The Humanitarian Side of Actor Sheena Chohan

Dakha, Bangladesh, January 12, 2017 (Newswire.com) - “I may come across as an actor and presenter first, but I am also a humanitarian,” said Sheena Chohan in an interview with the Dhakha Tribune. 

In the Bangladesh capital to host the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) annual cricket competition, the Kolkata native brought another dimension to her role as “BPL Girl” this year. 

“I wish to raise awareness regarding the 30 basic human rights everyone is entitled to as declared by the U.N. More importantly, I wish to concentrate on stopping the violations of those rights, because I believe that if the youth take on the responsibility in our own sphere and do our bit, we can create a lot of changes in society.”

Chohan, who was nominated for best actress at the 2014 Dubai and Shanghai Film Festivals for the award-winning Bangladeshi movie Ant Story (Pipra Bidya), believes in human rights education—that by providing youth with the knowledge that they were born free or that they are innocent until proven guilty, “that would empower them and contribute to making a fair and just society.”

An ardent supporter of Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) on arriving in Dhaka, Chohan met with the YHRI Bangladesh chapter,  working in universities and at grassroots levels. To help them in their mission to counter human rights abuse by raising awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, she decided to bring together actors, singers and performers to create a uniquely Bangladeshi human rights video.

“If we know our human rights, we can protect them and help others protect them,” says Chohan. “We can stop things like child labor, human trafficking and gender inequality. A great many things in society can be improved. That’s the change I want to see.” 

Youth for Human Rights International is one of the humanitarian programs supported by Scientologists and the Church of Scientology, inspired by the principles expressed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard  who wrote, “It is vital that all thinking men urge upon their governments sweeping reforms in the field of human rights.”

Source: Youth for Human Rights International