Arakan Humanitarian Association Warns Rohingya Are on \u201cBrink of Extinction\u201d
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\nThe Arakan Humanitarian Association has warned that the Rohingya crisis has reached a critical stage that threatens their \u201chistorical existence,\u201d amid a sharp escalation of armed conflict in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine State.<\/p>\n
Salim al-Arkani, head of the association, made the remarks during a forum held in Istanbul titled \u201cArakan on the Brink of Extinction.\u201d He said that international silence was effectively giving a \u201cgreen light to genocide\u201d against the Rohingya, as no decisive measures have been taken to halt ongoing abuses.<\/p>\n
The Rohingya have lived in Rakhine State for centuries, but Myanmar\u2019s authorities refuse to recognize them as an indigenous community, labeling them illegal migrants. As a result, international reports have repeatedly described them as one of the world\u2019s most persecuted minorities.<\/p>\n
Al-Arkani said the widening clashes between Myanmar\u2019s military junta and the Buddhist Arakan Army have triggered waves of forced displacement and widespread destruction of villages and residential areas. He argued that developments on the ground point to a systematic effort to clear the region of Muslims and alter its demographic makeup.<\/p>\n
He added that Rohingya civilians are facing unprecedented pressure, including forced recruitment, killings, and serious abuses, while severe shortages of food and medicine have created what he described as a catastrophic humanitarian situation.<\/p>\n
International human rights organizations have documented alleged war crimes in Rakhine, even as Bangladesh hosts more than one million Rohingya refugees in camps in Cox\u2019s Bazar. Al-Arkani urged the international community to establish accountability mechanisms and ensure unrestricted humanitarian access, warning that continued inaction would keep the risk of extinction alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Arakan Humanitarian Association Warns Rohingya Are on \u201cBrink of Extinction\u201d —————————————— The Arakan Humanitarian Association has warned that the Rohingya crisis has reached a critical stage that threatens their \u201chistorical existence,\u201d amid a sharp escalation of armed conflict in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine State. Salim al-Arkani, head of the association, made the remarks during a forum held …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":140158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[10424],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humanitarian-news"],"yoast_head":"\n