Is the world ignoring the plight of the Rohingya?




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Summary: Pressure on government leaders in Myanmar is being ramped up – as Malaysia accuses its neighbour of committing genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Government leaders in Buddhist majority Myanmar deny the ethnic cleansing of people they consider illegal immigrants – and 'terrorists.' Rohingya gunmen are blamed for the killing of nine policemen in October. Since then, dozens of Rohingya have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes in a military crackdown. Some soldiers are accused of gang rape, torture and destroying entire villages in Rakhine state. The Myanmar government denies the allegations but bans journalists from visiting Rohingya areas. Why has there been little international action so far? And why hasn't Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi spoken out? Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation in the UK Maung Zarni, Genocide Documentation Centre of Cambodia and human rights activist - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/