Myanmar's treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority will be in the spotlight at an emergency meeting of Southeast Asian nations on Monday.
The meeting comes after the UN raised alarm bells, saying it is getting daily reports of rapes and killings of Rohingya.
Now Human Rights Watch is calling for resolution of the crisis at the meeting in Yangon.
Persecution and poverty led thousands of Rohingya to flee Myanmar following violence between Buddhists and Muslims four years ago.
And hundreds of thousands are internally displaced.
"We cannot travel to anywhere, no education or healthcare, no jobs here. We are living like prisoners. So, I have no more words to express our lives."
The UN says Myanmar's government - led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi - was insulting in its dismissal of the claims of abuse, making the situation worse.
Human Rights Watch's Phil Robertson says ASEAN foreign ministers can't give Suu Kyi a free pass.
"If it's just a one off meeting when they go, listen to Aung San Suu Kyi and merrily go home, satisfied with her answers, I think that we will not see any improvement in the situation."
After years of Myanmar's leaders denying the severity of the crisis, it's a now question of whether the pressure on them will finally lead to change.

Myanmar's treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority will be in the spotlight at an emergency meeting of Southeast Asian nations on Monday.
The meeting comes after the UN raised alarm bells, saying it is getting daily reports of rapes and killings of Rohingya.
Now Human Rights Watch is calling for resolution of the crisis at the meeting in Yangon.
Persecution and poverty led thousands of Rohingya to flee Myanmar following violence between Buddhists and Muslims four years ago.
And hundreds of thousands are internally displaced.
"We cannot travel to anywhere, no education or healthcare, no jobs here. We are living like prisoners. So, I have no more words to express our lives."
The UN says Myanmar's government - led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi - was insulting in its dismissal of the claims of abuse, making the situation worse.
Human Rights Watch's Phil Robertson says ASEAN foreign ministers can't give Suu Kyi a free pass.
"If it's just a one off meeting when they go, listen to Aung San Suu Kyi and merrily go home, satisfied with her answers, I think that we will not see any improvement in the situation."
After years of Myanmar's leaders denying the severity of the crisis, it's a now question of whether the pressure on them will finally lead to change.

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• 1.

  Which organization made the request?

  a) Human Rights Watch

  b) ASEAN

  c) World Health Organization
• 2.

  To what did the organization make the request?

  a) Aung San Suu Kyi

  b) resolution of the crisis

  c) Myanmar
• 3.

  What is at issue regarding the request?

  a) Rohingya crisis

  b) financial crisis

  c) a religious crusade
• 4.

  What led thousands of Rohingya to flee Myanmar?

  a) government subsidy

  b) a successful coup

  c) persecution and poverty
• 5.

  Who currently leads Myanmar's government?

  a) Aung San Suu Kyi

  b) Phil Robertson

  c) Ashraf Fahim

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