Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has proposed the creation of a safe zone for the Rohingya people inside Myanmar, under United Nations supervision, while speaking at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Sheikh Hasina called on “Myanmar to unconditionally stop the violence and the practice of ethnic cleansing in the Rakhine State immediately and forever”. The Prime Minister began her speech at 5.29am Bangladesh time. The ongoing atrocities and human rights violations in the Rakhine State of Myanmar has once again aggravated the situation at the Bangladesh-Myanmar Border,” the Bangladesh Prime Minister added. In her speech the Prime Minister remember the martyrs on the Language Movement in 1952 and the Liberation War in 1971.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 22, 2017 00:51 UTC