Nigeria Condemns Human Right Abuses In Myanmar

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday expressed deep regret at what it described as “the desperate human right situation” in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.

It noted that the situation is reminiscent of what happened in Rwanda in 1994 and in Bosnia Herzegovina in 1995.

The Federal Government particularly condemns the horrendous human suffering caused by what is said was confirmed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights which states that it is a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya people.

The government said it takes note of this statement, and calls upon the United Nations to invoke the principle of the “Responsibility to Protect” and intervene in Myanmar to stop the ongoing ethnic cleansing and create the conditions for the safe return and rehabilitation of the fleeing Rohingya people to their motherland.

The Government similarly calls on all members of the civilized world to condemn the heinous act and to demand for appropriate punishment to the perpetrators.