Rohingyas people are human being also

Mostafijur Rahman Nasim: We are hearing many words about humanity from top leaders of the world regularly. But, unfortunately some humanity issue doesn't touch anyone properly.

There are lots of incidents about violation of humanity. Myanmar's Rohingya people are one of them.

World media reports that thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar, many taking to the sea to try to reach Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Scores of Rohingya Muslims have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown since early October, when sword-wielding assailants raided police posts in the remote marshlands bordering Bangladesh.

The military struck back with ground clearances, most recently backed by helicopter gunships. Access to the conflict areas is heavily restricted, but witness testimony has seeped out alleging mass rapes, indiscriminate killings and the razing of entire Rohingya villages by Myanmar’s security forces – claims they deny.

It is the latest chapter in the grim recent history of the Rohingya, a one million population reviled across Myanmar as illegal immigrants and denied citizenship.

The Rohingya trace their origins in the region to the fifteenth century when thousands of Muslims came from former Arakan Kingdom. Many others arrived during the nineteenth and early twentieth century when Bengal and the Rakhine territory were governed by colonial rule as part of British India.

The Rohingya are largely identified as illegal Bengali immigrants, despite the fact that many Rohingyas have resided in Myanmar for centuries.

The latest bout of trouble was sparked last month after insurgents attacked police and soldiers as a result a number of security men were killed. The Myanmar government's response has been brutal.

Organization for human rights, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has described the state's response as "scorched earth." Local media reports say that around 130 people have been killed in the last month.

Earlier this week, New York-based Human Rights Watch reported that an analysis of satellite imagery showed that 820 additional structures had been destroyed in five Rohingya villages between Nov. 10 and 18, bringing the total number of burned buildings that HRW claims to have documented in Rakhine to 1,250.

The UN refugee agency says well over 120,000 have fled Rakhine since religious violence in 2012 – an exodus that continues, despite the perils of the sea journey.

Today, more than 200,000 Rohingya refugees reside in Bangladesh, while only about 33,000 of them are supported by UNHCR.

Bangladesh being a third world country have time and again proved to be sensitive to refugee issues. Any form of refugee crisis has been considered a humanitarian crisis rather than an economic and social burden.

Over the Rohoingya issue, Bangladesh has done much better than anyone could have done under similar circumstances and resource constraints.

The incumbent government complained about an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar, following reports that hundreds have crossed the border as they flee killings and the burning of homes in Rakhine state.

There is no positive response from Myanmar for the Rohingya victim which is really shocking. As a neighboring country Bangladesh or other countries cannot interfere into the internal issues of Myanmar.

But, as a human being, people from across the glove are showing sympathy for these ill fated Rohingyas. There are lots of reactions from social media about the humanitarian issue.

We only can hope that the authority in Myanmar and global community will protest the killing and torturing on these human beings. Rohingyas also deserve to live peacefully like others. The world community should come forward to save the people for the sake of humanity.

risingbd/Dhaka/Nov 26/Nasim