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Rohingya Broadcast
Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain
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ROH Lifeline 04132021 1130 UTC
Intro
Today: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
6:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA)
News Headlines
Duration: 6 minutes
· Attack on the fire service while trying to put out the fire in the Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar
· Myanmar violence ‘must cease immediately’: UN agencies
· Suu Kyi's request for a face-to-face meeting with lawyers
· US Embassy Rangoon Mourn for Fallen in Bago
· Greetings from President Biden and the First Lady on the occasion of Ramadan
Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz
Report (1): VOA News
Reporter: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar)
Related item code: 9-P
Duration: 06:03 minutes
Topic: Fire breaks out at Balukhali Rohingya camp again
Translation summary: A fire broke out at a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila again. The incident occurred at a Madrasa of Camp-8W of Balukhali -01 at around 2:15 pm on Monday.
Mohammed Rashid, teacher of Mahad Ilmi Ibni Abbass Arabic Madrasa and resident Camp-8W said that books, cupboard, tables, desk solar, clothings of teachers, students and their belongings were burnt to ashes during the. He added 4 shelters along with his one and the belongings were burnt . Beside this more than 15 shelters have been damaged and the belongings of many families were looted or lost. Rashid added that when the Rohingya doused fire completely then Camp-In-Charge of Camp# 9, police, fire service rushed to the place. And then conflict between police and Rohingya took place when police compelled people to return to their own shelters from there.
At the end, Rashid said that Rohingya have taken shelter to escape the persecution of Myanmar but here in the camps the Rohingya do not have safety either, that’s why people don’t want to live any more in Bangladesh. They request Bangladesh and International Community to take initiatives to stop such incidents and then repatriate them to their homeland Arakan, Myanmar with full citizenship rights
The cause of this latest fire could not be known immediately
Report (2): VOA News
Reporter: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar)
Related item code: 9-P
Duration: 07:30 minutes
Topic: The Department of Social Services is working on the risks involved in raising a child.
Translation summary: Many children have been separated from their families in the March 22 fire at the Balukhali camp. Many NGOs and INGOs have worked and are still working to bring those children back to their families. The Rohingya Child Protection Program, run by the Department of Social Services (Bangladesh), is doing that. Shubh Ranjan Banerjee, team leader of the program, said they are now working on case management for children affected by the fire. The affected children are being linked to the relevant institutions so that they can get NFI benefits including medical treatment. He said they have a good network with each camp. He said , “We have been able to reach out to the families of all the lists of missing children that have come to us so far. All the services that are being provided to the Rohingya community are also being provided to the local people”.
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Duration: 3:00 minutes
Program Closing Announcement: Sami Ahmed
Production: Selim Hossain /Sanjana Feroz
Engineer: N/A