I am an eyewitness to the humanitarian catastrophe of the Rohingya people.  They are fleeing for their lives from what they call the “Buddhist Terror”.  I was part of an interfaith delegation that visited them in the refugee camps on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The first short film on this page  is my on-the-spot footage.

I was invited to give an eyewitness report to the Hillary Clinton Center For Women’s Empowerment at Morocco’s Al Ahkawayn University. The university’s mission is to promote  “the values of human solidarity and tolerance”.  You’ll find highlights from the event as well as the full talk, with questions and answers, further down the page.

 

On-the-spot footage

 

Eyewitness to the Rohingya: highlights

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  Nothing could be further from the Buddha’s teachings

  
  

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  What the children carry
  
  

  
  

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  Women are speaking out
  
  

  
  

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  What we can do
  
  

  
  

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  Did you tell them you were a Buddhist?

  
  

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  Your values as a human being

  
  

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  Have you lost faith in humanity?
  
  

  
  

 

The full Eyewitness report

      Part One: The “Buddhist Terror”

      Part Two:  The Women, Trauma and

                            Controversy

      Part Three: What we can do right now

      Part Four: Questions,  Answers and our

                            Common Humanity

The UN refugee agency at work

I wanted to meet and thank the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for the work they are doing. Luckily, I spotted something in the distance while I was in the camp with my camera. It was such an amazing sight.