Oppression and stripping the group off human security are the cause of resistance. If a dog is cornered, and has no place to run, it will bite back. It is as simple as that.

So giving the oppressed Muslim population in Arakan some space to breath and human security is the way to persuade the majority of their people that armed struggle won't help them much, but cooperation will.

But first, humanitarian concern and treatment with dignity to all is needed, so that persuasion for denouncing violence could work. Otherwise, radical Muslim fundamentalist groups will gain ground, as International Crisis Groups has pointed out its report lately.

Some said there is still time to change this failed approach of total subjugation through institutionalized violence and replace it with a more logical humanitarian facet, employing human security needs. Only time will tell us if this is going to be the case, even if the government is ready to correct its course, which it still refuses to comply and rejects despite repeated international urging.

Besides, all know that National League for Democracy (NLD) government is a hybrid regime and that the military bloc is calling the shots in communal violence oppression in Arakan and ethnic conflict situation in other ethnic states, notably in the Kachin and Shan States. The NLD bloc within the government is virtually powerless. And thus making it even harder to formulate appropriate policies and logically implement them for the benefit of the country and its people.

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