FILE - In this June 24 2014, file photo, Rohingya children gather at the Dar Paing camp for Muslim refugees, north of Sittwe, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Activists this week have sent an open letter asking the major corporate investor conglomerate Unilever, which owns two factories near the capital Yangon, to speak out against the country's treatment of its Rohingya minority. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File) (The Associated Press)
BANGKOK – Activists are asking a major corporate investor in Myanmar to speak out against the country's treatment of its Rohingya minority.
An advocacy group, known as #WeAreAllRohingyaNow, sent an open letter this week to food and hygiene conglomerate Unilever, which owns two factories near Yangon, the largest city in the country.
They're asking Unilever to take a stand against the persecution of the Muslim Rohingya in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.
Rights groups accuse Myanmar's army of burning homes, rape and mass killings in their sweeping counterinsurgency campaign in Rakhine state, home to most of the country's Rohingya.
Rohingya activists say that multinational companies can put pressure on the Myanmar government, which has defended its military actions in Rakhine.
Unilever has not responded to the letter and declined to comment about the campaign.
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