Social activists and lawyers at a community consultation on Saturday demanded dignified rehabilitation of Urdu-speaking people of the country through providing them with all sorts of citizen facilities.
Research-based organisation Refugee and Migratory Movement's research unit organised the programme on 'dignified social inclusion of the Urdu-speaking camp-based Bangladeshis' at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the capital.
They said at first the government should recognise the Urdu-speaking people as the citizen of the country.
Representatives of Urdu-speaking people at the programme said they still faced problem in getting passport.
They said the home affairs ministry said people living in camps must show their citizen certificates, which they have to collect from the ministry, to get passports.
They urged the government to ensure their basic human rights including proper health, education and livelihood facilities.
They called on the government, civil society and donor agencies to help the Urdu-speaking communities for their dignified rehabilitation in Bangladesh.
They also said once Urdu was the language of this region and they had the rights to preserve their culture and language.
RMMRU's executive director CR Abrar, Democracy Watch's executive director Taleya Rahman, advocates Adilur Rahman Khan and Asaduzzaman, Association of Young Generation of Urdu-speaking Community's secretary general Mohammad Hasan were also present at the programme.
Source : New Age
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