Rohingya Life

Being a Rohingya does not deprive me from my rights to show support and solidarity towards my family, my community and my country. I have always stood alongside the voiceless people. My heart has always been open and selflessly disposed to listen, help and support people in need around me.  For the last few days, the situation in Bangladesh has worsened, and is today unfortunately far worse than what I stated in my latest post. I saw many sharing on whatsapp. So trouble!  I must emphasize that there is no place nor time left to discuss crime and killing people. How sad it is that in 2020, we do still have to argue and debate that murdering, killing, torturing, perpetrating genocide towards particular groups of human beings is not acceptable anymore.  Suppressing lives and killing people has never been a solution to our world's complex challenges and issues. The survival of such a belief is a great and very sad tragedy for our world and humanity. Let us gather our energy, ...

By  RASHVINJEET S. BEDI IN the six years he has lived in Malaysia, never has Rohingya refugee Rahman felt as unsafe as he does now. The 27-year-old activist has even deactivated his social media accounts because of the hate and threats that have been spewed out against the Rohingya. "We can never be ungrateful to Malaysia. I can only thank Malaysia for allowing us to stay here. Please don't hate us," says Rahman, who does not want to use his full name for fear of his safety. His real name and picture have been circulated on social media with hate messages. Rahman says Malaysia has always been at the forefront of championing his people’s cause for many years. However, recently, a couple of petitions have sprung up online demanding that the Rohingya be deported from Malaysia and that their problems should be resolved by Myanmar. One petition gathered more than 20,000 signatures but was later removed because of reported hate speech. The Rohingya make up more than 60% of all ...

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