(CNN)Amnesty describes it as "collective punishment." A senior UN official suggested the goal appears to be "ethnic cleansing." Regardless of how it is described, it is clear the violence unleashed by Myanmar against its minority Rohingya Muslim population has been devastating.
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That raises the question of what the world should be doing now. And the answer should be clear -- it is time to look past Suu Kyi and intervene on behalf of the Rohingyas. To begin with, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, can put pressure on Myanmar by reviewing its membership, as suggested this week by Malaysia's minister for youth and sports, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, who reportedly stated that ASEAN's principle of noninterference is void when there is "large-scale ethnic cleansing in an ASEAN member state." The international community can also back ASEAN by demanding an immediate end to the collective punishment and killings of the Rohingya, which appear to be allowed with impunity under the guise of "security sweeps." International aid organizations and journalists must also
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be allowed proper access inside Rakhine State to provide desperately needed medical attention and press coverage. Ultimately, unless the international community takes action, we will be no less guilty than Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Aung San Suu Kyi's tragic silence over Rohingya
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