CU extends support to PM's proposals
Condemning genocide against the Rohingyas, Chittagong University (CU) authorities yesterday formed a human chain on the campus.
The human chain also extended its support to the five-point proposal of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to mitigate the Rohingya crisis.
Speaking at the programme organised under the banner of CU teachers, officials and students, Vice-chancellor (VC) Professor Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury thanked the premier for providing shelters and assistance to Rohingya refugees.
He also urged the United Nations (UN) to implement the proposals immediately.
Myanmar has reportedly violated all human rights by forcing Rohingyas to leave their homeland, he added.
CU Teachers' Association President Professor Mihir Kumar Roy alleged that vested quarters are trying to cash in on the Rohingya issue by spreading fake photos and videos on social media.
“Law enforcement agencies have to remain alert so that no vested quarter can destroy the communal harmony of our country,” he added.
The speakers urged the international community to put pressure on Myanmar so that it takes back the Rohingyas, who entered Bangladesh in huge numbers fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
In the UN General Assembly, Sheikh Hasina placed five proposals to bring an end to the ongoing Rohingya crisis. Those are:
First: Myanmar must unconditionally stop the violence and the practice of ethnic cleansing in the Rakhine State immediately and forever.
Second: Secretary General of the United Nations should immediately send a Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar.
Third: All civilians irrespective of religion and ethnicity must be protected in Myanmar. For that "safe zones" could be created inside Myanmar under the UN supervision.
Fourth: Ensure sustainable return of all forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh to their homes in Myanmar.
Fifth: The recommendations of Kofi Annan Commission Report must be immediately implemented unconditionally and in its entirety.
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