ROHINGYAS REMAIN IN A STATE OF UNCERTAINTY, WITH NO FUTURE IN SIGHT — ETHNIC CLEANSING CONTINUES UNABATED

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MAPIM – INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2025

ROHINGYAS REMAIN IN A STATE OF UNCERTAINTY, WITH NO FUTURE IN SIGHT — ETHNIC CLEANSING CONTINUES UNABATED

PUTRAJAYA, 10 December 2025 —
On International Human Rights Day 2025, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organization (MAPIM) expresses profound alarm that the Rohingya people continue to face one of the world’s most protracted and neglected human rights tragedies. More than six years after the mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, there remains no political solution, no security guarantees, and no clear future for the community—either in Myanmar or in the countries where they have sought refuge.

Despite repeated global commitments to protect vulnerable populations, the Rohingyas remain stateless, displaced, and subjected to systemic discrimination, while the root causes of their persecution in Myanmar remain unaddressed.

ETHNIC CLEANSING IN MYANMAR CONTINUES

MAPIM stresses that credible reports from humanitarian agencies and rights monitors confirm that patterns of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingyas persist, including:

Ongoing military operations against Rohingya villages

Forced displacement and land confiscation

Severe restrictions on movement, education, healthcare, and livelihoods

Arbitrary arrests and intimidation

Destruction of property and cultural identity

Continued denial of citizenship and basic legal rights

These systematic actions violate international human rights and humanitarian law, yet global inaction has allowed the crisis to deepen.

A LIFE OF UNCERTAINTY IN EXILE

For nearly a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, and other countries, conditions remain extremely fragile:

Overcrowded refugee camps with limited sanitation, education, or medical services

Rising trafficking and exploitation risks

Restrictions on legal work and movement, leaving families in perpetual dependency

Growing hostility and fatigue among host communities

Children born without nationality or long-term prospects

With no viable repatriation plan, no progress toward citizenship, and no international consensus on burden-sharing, the Rohingyas are trapped in a humanitarian limbo with no future in sight.

MAPIM’S CALL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

On this Human Rights Day, MAPIM urges:

1. Immediate international intervention to halt systematic abuses against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
2. Strong diplomatic pressure on Myanmar’s authorities to restore rights and ensure accountability for past atrocities.
3. Enhanced humanitarian support for Rohingya refugees across the region, particularly in education, health, and protection.
4. A clear, rights-based repatriation framework that ensures safety, citizenship, and dignity.
5. International criminal accountability mechanisms, including proceedings in international courts and tribunals.

MAPIM reiterates that a safe, voluntary, and dignified return is impossible as long as ethnic cleansing policies remain in place and the Rohingyas continue to face violence and discrimination in Myanmar.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MUST NOT IGNORE THE WORLD’S MOST PERSECUTED COMMUNITY

As the global community commemorates human rights principles, MAPIM reminds all stakeholders that the Rohingyas remain among the most persecuted minorities on earth. To speak of human rights while ignoring their suffering is a contradiction that must be urgently confronted.

MAPIM stands in unwavering solidarity with the Rohingya people and calls on governments, international bodies, and civil society to intensify efforts to protect their rights and secure a just resolution to this long-standing humanitarian crisis

Issued by:

Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid
President, MAPIM
Putrajaya