Millions of people worldwide became agitated after the recent attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. They are using micro-blogging site Twitter to express their agitation and dissatisfaction on the country's top politician Aung San Suu Kyi as she apparently doing nothing to save the Rohingya community.
After the recent attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, some disturbing images and videos are spreading on social media. While many people claim that some of the images have been manipulated using Photoshop, others are proven to be real. Those pictures are showing clear evidence of how Rohingyas are facing systematic repression in Myanmar.
The United Nations (UN) has stepped forward and requested Bangladesh to open its border for Rohingya Muslims. However, the government of Bangladesh hasn’t given any official statement on that as yet. Media reports suggest that thousands of Rohingyas are trying to enter Bangladesh by crossing the Naf River every day. But the border security force of Bangladesh, BGB, is pushing them back to the country where they fear nothing but death.
Many Twitter users are expressing their anger and dissatisfaction on the issue. Some of them even urging the Nobel Committee to take back the Nobel peace prize of Aung San Suu Kyi. A petition is already created for this, which is turning into an online movement.
Twitter user ”Major Dalim” demanded that the Nobel prize of Aung San Suu Kyi should be taken back. He also marked her as a ”silent killer.”
Take Back Her #Nobel. She Is a Silent Killer. Her military killing innocent #Rohingya Muslims In Myanmar. @CNN@AJEnglish@hrw@NobelPrizepic.twitter.com/YSamaginew
— মেজর ডালিম (@dalim1975) November 19, 2016
Zahid Akhtar shared a video containing a message from the so-called ”Rohingya Self-Defence Movement.” The original source of the video is not clear:
“We are #Rohingya community, we are not terrorists and we want our rights only…” – Rohingya Self-Defence Movement#Muslims#Burmapic.twitter.com/l3NcZilfZ5
— Zahid Akhtar / زاهد (@AHudhayfah) November 15, 2016
Genie from England tweeted that Bangladeshi people should come forward and help Rohingya people.
@Khalid7pk I thought Bangladesh was for banglar manush. They should assist these people ASAP. @AHudhayfah
— Genie ☝ (@Ami0011) November 15, 2016
Rohingya activist Soe Thu Moe has been tweeting a lot on this issue.
We are not terrorists. #Myanmar#Tatmadaw and Border Guards are the real terrorists. https://t.co/6jY7ivwJKH@hrw@JamilaHanan#Rohingya
— Soe Thu Moe (@Sthumoe) November 16, 2016
Bangladeshi origin German journalist Arafatul Islam tweeted about the inactivity of the UN on Rohingya issue. He also provided a link to a Washington Post report, which shows satellite images of some villages torched by the military of the country.
Looks like @UN is pretty much inactive when it comes to the question of saving #Rohingya Muslims from repression. https://t.co/3igrzJq8gF
— Arafatul Islam (@arafatul) November 20, 2016
Image: BBC
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