Rohingya crisis: European MPs call on Myanmar to halt violence

BRUSSELS - 15 September 2017:The European Parliament on Thursday demanded the Myanmar military to end its crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims in the country's Rakhine state, the Deutsche Welle reported.

The parliamentary resolution called upon the military "to immediately cease the killings, harassment and rape of the Rohingya people, and the burning of their homes."

It also urged the European Union to make it clear that it was prepared to slap sanctions on Myanmar if it did not halt human rights abuses.

The lawmakers urged Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to "condemn unequivocally all incitement to racial or religious hatred."

Suu Kyi has come under severe international criticism for not doing enough to halt the strife that has left scores of people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the past few days.