In Myanmar (formerly Burma) there is a shocking development, where the majority Buddhist population is persecuting this muslim minority. With hundreds of thousands of people being displaced, and with little or no access to food, water and shelter, it’s being referred to in terms from Apartheid to Ethnic Cleansing and genocide.
In truth the situation has been going on for many years now as a form of Apartheid and systemic discrimination, but in recent months has escalated into full-blown Ethnic Cleansing. This shows how systemic injustice, inequality, Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing are linked.
What’s adds a note of further disbelief to this situation is why Aung San Suu Kyi – a Nobel Peace prize winner can not see the stain on democracy that is happening right now as she rules over a country in which she was imprisoned for her devoted stance on democracy.
The Pope refused to mention the Rohingya muslims by name.
But the world has not forgotten them.
Amnesty has a good article here and there are ways to pledge support also.