28Feb 2018 by peacepeople

Myanmar must take responsibility for Rohingya genocide, Nobel laureates speak out

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns, Notices, Press Releases
Nobel peace laureates Mairead Maguire, Tawakkol Karman and Shirin Ebadi, met with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in Dhaka. They thanked her for all the work Bangladesh has done to shelter over one million Rohingya refugees. As a part of our Standing with #RohingyaWomen: Nobel Women Delegation 2018, the three laureates visited refugee camps near Cox's Bazar earlier this week. They shared with the harrowing testimony they had heard from over 100 Rohingya women refugees with the Prime Minister during their meeting. Myanmar must take responsibility for Rohingya genocide
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28Feb 2018 by peacepeople

NOBEL WOMEN PEACE LAUREATES CALL FOR AN END TO ROHINGYA GENOCIDE: MEDIA RELEASE

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns
As three Nobel peace laureates—Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, Shirin Ebadi of Iran, and Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland – conclude their visit to Bangladesh on the six-month anniversary of the current Rohingya crisis, the three women are calling for an immediate end to the “genocide” of the Rohingya people.   Read the full Media Release Below: [embed]http://nobelwomensinitiative.org/nobel-women-peace-laureates-call-end-rohingya-genocide/[/embed]
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28Feb 2018 by peacepeople

Standing with #RohingyaWomen: Press Conference Today

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns, Events, Press Releases
Nobel Women Delegation 2018, held a press conference today in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nobel peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire, addressed what they have heard and witnessed during their visit to Rohingya refugee camps near Cox's Bazar and the no man's land between the Bangladeshi and Burmese border. They called for an immediate end to the Rohingya genocide in Burma, and for sister laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, to put an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people or face prosecution herself at the International Criminal Court. Watch the Press Conference Below: [embed]https://www.facebook.com/nobelwomen/videos/10156119712676737/?fref=mentions[/embed]
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27Feb 2018 by peacepeople

Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates are urging Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, herself a Nobel laureate, to condemn the violence against Rohingya refugees or possibly face prosecution for genocide.

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns
Nobel Women Delegation 2018. Nobel Peace laureates Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire visited refugee camps near Cox's Bazar yesterday. After witnessing the situation first-hand the laureates have called for Aung San Suu Kyi to either oppose and condemn the atrocities committed by the Burmese army in their campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people, or immediately resign. WATCH: Amazing news coverage from Al-Jazeera of the Standing with #RohingyaWomen:
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27Feb 2018 by peacepeople

Mairead Maguire has called for Aung San Suu Kyi to acknowledge and condemn the genocide committed by the Burmese army against the Rohingya people.

#RohingyaWomen, Campaigns, Events
Mairead Maguire, was on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story yesterday to discuss what she has witnessed as a part of the Nobel Women Delegation 2018, in partnership with Naripokkho  - Standing with #RohingyaWomen Mairead Maguire has called for Aung San Suu Kyi to acknowledge and condemn the genocide committed by the Burmese army against the Rohingya people. "This is gang rape, murder, torture - a genocidal policy to destroy a whole people. This is what this is about. And Aung San Suu Kyi, as a leader in her country, must speak out in defence of the defenceless." Watch this interview below: Mairead Maguire, was on Al-Jazeera's Inside Story yesterday to discuss what she has witnessed as a part of Standing with #RohingyaWomen Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Mairead Maguire - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tun Khin -…
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