Comments on trying the Myanmar Government at the International Criminal Court
Myanmar government wants to hide its despicable record of racism and bigotry against non-Buddhists inside the country by saying that there was no religious discrimination. As we say here, when a duck flies like a duck, swims like a duck and sounds like a duck it is a duck; it is not chicken.
May Allah help us all in that endeavor. Amin.
As once again noted from the declarations of and papers presented at the recently concluded Bangkok Conference, held on August 15 at the Thammasat University, Myanmar government is guilty of practicing Apartheid policy of neo-Nazi Fascism. It can't skip from being labeled as such.
If we cannot protect the
endangered Rohingya community from their elimination campaign, then
the world community would have no alternative but to proceed with actions that lead to issue of an arrest
warrant against the regime and their provocateurs that are at the root
of the suffering. Of course, for that to happen, we shall need funding from
international agencies to prepare and prosecute the case in the ICC, the Hague .
As you know it
is not an easy matter. The regime can refuse to comply to hand over their war
criminals, much like what happened with Slobodan Milosevic until
he was voted out and the new regime, hungry for western recognition and
bettering economy complied with the directives to hand over the criminal.
But the reality inside Myanmar is even worse than those prevailing in Serbia. The entire
Buddhist community is racist and bigotry ridden except a few noble souls living outside (like e.g., Dr. Maung Zarni). The
tragedy is that they are not even aware of their racism. They think what they
are doing is fine, patriotic, and unless they continue to do so, they won't be
able to protect their race from being overwhelmed by 'foreign' elements. What
chance is there that if they are voted out (which I strongly doubt) in 2015
that Suu Kyi's NLD (supposing that it got majority and formed a new government)
would hand over the war criminals? She has proven to be an ignoble soul, a politician and
not a moral voice on suffering humanity. She talks about Buddhist sympathy and
not what are human rights that continue to be violated by the regime. She is an opportunist.
We also need international partners to push the matter
against the criminal regime. I don't think we have been able to make the case
for the real 'powers' (e.g., USA
and veto-wielding UNSC member states) to see the Rohingya problem our way.
Without them, no international action would be taken. Sadly, as I have noted,
the powerful western nations are also bankrupt when it comes to moral issues.
Many of the governments in the West are mortgaged to big companies or lobby
groups that care more about making money from trade and commerce with Myanmar than
anything humane and moral. That is the reality of our time!
Still, we should not feel frustrated. The
world is waking up to the hideous reality inside Myanmar. Who would have thought of so much support
pouring into when not too long ago what we heard were only one-sided xenophobia
against the Rohingya, even from some aid agencies because of their ignorance? But that has changed, by the
grace of God.
Let's try our best in our individual and group levels to educate people and relieve the pains suffered by the Rohingya and other persecuted peoples.
May Allah help us all in that endeavor. Amin.
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