ROHINGYA ARE DYING

From the heart of a refugee—as expressed two weeks ago while in a camp that was hit with torrential rains, flooding, and mudslides that took shelters with them. At the same time, hundreds were trying to survive an epidemic of perdue fever.

The words of a teacher who was not only experiencing this . . . he had just lost his job due learning centers closing. UNICEF had run out of funding:

Almost 1.3 million Rohingya refugees are living in the overcrowded camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
We are survivors of unimaginable horrors. We faced genocide in 2017, lost our homeland, and were forced to flee for our lives.
Since then, our lives have been marked by daily suffering, kidnappings, starvation, abuse, trafficking, and constant fear. These are just part of the long chain of pain we endure.
And now, we face yet another silent killer: a deadly outbreak of dengue fever with half of our population affected especially children in Cox’s Bazar Camps.

But what are we being given for this disease?
Just paracetamol by so-called international organizations like MSF and other NGOs.
Is this what they call medical treatment?
Are we not human enough to deserve proper care, real medicine, and dignity?
People are dying not only from disease, but from neglect.
From the absence of meaningful care.
From a system that treats us as a burden instead of as human beings.
And our suffering doesn’t stop at the borders of the camps.

We are dying at sea, desperately trying to reach neighboring countries in search of safety and dignity.
We are dying in detention centers in Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and India locked up like criminals.
Why? Because when we flee persecution, they treat us like dangerous insects, not like people seeking protection.
This is not just neglect.
This is cruelty.

This is the price we pay for being stateless.
This is what happens when the world chooses silence over justice.
We are not invisible. We are not voiceless. We are raising our cry to the world:
How many more Rohingya must die before you act?
How long will you let injustice and discrimination destroy our lives?

To the global community, to the United Nations, to every government, and every person of conscience:
Stand with us. Speak out. Demand action.
We need protection, not prisons.
We need healthcare, not handouts.
We need freedom, not fear.

And finally, we urgently call on justice workers, international courts, and human rights defenders:
Bring the perpetrators of genocide in Myanmar to justice.
Hold them accountable. Punish them for the crimes they committed against us.

We deserve justice. And the world must not look away.
Don’t let us die in silence.