Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Monday, February 08, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 02082021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · Bangladesh is on high alert on Myanmar border · Myanmar wrote to Bangladesh explaining military takeover: foreign minister · Myanmar uprising against military coup: protests, demonstrations · The United States will uphold his national interests and values - Anthony Blinken · If the sanctions are not relaxed, the Iran nuclear deal will be threatened Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Report: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 3:22 minutes Topic: Short report on current situation in Myanmar Translation Summary: Arafat Jamil, a research assistant was in the protest today. He said,”The protest started from Tamwe township in Yangon at 9am. They are walking all around the Yangon. It is still going on. They are stopping at most of the foreign embassies and UN office to avoid clash from security forces. So far it is still a peaceful protest. Few Rohingyas also attended this rally for demanding democracy. Many People wore black clothing which is the sign of non-political but supporting democracy”. Report: VOA News Report: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:30 minutes Topic: Tens of Thousands Take to Street of Myanmar to Protest Military Regime Translation Summary: Myanmar rose up in defiance on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people pouring onto the streets of major cities to stage peaceful protests against the country’s latest military coup and the arrests of President U Win Myint and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday. A Rohingya who is unwilling to mention his name said that he has been living in Yangon since 1994. He said that the network was banned from Friday morning to Sunday, February 07, 2021 noon around the whole Myanmar by Myanmar’s current military government to halt public protest march against Myanmar’s military coup, but military government couldn’t stop the public from protest march. And the residents of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon as well as other divisions and states took to the streets on Sunday morning to protest peacefully against the military coup with demonstration, on Sunday morning and then the protesters around the Yangon’s city as well as in other regions of Myanmar such as Mandalay, Naypyidaw etc. called for the release of the country’s detained elected leaders and an end to military rule too, he said. Report: VOA News Related item code: 9-P Duration: 6:02 minutes Translator: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Topic: Latest developments in Maung Daw, Sittwe and Yangoon township after the military coup in Myanmar. Translation Summary: Since the military coup in Myanmar on 1st of February social and political unrest has been going on. A Rohingya from Maung daw township, unwilling to mention hisname said in a written statement that “ Situation here in Maungdaw is normal and we are safe and the power takeover by the army is not significantly felt here. There are some peaceful protests in Yangon but the whole Rakhine State is calm. No unusual troops movement is seen. The reason of calm in Rakhine is that AA and Rakhine political and civil society groups implicitly support the army. Rakhines are of the opinion that NLD government opposed to hold election in the remaining 9 townships of (2) Rakhine State whereas Army agreed to hold the election. 9 townships were excluded for holding election in last November on the ground of security as fighting had been raging between MA and AA”. Another source informed VOA about the visits of regional militar