Political awakening rocks Rohingya

Daily rounds: Mohib speaking to other Rohingya refugees about collecting relief supplies at the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar. — Reuters

KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP: It was after Mohib Ullah scored his first political victories that the death threats began in earnest. On a recent morning, the Rohingya refugee leaned back on a plastic chair in the Bangladesh camp where he lives and translated the latest warning sent via WhatsApp.

“Mohib Ullah is a virus of the community,” he read aloud, with a wry chuckle. “Kill him wherever he is found.”