As the European Union permanently lifts sanctions against Myanmar, rights campaigners warn that the country is on 'the front edge of a major disaster.' The EU's decision to eliminate most of the remaining sanctions on Myanmar ignores strong evidence of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims by the government, says Human Rights Watch...Speaking to DW in neighboring Thailand, [a recent Human Rights Watch] report's author...said: "...There is too much interest in capitalizing - in the strict sense - on Myanmar's political opening and unfortunately human rights are being cast aside."...Maung Kyaw Nu, President of the Burma Rohingya Association Thailand...thinks the EU is ignoring the Rohingya "genocide" by permanently lifting economic and trade sanctions on Myanmar..."Their interest is business, geopolitical and strategic. Their interests are (put) above human rights. Most of the world's leaders are doing business with Myanmar. So I ask them to save humanity first before economic interests, that is, if humanity in the world still exists."