Fleeing ethnic cleansing, the refugees have been trapped on a boat for weeks without adequate food or water.
on Friday that he has lost contact with his relatives aboard the vessel and that he is “very concerned” for their well-being.
“I ask the international community to not let them die,” Khan added. “Rohingya are human beings. Our lives matter.” International humanitarian law requires the rescue of people at sea when they are in distress, and their delivery to a place of safety. Further delays to alleviate this suffering or any attempts to send Rohingya back to Myanmar where they face apartheid are unconscionable.
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