Amartya Sen joins call on UN to end Rohingya persecution

Nobel Laureate Economist Professor Amartya Sen has sent a letter expressing willingness to add his name to the list of Nobel Laureates and globally eminent citizens, who have made an urge to the United Nations to intervene to end the human crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. A press release of the Yunus Centre in Dhaka made the disclosure on Tuesday. The statement reads: “Professor Sen wrote to Professor Yunus that he does not usually add his name to joint statements but that the ‘the atrocity in Burma on the Rohingyas is so intolerably – and so uniquely – barbaric that I have to sign the letter”, and requested to add his name urgently to the list.”Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales also wrote to Yunus Centre saying he is proud to add his name to the list, and was joined by Arif Naqvi, Middle East based business leader and philanthropist who also sent his readiness to add his name to the letter. The letter to the UN Security Council signed by Nobel Laureates and global eminent citizens was sent on September 13. It was signed by 12 Nobel Laureates and 21 opinion leaders from around the world. The addition of Professor Sen, Wales and Naqvi has brought the total to 36 signatories including 13 Nobel Laureates.