Donald Trump had some awkward exchanges with survivors of religious persecution during a meeting with them in the Oval Office on Wednesday. When Nobel laureate and Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad requested aid for the Yazidis, Trump replied: ‘And you had the Nobel prize? That’s incredible. They gave it to you for what reason?’ When asked by a Rohingya refugee about the plan to help his people, the US president replied: ‘Where is that exactly?’
Priya Saha
Executive Director at Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities | Priya Saha is the Executive Director of Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM). HRCBM is an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.