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Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Wednesday, February 10, 2021
MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain
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ROH Lifeline 02102021 1130 UTC
Intro
Today: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA)
News Headlines
Duration: 6 minutes
· State Dept. says Myanmar a priority for U.S, assistance review underway
· Myanmar: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Joseph Borrell at the EP debate
· UNICEF calls for greater attention to protection of children’s rights in Myanmar during time of crisis
· Myanmar police operations against protesters attack
· The United Nations in Myanmar expresses strong concern at reports of use of force by security forces in response to demonstrations
· The U.S. Senate voted in favor of the impeachment trial against Trump
Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz
Report: VOA News
Reporter: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar)
Related item code: 9-P
Duration: 2:42 minutes
Topic: Myanmar police opened fire on protesters; a 19-year-old girl was shot in the head and died.
Translation Summary: A Rohingya who is unwilling to mention name and lives in the Yangon city said to VOA; that the movement has become more vocal in the Naypyitaw of the capital. Everyone, young and old, is protesting in the streets. Water cannons were fired at the protesters on Tuesday and police opened fire on protesters. Several people were injured in the police firing and a 19-year-old girl was shot in the head and died.
Report: VOA News
Reporter: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar)
Related item code: 9-P
Duration: 9:24 minutes
Topic: A Rohingya teacher, historian and blogger expressed his views on Myanmar military coup and advised how Rohingya’s around the world should respond on this.
Translation Summary: Aman Ullah, a Rohingya teacher, historian and blogger talks about few subjects on Myanmar military coup. Firstly, he talked about the reason for this coup. He said,” Military chief Min Aung Hling forcibly did this coup because he made a false allegation which was election fraud, but the truth is, he fears losing power since NLD holds majority vote counts. Besides there are personal interests like saving his wealth and other property which he fears of losing them if he is not in the power. Moreover, he can manipulate somehow for the case in ICJ if he is in the power. There was not a single record of fair election under his authority so what he said to do a fair election after a year is not true.
Secondly, now we have seen mass people ,including political and non-political, have started protests against this coup for establishing true democracy in the country. But their demand is not clear. People want that their leaders be freed and want their power back. Their demand should be establishing democracy and remove military power by following 2008 constitution. Not only asking for the release of Aung Sun Suu Kyi.
Finally, Rohingya’s around the world reacted to this issue differently. Some stood with NLD and for establishing democracy and others did not show any sympathy towards NLD since NLD chair did not do anything for Rohingya’s during 2017 issue. So, in my opinion, our stand should be establishing true democracy across the country and remove the power from the military”.
Report: VOA News (2)
Reporter: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar)
Related item code: 9-P
Duration: 5:02 minutes
Topic: We are rejecting the use of military force to kill democracy.
Translation Summary: Proponents of democracy have been protesting the military coup that led to the arrest of Myanmar's State Councilor of Aung San Suu Kyi. Now the movement is slowly gaining momentum and panic is prevailing among the common people. Asked about the situation in Myanmar, a Rohingya who is unwilling to mention name and lives in the Maungdaw Township, the person