To: President Donald Trump
The Inhumane Treatment Of The Rohingya People By The Myanmar Government
.Stop the normalization of relations with the Myanmar Government till it ends the mistreatment of the Rohingya, and recognize them as equal to other citizens of Myanmar.
Why is this important?
The Rohingyas are being denied statehood by their own government. They are being forced to move out of their homeland. The Myanmar Government does not recognize them as citizens of Myanmar. The Rohingyas have been living in West Myanmar for hundreds of years. They are being discriminated against because of their ethnicity and religion.
I’m not a Rohingya. I’m doing this totally tor humanitarian reason. I became aware of the plight of the Rohingya during my stay in Bangkok Thailand in 2009 while I was there on a graduate study program in International Relations. Meeting some of the refugees from Myanmar helped me learn of their daily struggle. The academic discussions about the subject showed me the intensity of the humanitarian disaster.
Now that the political and economic situation in Myanmar is improving, it is time for the Myanmar Government to start working on solving the problems of all the suffering minorities of Myanmar including the Rohingya. I call on the President of the USA Barack Obama, and the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to take advantage of this opportunity in order to end the persecution of all minorities In Myanmar.