The Nobel laureates visiting the no man’s land between Myanmar’s Tambru and Bangladesh’s Konapara border areas have asked the refugees not to hesitate to call themselves Rohingya. Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen visited the no man’s land around 10:25am on Tuesday. Also Read- Watch: Nobel laureates become emotional after visiting Rohingya camp in Bangladesh“Don’t hesitate to call yourselves Rohingya. Karman and Maguire also spoke to around 12 Rohingya women, who are victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The delegation builds on more than a decade of work by the Nobel Women’s Initiative in the region and with women’s rights organizations in Myanmar.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 27, 2018 07:30 UTC