Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called the repression of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar forces as ‘genocide’, asking the Bangladesh authorities to give them shelter as much as possible.
“I am deeply shocked and concerned over the brutal genocide being carried out by the government forces of neighbouring Myanmar on the Rohingya community,” she said in a statement issued by her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan.
The BNP leader also called on the international community to play an active role in bringing an end to the persecution of Rohingyas and to ensure that they live their homeland of Myanmar with safety and security.
“I am deeply shocked and concerned over the brutal genocide being carried out by the government forces of neighbouring Myanmar on the Rohingya community,” she said in a statement issued by her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan.
The BNP leader also called on the international community to play an active role in bringing an end to the persecution of Rohingyas and to ensure that they live their homeland of Myanmar with safety and security.
A former prime minister, Khaleda Zia was very critical of Myanmar leader Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi for the persecution of Rohingyas.
“The Rohingyas are being killed by shooting and slaughtering. They are being burnt to death. They are being evicted from their homestead setting fire to their houses, villages after villages. Rohingya women are being violated. Even infants are not being spared,” Khaleda observed giving a gloomy picture of the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
“The Rohingyas are being killed by shooting and slaughtering. They are being burnt to death. They are being evicted from their homestead setting fire to their houses, villages after villages. Rohingya women are being violated. Even infants are not being spared,” Khaleda observed giving a gloomy picture of the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
From Prothom Alo
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