Rohingya Life

Great to meet people from around the world! Thank you to the  FreedomFilmFest ’s organizing committee for inviting me and my other rohingya friends to watch documentaries at  FreedomFilmFest 2019 ! It's amazing to meet all of you and wonderful time with great people. I really appreciate being part of this network. A place where it’s protected. Honestly, I got many inspiration from many people and from the documentary this year! I couldn’t make it to watch the documentary of “AMAE, THAMEE, AMA” (Mother, Daughter, Sister) which gives voice to Kachin and Rohingya women calling for an end to sexual violence in the conflict. I got a chance to watch  Zero Impunity . I felt a bit depressed after seeing this film. It showed a very disturbing film implicating people in powerful positions with sexual violence. I wonder if this is how USA is behaving for human rights for decades, then what will others do? Then what is UN for I won...

WISMA PUTRA · WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for inviting Malaysia to be part of this important event. I would also like to thank the OIC Secretary General and the OIC Secretariat for the excellent work in organising this meeting. Let us start by calling a spade, a spade. What happened in the Rakhine State is genocide. What took place were mass killings, systematic rape and other gross violations of human rights. This resulted in Rohingyas fleeing the country en masse. Most ended up in Cox’s Bazar. On this, we commend Bangladesh for all it has done in hosting more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees. While Myanmar is arguing that it was responding to the threat of terrorism, it is ironic that millions fled in fear of such counter-terrorism measures or simply State and institutionalised terrorism. Many faced untold brutality an...

I honestly don't know how to write what I feel right now. Even these words are going to be scattered, they might not make sense for many. But I feel compelled to share what I have to share. I feel tired, hurt, frustration and honestly depressed. ********** Some unscrupulous people always think that i meet with foreigners and new people everyday and get funding. Please understand this does not happen! They never give any financial assistance, fund or any budget to me unless if i have worked with them as an interpreter or other jobs. Starting my activism from refugee life in Bangladesh (13 years old), I am always happy to form friendship and connecting with people around the world. As a rohingya rights activist, i always think i have the right to meet people, know them in person and even contribute to them. This is the principle of my ACTIVISM . What I think is, we need to work and contribute with everyone even though there is risk being an activist when ...