The United Nations says that Burma's ethnic cleansing is under way

The question of rohingya, the ethnic minority of Muslim religion, present in Burma, is taking on ever more serious margins. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, Jordanian Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, specifically spoke about ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, operated by the Burmese government. Despite the ostracism of the Burmese government, which does not allow access to its territory to United Nations personnel, surveys carried out by satellite systems have made it clear that the violence perpetrated against Burmese Muslims forced to forced emigration and great proportions towards Bangladesh. The situation has deteriorated since the end of the military dictatorship, thanks to the action of Buddhist extremists, which exacerbated a difficult situation for Muslims, considered illegal immigrants in the country and hence lacking regular citizenship, although present in the country for many generations. The official position of the Burmese government is that actions in the state of Rakhine, the one where most rohingya resides, are directed against elements that would be part of terrorist groups; however, the fire of the Muslim villages has become a regular practice, which forced rohingya populations to mass leaps. It is estimated that over the past few weeks more than 300,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh, creating an emergency situation, aggravated by difficult hygiene conditions. An additional factor of slandering is the presence of mines placed by the Burmese army at its borders, it is unknown whether to prevent the return of rohingya or to complete ethnic cleansing failed completely. These facts are publicly denounced by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and take on a political value that must be taken into account by all the nations of the world, and in particular by the West and the Great Powers, to subject Burma to all possible retaliation against those states that violate international law and commit serious abuses to violate the most elementary human rights. Burmese state should be subject to economic sanctions and isolated at the political level, while humanitarian aid should focus on alleviating the tragedy of rohingya and Bangladesh, which is lending them to welcome them. In this tragedy, however, is the case of India, governed by an executive close to the Hindus, who would vote to deport Muslim refugees from Burma. The rohingya escaped in foreign countries are unable to return to Burma, because to do so, they are asked for proof of citizenship, a requirement that has been abolished since 1962, when they were deprived of all civil rights. In this dramatic situation stands out the silence of Nobel Prize Aung San Suu Kyi, who holds important positions within the government and is the unofficial leader. San Suu Kyi has never expressed the question of rohingya, providing the perception of supporting the repression in action; the only statements that have been made are that in Burma there is a fight against terrorists belonging to the rohingya ethnia. If these feelings of San Suu Kyi are true, forced by the military, or only circumstantial to keep the power gained, is not known, its behavior appears to be in conflict with the reasons why the Nobel Peace Prize indeed, the conduct held in the rohingya issue, in its important role in the government of Burma, would provide the motivation for the cancellation of the Nobel Prize, as required by several parties. This act, along with the international pressure on Burma to be carried out through economic sanctions and political isolation, could immediately mitigate the situation of rohingya and open a negotiation for a solution to the issue. It should be remembered that in a state of repression it would be easy for movements and groups of Islamic extremism to find consensus, and if this has not happened, it was only for the great poverty and marginalization in which the rohingya were held.