Published on 12:00 AM, March 13, 2018

Nobel laureates' visit gave us hope

The recent visit of three Nobel laureates to Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar was significant for Bangladesh. The three Nobel laureates reiterated what many of us had known all along—that Myanmar's atrocities against the Rohingya people amounted to genocide. They also pointed out that all those responsible for the violence unleashed on the minority should be tried in the International Criminal Court. Prior to their visit, many high-level politicians visited Rohingyas in the camps to get a glimpse of the conditions there but nothing notable happened. But the visit of the Nobel laureates gave us a sense of hope that maybe something will finally happen. Will we be proved wrong?