Female Nobel peace laureates call for an end to Rohingya ‘genocide’

The three female Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire today called for an immediate end to the “genocide” of the Rohingya people.

The trio made the comments during a press conference at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital following the conclusion of their visit to Bangladesh on the six-month anniversary of the current Rohingya crisis that forced millions to flee into Bangladesh from Rakhine state of Myanmar.

The trio, all of them mother themselves, then urged Myanmar's de facto leader and their fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out about violence against the Rohingyas, often dubbed one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

The laureates are calling on their colleague laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the Myanmar military to put an end to the killings and the persecution of the Rohingya people, according to a press release of Naripokkho.

The Nobel laureates came to Bangladesh on Saturday and began a visit to the Rohingya camps to assess the allegations of violence against Rohingya women and the overall refugee situation.

The Nobel Women's Initiative, a platform of six female peace laureates established in 2006, is organising the visit in partnership with Naripokkho. On Sunday, they visited the refugee camps in Kutupalang and Balukhali.

Source: thedailystar