GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Is ASEAN the Solution to the Rohingya Crisis?

Sep 28, 2017 | 10:27 GMT

A throng of Rohingya refugees recently arrived in Bangladesh await aid donations.

Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has faced criticism from U.N. member states and human rights activists around the world for her handling of the violence against members of the Rohingya ethnic minority in Rakhine state. But others have defended her calculated silence, citing her government's lack of power over the country's military under the 2008 constitution.

(Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

As the international community searches for solutions to the humanitarian crisis taking place as Rohingya Muslims flee persecution in Myanmar, many are looking to the bloc for leadership....

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