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Myanmar must take effective steps to protect Rohingya rights
Published : Sunday, 23 August, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Observer Online Report
The government views the Rohingya crisis primarily as an internal issue of Myanmar and wants a permanent solution through national consensus and diplomatic efforts.
Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said Myanmar must take effective steps to protect the human rights of the Rohingya and facilitate their return to their homeland.
“We expect the Rohingyas’ human rights to be ensured and for them to return to their motherland,” he said.
The minister made the remarks at a discussion titled ‘Rohingya Crisis: Current Reality and Future Course of Action’, organised by the Policy Research Centre at the Tafazzal Hossain Manik Mia Hall of the National Press Club on Sunday.
Asaduzzaman said Bangladesh views the Rohingya issue in line with the international community, considering it primarily an internal problem of Myanmar.
“Rohingyas are citizens, people and an ethnic community of Myanmar. The Myanmar government must take effective steps to protect their human rights,” he said.
He said Bangladesh had repeatedly tried to convince Myanmar that the Rohingyas are an integral part of its territory. He also called for discussions with the United States, China and India on the issue, while stressing the need to first build consensus among the people of Bangladesh.
“The people of Bangladesh must stand together, putting aside political differences,” he said, stressing that protecting the country’s territorial integrity is the government’s foremost concern.
The minister said Bangladesh was addressing the issue from security, diplomatic, social and human rights perspectives.
“We are giving the highest importance to human rights so that there can be no allegation of human rights violations against the Rohingya community,” he said.
He also said the government had to address the growing trend of killings, injuries and crime in the Rohingya community while pursuing a broader solution to the crisis.
Asaduzzaman said the government was not seeking to interfere in Myanmar’s internal affairs.
“Sending the Rohingyas back to their own country is not interference in Myanmar’s internal affairs. We want to make it clear that the Rohingyas are not Bangladeshis, nor are they a people of this territory. They are human beings and they have human rights,” he said.
He said the Rohingyas are culturally and ethnically from that territory and are entitled to certain protections under international law.
The minister urged the organisers and civil society groups to submit their recommendations to the national committee formed by the Prime Minister to work on the Rohingya issue.
He said their recommendations could help take the crisis towards a permanent solution.
Policy Research Centre trustee Prof SK Tawfiq M Hossain, Executive Director Dr Shakil Ahmed and Rohingya women’s rights activist Razia Sultana, among others, attended the discussion.
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