February 14, 2008
Concern over the presence of Criminals in the Guise of Politics
We, Rohingya Human Rights Council (RHRC), express our deepest thanks and gratitude to Neeti Gobeshona Kendro, a research organization, for organizing a seminar on ‘Rohingya issue: national and international perspective’, which was held at the Chittagong University’s social science faculty’s conference room on 13.02.2008. We also express our deep appreciation to Prof. Dr Sheikh Tawfique, Prof. Dr.Gazi Saleh Uddin, Professor Abdun Noor, Professor Hossain Kabir, Sadaf Noor Islam, Sher Mahmud of the soil science department Sher Mahmud of Chittagong University, Ms Julia Louise Payson, representative of MSF -The Medicins Sans Frontieres ( Holland ), Mohammad Shafiullah, a Rohingya researcher and the trustee director of the Neeti Gobeshona Kendro, Mahbubul Haque Ripon for raising their voice for the protection of Rohingyas from human rights violations. We also express our gratitude to all those human rights activists and students of Bangladesh who attended the seminar.
There is no denying the fact the people of Bangladesh are very sympathetic to the never ending story of plight of Rohingyas and the sufferings of Rohingyas remind them their own plight during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 when millions of people of Bangladesh were compelled to take refuge in neighboring India to escape the Genocide. And the arrangement of such seminar is a manifestation of their sympathy to the suffering Rohingyas.
But it is also true that the humanitarian people of Bangladesh never indulge in communalism and they have already demonstrated in 1991/92 and afterwards that there is no place in Bagnladesh for ARIF (Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front) led by Mr Nurul Islam and RSO (Rohingya Solidarity Organization) headed by Dr Yunus. So, the presence of some known faces of guerilla warfare of communalist spirit, has tarnished the image of the seminar and raised concern. Those communalists have never done anything good for the interest of Rohingya community, but have constantly launched their operations to materialize the master plan of their foreign communalist god fathers, capitalizing the sufferings of Rohingyas and, thus, brought an irreparable damage to the cause of emancipation of Rohingyas as well as their image.
However, we would like to hereby caution the Bangladesh government that they will not be able to escape the responsibility if they tactfully pave the way for the come-back of criminals and communalists under the guise of politics which is against the spirit of the peace loving people of Bangladesh and also against the interest of Rohingyas. They must take necessary steps to prevent their come-back in the soil of Bangladesh.
With thanks and best regards.
A. Rahman Farooq
Chairman, Rohingya Human Rights Council (RHRC)Address: 2975 Vang i Valdres, NorwayContact: +4797413036 Email: rohingyas.rhrc@yahoo.com, rohingyas.rhrc@gmail.com
