As leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the 47th ASEAN Summit, the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) urges Member States to confront the worsening human rights and political crisis in Myanmar, address the Rohingya humanitarian emergency and reject the junta’s planned sham elections by placing these urgent issues at the top of the Summit agenda.
Civilians in Myanmar face relentless violence, mass displacement and collapsing services with over 22 million needing aid and 3.5 million displaced by ongoing airstrikes and destruction. At the same time, more than 1.3 million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar endure dwindling aid, food shortages and fading prospects for safe return.