Staff Reporter :
The civil society representatives on Thursday urged the world leaders and the United Nations to put pressure on the Myanmar government to stop “genocide” and persecution against Rohingyas.
The Rohingya issue must get the highest priority and a decision on pressurising Myanmar should be adopted in the next meeting of UN Human Rights Council on September 11, they said.
Bangladesh government should also strengthen its diplomatic activities and the neighbouring and friendly countries have to come forward to solve the issue.
The observations were made at a press conference organised by Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform, in the Sagar-Runi Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity.
The conference was organised following the recent influx of Rohingyas, a Muslim minority community of Myanmar, into Bangladesh.
Professor of international relations of Dhaka University CR Abrar, read out a statement where he said Bangladesh alone cannot take responsibility of all the Rohingya refugees.
Although Bangladesh is primarily providing shelter to the community, other neighbouring countries should also take initiative to rehabilitate them, Abrar said.
Eminent writer and columnist Syed Abul Maksud said, “Rohingya issue has fallen into a vicious political cycle. We want a proper and peaceful solution of it.”
“We never support killing and barbaric attack on any group of people in the world. The attack on Rohingya is inhuman. The world leaders should concentrate on it and take a formula to resolve the problem as soon as possible,” said Abul Maksud.
He said the government by strong diplomacy should create pressure on international communities to intervene into the crisis so that a peaceful repatriation of the Rohingya refugees could be realised.
Local government expert Tofail Ahmed said that resolving the refugee issue was crucial as the protracted crisis would destabilise the country.
He urged the local ethnic communities to bring the issue to their respective international platforms for solemnization.
Local Buddhists and Rakhines should attract international attention by their voice as the government was solely incapable of resolving the crisis, he said.
SHUJAN Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar said, “If the Rohingya issue is not solved, the situation in the region will worsen.”
The civil society representatives on Thursday urged the world leaders and the United Nations to put pressure on the Myanmar government to stop “genocide” and persecution against Rohingyas.
The Rohingya issue must get the highest priority and a decision on pressurising Myanmar should be adopted in the next meeting of UN Human Rights Council on September 11, they said.
Bangladesh government should also strengthen its diplomatic activities and the neighbouring and friendly countries have to come forward to solve the issue.
The observations were made at a press conference organised by Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform, in the Sagar-Runi Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity.
The conference was organised following the recent influx of Rohingyas, a Muslim minority community of Myanmar, into Bangladesh.
Professor of international relations of Dhaka University CR Abrar, read out a statement where he said Bangladesh alone cannot take responsibility of all the Rohingya refugees.
Although Bangladesh is primarily providing shelter to the community, other neighbouring countries should also take initiative to rehabilitate them, Abrar said.
Eminent writer and columnist Syed Abul Maksud said, “Rohingya issue has fallen into a vicious political cycle. We want a proper and peaceful solution of it.”
“We never support killing and barbaric attack on any group of people in the world. The attack on Rohingya is inhuman. The world leaders should concentrate on it and take a formula to resolve the problem as soon as possible,” said Abul Maksud.
He said the government by strong diplomacy should create pressure on international communities to intervene into the crisis so that a peaceful repatriation of the Rohingya refugees could be realised.
Local government expert Tofail Ahmed said that resolving the refugee issue was crucial as the protracted crisis would destabilise the country.
He urged the local ethnic communities to bring the issue to their respective international platforms for solemnization.
Local Buddhists and Rakhines should attract international attention by their voice as the government was solely incapable of resolving the crisis, he said.
SHUJAN Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar said, “If the Rohingya issue is not solved, the situation in the region will worsen.”
