the violence and address the underlying causes of the crisis,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.