This image of a Muhammad Shohayet, 16 months old Rohingya child become viral online and is being compared with the picture of Aylan Kurdi , 3 years old Syrian child who was found laying face down on a famous Turkish beach.
The picture shows the desperate situation of the Rohingya Muslims just like Aylan’s picture highlighted the plight of Syrian refugees.
[junkie-alert style=”green”] Rohingya Muslims are the most prosecuted minority in the world according to United Nations (UN). They are living in Burma’s Rakhine state from generations but are denied citizenship. They cannot join government schools, are not able to avail government hospital facilities, have to inform government authorities before leaving their villages and have to pay huge taxes to get license for marriage. [/junkie-alert]
Muhammad’s father Zafor Alam was able to escape during killings and is in Bangladesh. He said that his wife and two sons died while they and other villagers were preparing to cross the river. Myanmar police opened fire because of which the boatmen took all people, overloading the boat which sank in the Naf River.