The Assassination of Mohib Ullah
/On October 2, 2021 Paul read in the New York Times about the assassination of Mohib Ullah, a Rohingya peace activist in Myanmar. Because of our two transformative visits to Myanmar, in 2017 and 2020, we both wanted to learn and understand more about such a heart-wrenching situation.
PRESS STATEMENT - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
On the Killing of Rohingya Muslim Advocate Mohib Ullah
Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
September 30, 2021
We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the murder of Rohingya Muslim advocate and community leader Mohib Ullah in Bangladesh on September 29. Mohib Ullah was a brave and fierce advocate for the human rights of Rohingya Muslims around the world. He traveled to the Human Rights Council in Geneva and to the United States to speak at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in 2019. During his trip, he shared his experiences with the President and Vice President and spoke together with other survivors of religiously motivated persecution.
On our first visit in April 2017, one of the places we visited was a sleepy seaside tourist destination in south Rakhine state on the beautiful Ngapali coast overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Five months later just a day’s drive north in the same state the large-scale displacement and killing of the Rohingya muslim ethnic minority began.
USA for UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Rohingya Refugee Crisis Explained
August 23, 2023
In August 2017, armed attacks, massive scale violence, and serious human rights violations forced thousands of Rohingya to flee their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Many walked for days through jungles and undertook dangerous sea journeys across the Bay of Bengal to reach safety in Bangladesh. Now, more than 960,000 people have found safety in Bangladesh with a majority living in the Cox Bazar’s region - home to the world’s largest refugee camp. The United Nations has described the Rohingya as “the most persecuted minority in the world.”
After reading about Mohibullah’s assassination, Paul found his organization’s Facebook page. He sent a note of support and condolence for the loss of such a pivitol leader. For several months we didn’t hear anything and didn’t really expect to get a response. But we did! And it changed our lives.
