Arakan News Agency
U2 have called on Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to fight harder against serious violence being inflicted by security forces against Rohingya Muslims.
The musicians posted a lengthy plea aimed at the Nobel Peace Prize laureate – after saying they had tried several times to reach out to her directly.
The group previously campaigned for the politician’s release from imprisonment, saying they ‘punched the air’ when she was finally released.
In a lengthy post on their website today, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr write: “What has happened this year, and in particular these past months – this, we never imagined.
“For these atrocities against the Rohingya people to be happening on her watch blows our minds and breaks our hearts.”
They acknowledge that the de facto Burmese leader faces a complex situation, but insist she should not compromise her ideals.
According to the UN, more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh since late August to escape violence from security forces.
U2 have also condemned the head of Myanmar’s armed forces Min Aung Hlaing, saying criticisng Mrs Suu Kyi alone plays into the hands “of those who are carrying out the violence”.
