Early day motion · EDM 1115 · 25 Feb 2014

MYANMAR AND THE PERSECUTION OF THE ROHINGYA COMMUNITY

Tabled by George Galloway (Workers Party of Britain) 13 signatures

The motion

That this House notes that a recent report by the human rights organisation Fortify Rights concluded that the government of Myanmar systematically discriminated against the minority Rohingya Muslim community restricting their family size and mobility; further notes that the United Nations concluded that the Rohingya community is one of the most persecuted in the world; further notes that many members of the Rohingya community have fled to neighbouring countries where they are now living in very precarious circumstances; deplores the persecution of the Rohingya community; and calls on the UK Government to make urgent representations to the Myanmar government to change policy towards the Rohingya community and accept them as full citizens of Myanmar with equal rights.

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