Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Wednesday, August 18, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 08182021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · Bangladesh extends COVID-19 vaccination to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps · Momen seeks Indonesia's political support in Rohingya repatriation · Un secretary general must personally lead UK Burma Response · NATO blames Afghan leaders for fall of Afghanistan's military · Taliban promises to protect women's rights under "Islamic law" Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Related item code: 9-P Duration: 3:30 minutes Interviewer: Hamid Hussain (VOA Rohingya Lifeline reporter) Topic: Reacting to the AA chief's statement as he is not using the ethnic name Rohingya but referring to it as Muslim. Guests: Abdul Gaffer A Rohingya Human Rights Defender Based in Rangoon, Myanmar Translation Summary: Abdul Gaffar told VOA Rohingya Lifeline that we, the Rohingya, welcome the statement of Tun Mint Naing, the Commander-in-Chief of the Arakan Army, in a recent local media interview and mentioned that he is trying to involve Muslims in the administration, however, we regret that he did not mention our ethnic name Rohingya, but he referred to it as Muslim. Every ethnic group has the right to be represented by its own name and this is a fundamental human right and dignity. As we have heard from him in previous interviews, he admits that Rakhine and Rohingya were living together in the state of Arakan before the Marku-U era. But now we see that they have changed their behavior. He further mentioned that all ethnic groups in the state of Arakan will enjoy full human rights. If he is really sincere then why he still does not call us Rohingya which is our right to be addressed as. The COVID-19 outbreak is slightly better than before, but in some places the situation is even worse. We have recently lost many lives due to lack of quarantine system and lockdown has not been ordered by the Minister of Health. The people of Myanmar are very worried about future civil wars because of the ongoing fighting and bombings in many places. Report (1): VOA News Reporter: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 07:53 minutes Topic: Rohingya expressed gratitude to Bangladesh government providing Covid-19 vaccine Translation summary: Ilias Ahmad, a displaced Rohingya currently living at Leda camp, Teknaf whose father and uncle took Covid-19 vaccine on the first phase of vaccination said,”We are happy and expressing gratitude to Bangladesh government who started the vaccination program in this camp. My father and uncle are feeling much better after taking vaccination. Every process went smoothly”. People are now waiting for further phases of vaccination and hoping to get vaccine for the people under 55. “People are now very excited to get vaccination. The camp is a congested area and it would very difficult to control the disease if situation become worst. So it is highly important to allow maximum people to get vaccinated before it spreads largely”-he added. Report (2): VOA News Reporter: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 05:08 minutes Topic: Behavioral problems amongst students as the schools have been closed for a long time. Translation summary: The learning centers at the Cox's Bazar refugee camp have been closed since March 2020. Learning centers were the only means of educating Rohingya children. Rohingya children are completely deprived (2) of education due to the closure of learning centers. A Rohingya teacher said, there is no way to educate Rohingyas in the camps without a learning center. Rohingya child