Students at Jahangirnagar University held a “March for Rohingya” on Tuesday, August 25, protesting genocide, persecution and oppression against Rohingya people and demanding their safe, dignified repatriation. The rally began at the university’s Odommo-24 monument and ended with a brief gathering on the road beside the Shaheed Minar. Participants called for an end to the Rohingya genocide, justice and freedom for Arakan.

Jahangirnagar University Chhatra Shakti president Zia Uddin Ayan said Myanmar’s junta forces carried out severe abuses against Rohingyas in Rakhine on August 25, 2017, forcing millions to seek refuge in Bangladesh. He said Bangladesh should pursue effective diplomacy with Myanmar and the international community, including raising the crisis prominently at the upcoming UN General Assembly.

JAKSU general secretary Mazharul Islam and archaeology professor Md Mizanur Rahman Jami criticized what they described as inadequate international action. They called for justice for those responsible, protection of Rohingyas’ citizenship, education and other fundamental rights, and their prompt return to their homeland under safe and dignified conditions.