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Angelina Jolie condemns treatment of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims

The current crisis that has led more than 400,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh in the past three weeks.

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has condemned the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Burma and called on the country’s government and its leader, Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, to no longer remain silent.

Jolie on Sunday told weekly Welt Am Sonntag: “It’s absolutely clear that the violence by the army needs to stop and that the return of the refugees has to be permitted and that the Rohingya should be given civil rights.”

Jolie added: “We all wish that Aung San Suu Kyi will in this situation be the voice of human rights.”

Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Newly arrived Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Ms Suu Kyi has been harshly criticised for not condemning the violence.

Rohingya have faced decades of persecution by the majority Buddhist population in Burma, where they are denied citizenship.

The current crisis that has led more than 400,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh in the past three weeks.

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