"The Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar have continued to suffer from human rights violations under the Burmese junta since 1970s. Over the years thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled to neighbouring countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Bangladesh etc. Even as refugees they have been facing hardships and have suffered persecution by the Thai government. The Burmese Military Forces., waiting to use even the most insignificant occurrence as an excuse to perpetrate violence on Burmese Muslims. At any time, if there?s some ethnic disturbance between Muslims and Buddhists/Hindus in any other country, the Burmese Military Forces waste no time going on a murderous spry killing the Muslim minority in Myanmar. If there is the slightest of trouble between Muslims and non-Muslims in Indonesia, it?s taken as a pretext to kill Muslims in Myanmar by Buddhist mobs. The destruction of the statues in Bamiyan (Afghanistan), created an immediate excuse to commit violence against Muslims in Myanmar in 2001. The firebrand Buddhist monks demanded a Muslim masjid to be destroyed in retaliation. Mobs of Buddhists led by monks, vandalized Muslim-owned businesses and property in Myanmar, and attacked and killed Muslims in Muslim communities.".....Written NGO statement to the 27th Session of UN Human Rights Council.