COMMEMORATING ONE YEAR SINCE BOAT CRISIS OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN ANDAMAN SEA
Mary Scully Report (Photo is Rohingya on a drifting boat in the Andaman Sea from a Financial Times article about the crisis & about Ziaur) Ziaur Rahman is a 24-year-old Rohingya refugee & victim of human trafficking. He has now become an advocate for Rohingya human rights against genocide in Myanmar, against human trafficking, against state persecution & incarceration in countries where they sought asylum. It’s been one year since thousands were adrift in the Andaman Sea without food & water. Regimes in the region like Thailand & Indonesia turned them away & regimes around the world didn’t lift a finger to rescue them–some because their navies were occupied in the Mediterranean thwarting African refugees. Let Zaiur speak on behalf of the Rohingya: ******** One year on, no justice for the ‘boat crisis’ survivors & human trafficking victims. Still survivors are deteriorating in sub-human conditions with constant threat to li...