Time to deliver
In recent times, the plight of the Rohingays has come to light. They have been subjected to extreme inhuman conditions by the military junta of Burma.
They have also been terribly ill treated by the Thai navy. It is now time for the Muslim world to stand up against this injustice. The OIC should exert political and economic pressure on the military junta of Myanmar to end the inhuman sufferings of the Rohingyas. They should cut off all diplomatic as well as trade relations with Myanmar if they do not recognize the rights of these ill-fated people. The UN should also get involved and give the junta a deadline to end the sufferings of the Rohingayas or else impose an economic embargo on Myanmar just like what Iraq suffered after the first gulf war.
If necessary, the UN should form a 'coalition of the willing' and launch a direct military campaign to oust the military junta of Burma, so that the rights of ethnic people including Rohingayas are realized.
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