They were speaking at the “Ending the Slow Burning Genocide of Rohingyas by Myanmar” conference organised by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) in the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building of Dhaka University. “We are witnessing the death of a nation,” Dr Maung Zarni, a Myanmarese human rights activist and scholar of genocide and racism, said. The speakers of “Ending the Slow Burning Genocide of Rohingyas by Myanmar” conference looking at the pictures of Rohingyas displayed at Dhaka University on November 29, 2017 | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune“As a Buddhist, I am ashamed that Buddhist people are committing genocide against Rohingya people in Myanmar,” he said. “The Burmese government is committing atrocities not only against the Rohingya, but also against 17 other ethnic communities in the country. This is a slow process of genocide [by the Myanmar authorities],” he said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 29, 2017 15:31 UTC