Rohingya youth killed in ‘gunfight’ with BGB at Ghumdhum border

Dhaka Tribune

Abdul Aziz, Cox’s Bazar
April 23rd, 2021

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The alleged gunfight took place in the early hours of Friday

A Rohingya youth named Mohammad Ibrahim was killed reportedly in a gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members on Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Ghumdhum in Naikhongchhari, an upazila in Bandarban adjacent to Cox's Bazar district.

BGB says the deceased was a yaba peddler. He was from Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar.

Rohingya youths: We need education for empowerment

Dhaka Tribune 

Tribune Report
March 29th, 2021

File Photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune 

 

'We need a chance to change our future, and education is the only way'

The Rohingya community needs access to education facilities to become empowered and build a future, Rohingya youths from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar said at a webinar on Monday.

The webinar, titled “Camp voices webinar series-3: Strengths and aspirations of Rohingya refugees,” was arranged by the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) of Brac University. The discussion addressed key issues related to the role of the youth in building peace, social cohesion, livelihoods, and education for Rohingya children and girls.

In Bangladesh refugee camps, Rohingya youth speak out

Frontier

MYANMAR

By CLARE HAMMOND | FRONTIER
Photos VICTORIA MILK

Monday 26 August 2019

After two years languishing in camps in Bangladesh, young, educated Rohingya are finding expression through writing… and demanding a say in decisions about their future.

Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF

UN News
16 August 2019

Migrants and Refugees

The daily struggle to survive for Myanmar’s Rohingya people in one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, has caused “overwhelming” despair and jeopardized the hopes of an entire generation, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, said on Friday. 

Rohingya youth shot dead in Teknaf.

Dhaka Tribune
February 24th, 2019

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The incident took place at the Shalbagan Rohingya camp in Nayapara 

A Rohingya youth was shot dead by miscreants at the Shalbagan Rohingya camp of Nayapara in Teknaf on Friday night.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Hamid, 36, son of Md Hossain.

Inspector of Nayapara police outpost Abdus Salam said a gang of miscreants took Hamid to a nearby hill at gunpoint and killed him.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.

SOURCE:

Dhaka Tribune/Bangladesh/Nation/2019/02/24/Rohingya youth shot dead in Teknaf.