Pakistan presses UN for Rohingya repatriation, citizenship guarantees in Myanmar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday described the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian and human rights challenges in a statement at the United Nations General Assembly, urging the international community to ensure their return to their native land uphold their citizenship rights. The remarks came at a high-level conference on the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. The Rohingya, a mostly Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, have faced decades of persecution, denial of citizenship and periodic waves of violence.

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