SHEER IGNORANCE: Deadline extended to “allow members of the #Rohingya community in Bangladesh to participate…provided they can demonstrate they are professional photographers”. Rohingya ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK! How can they demonstrate they are professional? #Rohingya Photographers have been 1. jailed 2. smart phones confiscated 3. interrogated at length by NSI 4. Slapped and insulted by APBN. 5. Film and Photography initiatives have been discouraged. Even those contributing to large agencies often prefer to hide their names.

SHEER IGNORANCE: Deadline extended to “allow members of the #Rohingya community in Bangladesh to participate…provided they can demonstrate they are professional photographers”. Rohingya ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK! How can they demonstrate they are professional? #Rohingya Photographers have been 1. jailed 2. smart phones confiscated 3. interrogated at length by NSI 4. Slapped and insulted by APBN. 5. Film and Photography initiatives have been discouraged. Even those contributing to large agencies often prefer to hide their names.