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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 26 May 2018
Actress Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya kids in Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM, Associ- "The kids I met were smiling
ated Press but I could still see sadness
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) in their eyes that reflected
— Priyanka Chopra, actress the carnage and horror
and a goodwill ambassa- they witnessed," she said.
dor of the United Nations' She said the children need
children's agency, said more support and urged
Thursday the world should the international commu-
be more compassionate nity to come forward.
to hundreds of thousands "There is still so much more
of Rohingya children who support needed," she said,
desperately need help in also a star in the American
Bangladeshi camps where TV thriller series "Quantico,"
they've been sheltered. said. "It is up to us, as global
Some 700,000 Rohingya citizens, to make sure they
Muslims have fled Myan- have a future."
mar's Rakhine state since Earlier Thursday, the ac-
late August to escape tress also met Bangladesh's
military-led violence and Prime Minister Sheikh Ha-
are now seeking U.N. pro- sina.
tection to return home. Al- "It was wonderful to meet
most 60 percent of the total her. She has done a com-
refugees are children, and mendable job," Hasina
60 babies are being born Priyanka Chopra, Indian Bollywood actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, during an interview said.
every day in camps in Ban- with The Associated Press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 24, 2018 The recent violence in
gladesh. Myanmar began when Ro-
Many children crossed the and helped them draw pic- lywood film is expected to and teaching new mothers hingya insurgents staged a
border into Bangladesh tures of sunshine and hope. be released on the Valen- breastfeeding practices to series of attacks on Aug. 25
without a parent, accord- On Thursday, during a press tine's Day in next February, help make sure their babies on about 30 security out-
ing to UNICEF. They saw conference and a subse- said she was overwhelmed have the best possible start posts and other targets.
violence, dead bodies, quent interview with The As- to see the condition of the in life during the critical first In a subsequent crack-
burned homes while many sociated Press, she refused children in the camps she 1,000-day period, it said. down described by U.N.
saw their parents and fam- to answer any questions visited. She said the international and U.S. officials as "eth-
ily members killed in front of beyond children's welfare "Open your heart to the community was working to nic cleansing," Myanmar
their eyes and their moth- in the camps and beyond. children," Chopra, a star support the children, but security forces have been
ers and sisters raped. Chil- She recognized the Rohing- in India's Hindi films, urged that is not enough. accused of rape, killing,
dren were also shot in their ya refugee crisis is a "politi- the world community in "Please don't divide chil- torture and the burning of
hands and legs. Many are cal crisis" but would not talk the interview with the AP. dren, they are future citi- Rohingya homes.
recovering from psycho- beyond her mandate as "Be compassionate for the zens of the world we live in," Thousands are believed to
logical trauma. a goodwill ambassador of sake of the humanity," she she said. "No matter where have been killed.
Chopra, who came to UNICEF. said. a child is from or what his or Myanmar authorities con-
Bangladesh directly from "I'm here on behalf of chil- During her visit to the camps her circumstances are, ev- sider Rohingya to be Ben-
London after attending dren. I'm too small, I feel, Chopra saw children being ery child is the future of this gali immigrants from Ban-
the royal wedding of her to speak about political screened for malnutrition, a world," she said. gladesh, and are even
American friend Meghan situation like this. I'm not statement by UNICEF said. The actress, who made de- refraining from using the
Markle on a four-day visit, someone who believes in With 163,295 children less but in Hollywood by acting word "Rohingya," even
visited camps in Cox's Ba- a blame game. I think that than 5 years old living in the in Baywatch in 2017, said though the refugees in
zar bordering Myanmar creates more hatreds and camps, UNICEF's nutrition the sufferings of the chil- Bangladeshi camps say
and passed time with the animosities," the former Miss centers offer a vital lifeline dren shook her because they belong to Myanmar
desperate children at safe World said. by screening and treating of the violence "these chil- where they have been liv-
homes, makeshift schools Chopra, whose third Hol- children for malnourishment dren were exposed to." ing for centuries.q

Paltrow: Brad Pitt threatened Harvey Weinstein

NEW YORK (AP) — Gwyneth what happened and the
Paltrow says ex-boyfriend actor confronted Weinstein
Brad Pitt threatened pro- at a Broadway opening.
ducer Harvey Weinstein af- Paltrow said, "It was like the
ter an alleged incident of equivalent of throwing him
sexual misconduct. against the wall."
The 45-year-old actress Paltrow said Pitt leveraged
told "The Howard Stern his fame and power to pro-
Show" on Wednesday she tect me at a time when she
was "blindsided." Paltrow didn't have fame or power.
claimed she was 22 when The two, who were briefly
Weinstein placed his hands engaged, broke up in 1997.
This combination photo shows Gwyneth Paltrow at the world on her at a hotel and sug- Representatives for Wein-
premiere of "Avengers: Infinity War" on April 23, 2018, in Los An- gested they go to a bed- stein and Pitt did not imme-
geles, left, and Brad Pitt at the premiere of Netflix's "Okja" on room for massages. diately respond to emails
June 8, 2017, in New York Paltrow said she told Pitt seeking comment.q