According to the AP, a senior Thai diplomat rebuked Angelina Jolie for speakingout on behalf of Muslim Refugees from Myanmar. Acting in her capacity as a United Nations goodwill ambassador, Jolie called on the Thai government to respect the human rights of Myanmar’s Rohinyga “boat people” last week while touring a camp in northern Thailand for other refugees from the military-ruled nation.
The Rohingya, who are denied citizenship in their native land, have been trying to land in Thailand after treacherous sea journeys in recent months only to be towed back to sea and cast adrift by the Thai Navy. The permanent secretary of Thailand’s foreign ministry said Jolie’s mission last week was to inspect a camp that houses refugees mostly from Myanmar’s ethnic Karenni minority not deal with the Rohinyga.
What idiot would expect a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations (who just happens to be world famous) to remain silent while political/religious refugees are being dragged out to sea, without elsewhere to go?? I personally couldn’t give two drachmas about most celebs (this isn’t that kind of site) but I am digging the Jolie for her humanitarian work. Which makes me feel dirty because I’m, like, still totally way “Team Jen.”
-JVS
Original source: http://vonschmitt.com/2009/02/14/angelina-jolie-rebuked-by-thai-official/
