Activist compares Rohingya killings to Nazi carnage

Human rights activist advocate Sultana Kamal has compared the atrocities against the Rohingyas in Myanmar to the carnage of Jews in Nazi Germany and the mass killings by the Pakistani forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

“The anti-Rohingya drive of the Myanmar military janta is the repetition of precedence of Nazi barbarism in Germany. Such ugly violation of human rights and barbarism in Myanmar can only be compared to the cruelty, repression and mass killings carried out by Pakistani forces during the War of Liberation in 1971,” she said while speaking at a press conference organised by the Nagorik Samaj, a platform for citizen rights organisations and eminent citizens, at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity. She called upon the leaders of major countries like India, China, Russia, and the United States to exert diplomatic pressure on Myanmar so that it stops the atrocities against the Rohingyas and helps those who have taken shelter in Bangladesh to return home, in line with the Kofi Annan Commission’s report.

She also requested the world community to condemn the Myanmar authorities and take effective measures so that the inhuman torture, mass killings, and  repression of the Rohingya people are stopped at once.

The human rights activist criticised the speech of Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counsellor of Myanmar who has not acknowledged the repression and killings of the Rohingya ethnic minority. “There was no assurance in her speech to help them (Rohingyas) return home or to provide them with citizens’ rights, human rights, and security according to international laws and norms,” she said.

Activist compares Rohingya killings to Nazi carnage

Human rights activist advocate Sultana Kamal has compared the atrocities against the Rohingyas in Myanmar to the carnage of Jews in Nazi Germany and the mass killings by the Pakistani forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The anti-Rohingya drive of the Myanmar military janta is the repetition of precedence of Nazi barbarism in Germany. Such ugly violation of human rights and barbarism in Myanmar can only be compared to the cruelty, repression and mass killings carried out by Pakistani forces during the War of Liberation in 1971, she said while speaking at a press conference organised by the Nagorik Samaj, a platform for citizen rights organisations and eminent citizens, at the Dhaka Reporters Unity. She called upon the leaders of major countries like India, China, Russia, and the United States to exert diplomatic pressure on Myanmar so that it stops the atrocities against the Rohingyas and helps those who have taken shelter in Bangladesh to return home, in line with the Kofi Annan Commissions report. She also requested the world community to condemn the Myanmar authorities and take effective measures so that the inhuman torture, mass killings, and repression of the Rohingya people are stopped at once. The human rights activist criticised the speech of Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counsellor of Myanmar who has not acknowledged the repression and killings of the Rohingya ethnic minority. There was no assurance in her speech to help them (Rohingyas) return home or to provide them with citizens rights, human rights, and security according to international laws and norms, she said.