DHAKA: Rohingya activists expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine have said that it is their moral duty to support innocent Palestinians drawing parallel between their plight in Myanmar, Arab media reported on Wednesday.
More than 700,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine State to neighboring Bangladesh in 2017 following a brutal action by the Myanmar military that the UN termed genocide. So far 25,000 people have been killed in the ongoing persecution of the minority group.
The Rohingya, has been described by the UN as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities subjected to decades of discrimination and repression in Myanmar.
Meanwhile, on the other hand Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip has said that Israel’s bombardment has killed over 10,500 people, most of them women and children.
At least 2,500 others, more than half of them minors, have been reported missing and are most likely trapped under the rubble.
Korim Ullah, a Rohingya rights activist told Arab media that significant number of civilians, particularly children, have been caught up in the violence in both Palestine and Myanmar. He noted that thousands of children have been killed in Gaza while many children burnt alive and children drowned in Myanmar.
In 2017, the Myanmar army razed hundreds of homes in Tula Toli village and killed 500 people in an operation.
Nay San Lwin, another Rohingya activist, based in Europe expressing solidarity with the people of Palestinian said it is matter of principle.
Rohingya an oppressed community
He went on to say that being a member of an oppressed community, it is his moral duty to stand up, speak out, and show solidarity with Palestinian people.
He added that all genocides that have occurred worldwide have similarities. The activist said they were driven out of their homes and thousands were killed and the same thing is happening in Gaza.
Maung Sawyeddollah, founder and executive director of Rohingya Students Network expressed disappointment over the situation faced by the people of Palestine due to Israeli aggression. He said the Rohingya people have suffered the genocide by the Myanmar military.
Sawyeddollah said the Rohingya people extend an unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people.
