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Myanmar’s rulers are deceiving the world
The Gulf News
ျမန္မာအစိုးရမွ ကမာၻၾကီးကို လွည္႔ဖ်ားေနျခင္း
Myanmar’s rulers are deceiving the world
Token reform measures are a smokecreen to divert attention from the issues of minorities and rights.
Hasty praise, international oversell and overreaction to the so-called
efforts by the junta to create an aura of stability in Myanmar, is
actually blurring the bigger picture that exists in the country.
It is time the international community took a close-up view of the
plight of the minorities and serious human rights abuses that are being
committed there.
By opening up the economy, allowing human
rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi to contest a by-election, freeing political
prisoners and relaxing media censorship laws, the military seems to
have shown its reformist face in a bid to win international acceptance
and praise. The truth is, however, the opposite.
Nothing has
changed in Myanmar as far as ground realities are concerned. The
sectarian violence against the Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine
is evident of this point. What is being carried out against this
minority is ethnic cleansing, which alarmingly is still ongoing.
Tragically, even a national idol like Suu Kyi has not leveraged her
domestic and expanding global reputation to restrict the problem. She
continues to sit on the fence in a bid to placate the military.
Status quo is not the answer. Democratic reforms do not arrive
overnight, but there must be ample proof that wheels have been set in
motion.
The current manoeuvrings seem to be a smokescreen by the junta to mislead the world.
ဂိုလ္ရွယ္ေလးမွ ျပန္လည္ေ၀ငွပါသည္
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