Rohingya Muslim Persecution In Myanmar

EDM number 131 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 20/05/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, International politics and government and Religion and faith communities.

That this House notes that the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is not only continuing but sectarian violence is getting worse; further notes that a boat carrying well over 100 Rohingya Muslims fleeing a cyclone capsized on 14 May with many drowned; further notes that the Myanmar President Thein Sein has been invited to Washington to meet President Obama as part of the normalisation of relations with western countries; deplores the continued persecution of the Rohingya Muslims; and calls on the Government to take all necessary measures to get the Myanmar government to act to protect the Rohingya Muslims from sectarian persecution and violence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.