{"id":1661,"date":"2015-10-04T16:20:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T16:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1661-us-muslims-sue-anti-muslim-burmese-president\/"},"modified":"2015-10-04T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T16:20:05","slug":"us-muslims-sue-anti-muslim-burmese-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1661-us-muslims-sue-anti-muslim-burmese-president\/","title":{"rendered":"US Muslims sue anti-Muslim Burmese president"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"font-size: 9.12px; line-height: 11.856px;\">Muslim Rohingyas are \u201csubjected to genocide, torture, arbitrary detention<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Rejecting his anti-Muslim policies, American Muslim rights activists have filed a lawsuit against the Burmese President Thein Sein, accusing him of committing human rights abuses against the Rohingya Muslim community.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Muslim Rohingyas are \u201csubjected to genocide, torture, arbitrary detention, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment\u201d by officials controlled by Thein Sein and his ministers, Reuters reported.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The complaint was filed in Manhattan federal court, just a few weeks ahead of November 8 historic Burmese general elections.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>It accuses Thein Sein and top officials of planning and instigating \u201chate crimes and discrimination amounting to genocide.\u201d<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The government will have a chance to respond to the lawsuit once it is served. 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