Burma Campaign UK Patron Glenys Kinnock’s letter is published in the Observer:
Gethin Chamberlain, in his excellent report on the post-election challenges faced by Aung San Suu Kyi and others (News), poses several questions, not least about the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority who are facing relentless persecution. In addition, the control and the power belong, as ever, to the army, which still holds a quarter of parliamentary seats .
Deep concerns are being expressed and a recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur for Burma has said that “the Rohingya people are gradually been decimated”. Only last week, 65 Rohingyas were drowned as they tried to flee the country in flimsy boats .
The Observer report is timely because it has given us a rare and convincing account of the challenges ahead. Aung San Suu Kyi represents the ambition that Myanmar can become a democratic country and the hope is that she will finally be prepared to stand up for the rights of Muslim people.
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
House of Lords