Rohingya in Rakhine State are being deliberately starved to death as they suffer from genocidal policies imposed by the Burmese military, detailed in a new report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK).
“Starvation has replaced bullets as the main tool of genocide against the Rohingya,” said Tun Khin, President of BROUK. “US cuts in humanitarian aid are assisting the Burmese military in their genocidal policies of using starvation as a weapon against us.”
‘Starving to death: the latest phase of the Rohingya genocide’, is the latest in a series of biannual reports documenting how the provisional measures to protect the Rohingya ordered by the International Court of Justice are being routinely violated, and how the UN Security Council, which has the responsibility to uphold the orders of the court, has failed to do so.
Most of the areas where Rohingya in Rakhine State live are now under the control of the Arakan Army. “The Arakan Army are committing the same human rights violations as the Burmese military but not facing the same sanctions, which gives them a sense of impunity and emboldens them to carry on,” said Tun Khin.