A fresh bout of state-sponsored persecution has been taking place since August 24, 2017 as the murderous Burmese military together with Rakhine Buddhist terrorists armed with swords, machetes and guns have started raiding villages of innocent Rohingya civilians in the name of “area clearance operation”.
A meeting of the high-level military and political leadership took place at the PM House on 24 August 2017 under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to devise a "detailed reply" to US President, Donald Trump's, accusation of Pakistan being a "safe haven" for terrorists.
Lebanon’s rights activists had long demanded that Article 522 of the penal code be repealed. Article 522 allowed for halting the prosecution or suspending the conviction of a person who had committed rape, kidnapping or a statutory rape if he married the victim!
Since August 24, 2017, the latest spate of state violence on the Rohingya Muslims, one of the world’s most persecuted peoples, is taking place after an alleged insurgent attack on the police and border outposts. Myanmar’s army has been carrying out a systematic and indiscriminate campaign against Rohingya
