Dr. Waqar Uddin reported that the Myanmar government and Buddhist gangs are committing brutal crimes against Rohingya.
The practices of the Myanmar Government amounted to genocide, seeking to obliterate the Rohingya identity by reducing the number of Rohingya and eliminating their historical features.
“The Myanmar authorities shut down the houses of worship of the Rohingya, do not allow Muslims to worship, and transformed a historic mosque in the area from the 17th century into a Buddhist temple,” he said. “These practices seek to purify Arakan from Muslims and transform the entire region into Buddhism.”
He pointed out that the roots of Rohingya in Arakan dates back to the seventh century AD, and said this is documented in many historical references.
The number of Rohingya refugees in the camps is about 700,000, nearly 60 per cent of them children, and they live in very difficult conditions and suffer from food shortages.
He stressed that the Myanmar government does not grant the right to life to the Rohingya. “They are forced to use Buddhist names, they want to blur their identity and hinder their marriage.
