Mohammed Nowkhim, the spokesperson of ARSPH, confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune about the issuance of the statement and its contents over phone from Cox's Bazar. "As we have expressed in our prior interaction with the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Congressional Offices on 8 October 2020, there is no time to lose for us. It is a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Refugees when it comes to policy considerations relating to actionable responses from The United States," it said. ARSPH want the US State Department to issue a determination that Myanmar committed genocide. ARSPH also called for putting adequate pressure on Myanmar to close IDPs, stop hate speech and release the Rohingya detainees from jail who have been falsely accused.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 22, 2020 09:56 UTC