Lisa Schlein
October 02, 2021
FILE - Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah speaks with Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 7, 2019. Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Ullah at Kutupalong refugee camp, also in Cox's Bazar, Sept. 29, 2021.GENEVA —
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is calling on Bangladeshi authorities to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation into the killing of Rohingya activist Mohib Ullah while he was visiting a Cox’s Bazaar refugee camp in Bangladesh earlier this week.
Bachelet paid tribute to the prominent human rights defender, who she said spent his life fighting to end decades of discrimination against the Rohingya people. She said Ullah lost his life while seeking to restore his people’s basic rights in Myanmar, including their rights to nationality, land, health, and education.