25/08/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European Union, together with the foreign ministers of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Norway, issued a statement on Thursday 25 August on the situation of the Rohingya, 5 years after the military attack on them in Myanmar. The signatories call on the military regime “ to cease its violence against those who have suffered under its rule, including the decades of grave human rights violations and abuses endured by Rohingya and other communities in Myanmar”. More than 700,000 Rohingya have taken refuge in Bangladesh since 15 August 2017, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The six countries and the EU are calling for Myanmar to comply with the International Court of Justice’s interim measures orders of January 2020. It required Myanmar to prevent acts of genocide against the Rohingya. (LM)