Dhaka, 21 Mar Representatives of the Rohingya refugee community fled to Bangladesh from neighbouring Burma (Myanmar) on Monday celebrated Washington's decision to describe the widespread campaign of violence by the Burmese Army against this ethnic minority as “genocide”. For the executive director of the Rohingya Youth Association in Bangladesh Camps (RYA), Khin Maung, this is “really good news and a big step on the part of the US,” he said in a statement to Efe. “We really appreciate it. We will ask the US to refer this matter to the International Criminal Court (ICC) through the UN Security Council. It will be useful for us if the US joins the effort at the ICC,” he said. With this qualification as “genocide,” the United States “should pressure Myanmar to begin the repatriation of Rohingya from Bangladesh,” the organization's leader added. According to today's announcement by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Washington has “determined that members of the Burmese military junta committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017.” “It is very good that the US State Department has announced the genocide of the Rohingya, and we, the Rohingya, are very happy to hear it and welcome the announcement,” refugee and RYA spokesman Ali Janah told Efe. Recognition of the crimes committed against this minority has been one of the great demands of refugees and their defenders, who hope that the Burmese Army will suffer the consequences and that guarantees will be given to the Rohingya for their return to the country. The declaration of genocide “has finally happened. This moment is a moment of pride for innocent Rohingya. The announcement of the Rohingya genocide becomes history for the Rohingya people. The world must recognize it,” Janah added. “This is a very happy moment for me after hearing the word 'genocide' from the Administration (from President Joe) Biden,” he celebrated for his part before Efe Rezuwan, one of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh. The State Department today argued that, in 2017, more than 9,000 Rohingya were killed in Burma, and more than 700,000 had to escape to neighboring Bangladesh. The leaders of this massacre, he assured, are the same ones who overthrew the democratically elected government in February 2021 and now governs Burma. After the violent 2017 campaign, some 738,000 Rohingya arrived in Bangladesh seeking refuge. The UN described what happened as an example of ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, crimes against humanity that are being investigated by international courts. CHIEF am-igr/mt/yes
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