DHAKA
\nAn international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said.
\nMohibullah, 50, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings. He visited the White House in 2019 for a meeting on religious freedom with then-President Donald Trump and spoke about the suffering and persecution faced by Rohingya in Myanmar.
\nThat same year, he was bitterly criticized by Bangladeshi media after he led a massive rally of 200,000 refugees to mark the second anniversary of the crackdown by Myanmar\u2019s military that caused about 700,000 Rohingya, including Mohibullah, to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
\nThe unidentified attackers shot Mohibullah at the Kutupalong refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox\u2019s Bazar district, said Naimul Haque, an commander of the Armed Police Battalion in Cox\u2019s Bazar. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.
\nNo groups claimed responsibility and it was not clear immediately who was behind the attack.
\nHuman Rights Watch called Mohibullah a vital voice for the Rohingya community. \u201cHe always defended the rights of the Rohingya to safe and dignified returns and to have a say in the decisions concerning their lives and future. His killing is a stark demonstration of the risks faced by those in the camps who speak up for freedom and against violence,\u201d Meenakshi Ganguly, the rights group\u2019s South Asia director, said in a statement.
\n\u201cMohibullah\u2019s death undermines not only the struggle of Rohingya refugees for greater rights and protection in the refugee camps, but also their efforts to safely return to their homes in Myanmar. Bangladesh authorities should urgently investigate Mohibullah\u2019s killing along with other attacks on Rohingya activists in the camps,\u201d she said.
\nOverall, Bangladesh has been sheltering more than 1.1 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after previous waves of persecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DHAKA An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in Bangladesh by unknown gunmen late Wednesday, police said. Mohibullah, 50, was a teacher who emerged as a key refugee leader and a spokesman representing the Muslim ethnic group in international meetings. He visited the White House in 2019 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n