Different political, social and religious organisations across the country on Thursday staged demonstrations protesting the persecution of the Rohingya community in Myanmar, reports UNB.
A religious organisation Bangladesh Chhatra Hizbullah formed a human-chain at Faridganj in Sadar upazila in Chandpur around 12pm protesting the mass killing, torture and harassment of the Rohingya people in Arakan.
The speakers at the human-chain urged the global Muslim community to lend their helping hand towards the Rohingyas refugees.
The journalists of Sunamganj Reporters' Unity held another human-chain at traffic point of Sadar upazila condemning the arson attacks, rapes and barbarism committed by the Myanmar security forces.
In Sherpur, different cultural and social organisations held a human-chain at district central Shaheed Minar in Chawkbazar in the afternoon.
District Human Right Commission, Mahila Parishad, Udichi, Rabindra Sangeet Sommilon Parishad, Human Right Defender Forum, Women Blood Donation Association, Alor Misil and students of different schools and colleges attended the human-chain.
In Dinajpur, Progressive Teachers' Forum of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University another human-chain was formed in front of their campus on Dinajpur-Dhaka Highway around 12:00pm.
The speakers at the human-chain said Myanmar is trying to eradicate the Rohingya community by committing genocide, rape and arson attack.
They also asked the government along with global community to put pressure on the Myanmar Government to take back Rohingyas and provide them national identity.
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