Mohammed Tofail

#Rohingya_Consultant|#Translator|#Researcher|#Teacher|#Social_Activist| #Human_Right_Defender| works @RJI2030 WhatsApp [phone] 📧 [email protected]

[Fortify Rights @FortifyRights]

In 2025, nearly 900 #Rohingya refugees were reported dead or missing in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal—the deadliest on record, according to UNHCR.

@FortifyRights calls for an urgent coordinated regional search and rescue effort. Governments must also allow safe disembarkation and ensure protection for those seeking refuge.

https://t.co/j3dfYsgcbn

[Reuters @Reuters]

Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees brave hunger and accidents on rickety boats each year to flee desperate conditions in camps in southeastern Bangladesh for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.

Hundreds die en route, but the numbers keep growing as shrinking food rations caused by dwindling international aid push yet more to make the dangerous crossing https://t.co/pmiKFhAdno

[Mohammed Tofail @md_tofail_cn]

Scarce food, bleak futures spur #Rohingya refugees to gamble with death at sea, dying from hunger or accidents but the numbers keep growing as shrinking food rations caused by dwindling international aid push yet more to make the dangerous crossing.
https://t.co/PotUNVQ3WC

[The Associated Press @AP]

At least 250 people missing, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, after boat sinks in Andaman Sea https://t.co/FdOhVgWtfP

[Reuters World @ReutersWorld]

Myanmar refugees seek risky sea routes to safety https://t.co/StDCHj3Vic https://t.co/StDCHj3Vic

[Fortify Rights @FortifyRights]

🚨 NEW: @FortifyRights investigation documents the killing of scores of #Rohingya civilians by the Arakan Army on May 2, 2024, in Hoyyar Siri, also known as Htan Shauk Khan village in Buthidaung Township, #Rakhine State.

The International Criminal Court should include this massacre in its ongoing investigation in #Myanmar, and U.N. member states should impose targeted sanctions on AA and its commanders.

“This could not only bring accountability for Rohingya victims but also serve as a deterrent to future atrocities,” said @bouckap, Senior Director at @FortifyRights.

https://t.co/ox6xXBC5bM

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

U.S. aid cuts threaten hard-won peace and stability at Rohingya refugee camps https://t.co/BMwHh0x5De

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

#Bangladesh: Aid cuts are affecting medical services for #Rohingya refugees.

“Since 2024, [healthcare centres] are understaffed, so this forces people to rely on MSF,” says Nadim Shaharigar, Deputy Director.

Read the article via @globeandmail: https://t.co/ZkHbjnAiOL

[Fortify Rights @FortifyRights]

Joint Letter: Human rights groups urge Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to address urgent human rights challenges in #Bangladesh—from arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances to attacks on journalists, minority rights, rights of women and girls, and the plight of #Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps and on Bhasan Char.

The letter includes recommendations for the new government to support systemic reform, ensure accountability and human rights.

Full letter: https://t.co/BL1dT8bxid

[The Juggernaut @thejuggernaut]

Exclusive: The Juggernaut reported from from The Hague and spoke to Rohingya genocide survivors, human rights experts, and witnesses to answer one question: will the Rohingya be able to return home?

@MollyQuell reports:

https://t.co/kirI5u7PZZ

[The Juggernaut @thejuggernaut]

Read the full story by @MollyQuell at the link below, and subscribe to The Juggernaut for all of the South Asian news you need to know:

https://t.co/kirI5u7PZZ

[Michael Von Tangen Page @TangenVon]

Today I met two of the Rohingya Poets in Camp 15 in Ukhiya Cox’s Bazar,it was great catching up with two dynamic young Rohingya youth Abdul Osman and Sirajul Islam @Ronan_Lee

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

Absolutely horrifying. This refugee survived genocide and died because of the gross incompetence of federal immigration agents.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Outrage in New York after 56-year-old Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam, nearly-blind and medically vulnerable, was found dead days after US Border Patrol agents released him at a Tim Hortons restaurant miles from home.

Officials say it was a “courtesy ride”.

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 ‘Buffalo’s Mayor Sean Ryan … said … Shah Alam's death was preventable and the result of inhumane decision making.’ Reuters reporter Kristina Cooke on the nearly blind Rohingya refugee who died in freezing temperatures after being released by agents https://t.co/zMZ67y5GuQ

[Reuters @Reuters]

🔊 ‘Border Patrol then gave  Shah Alam what they called a courtesy ride to a coffee shop ... but they didn't notify the family of where he was released.’ Reuters correspondent Kristina Cooke with the story of the nearly blind Rohingya refugee who died https://t.co/z4JMwO9dMp

[TRT World @trtworld]

A nearly blind Rohingya refugee was found dead five days after US Border Patrol agents dropped him kilometres from home in upstate New York, where temperatures were below freezing. His family was not informed of his release.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, did not speak English or use electronic devices

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

The unthinkable reports that a refugee was detained and then subsequently released in a way that put his life at risk is yet another example of the Trump Administration's baseless targeting of refugees, and Border Patrol’s long-standing practice of refusing to release people safely. Human rights must come first. Congress must rein in this lawless agency, and not give another dollar to ICE and Border Patrol. 
https://t.co/2bv3DHahaZ

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old partially blind Rohingya refugee who spoke little English, was found dead Tuesday in Buffalo, about five miles from where Border Patrol agents had dropped him off after they picked him up from county jail. https://t.co/4X1eNCnAvB

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Near-blind refugee DIES after border patrol dumps him miles away from home.

This story is not just a tragedy. It’s a damning indictment.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee who was nearly blind and spoke no English, was released from custody by U.S. Border Patrol — and dropped off at a Tim Hortons five miles from his home.

No ride. No notification to his family. No assistance whatsoever.

Days later, he was found dead on a Buffalo street.

Shah Alam had fled persecution in Burma and arrived in Buffalo just 15 months ago, seeking safety. Instead, after being arrested last year for carrying a curtain rod he used as a walking stick — and allegedly being Tasered and beaten when he couldn’t follow English commands — he ended up in jail.

His family didn’t bail him out for fear he’d be shipped to ICE detention out of state. Eventually, he took a plea deal that allowed him to clear the immigration detainer and avoid ICE detention.

But when Border Patrol picked him up after bail, instead of transferring him to a detention center as expected, agents reportedly dropped him at a doughnut shop across town and left him to find his way home.

He was nearly blind. He couldn’t speak English. He had no phone. And no one told his family he’d been released.

For days, they searched. Police even briefly closed his missing persons case after mistakenly believing he was still in ICE custody. Now homicide detectives are investigating the “circumstances and timeframe” leading to his death. The cause has not yet been released.

Advocates for the Rohingya community are devastated.

“We never thought anyone would experience anything like this since coming to the United States,” said Imran Fazel, who knows the family. “It doesn’t make me feel safe in a country like this.”

Let’s be clear: Shah Alam survived genocide. He survived displacement. He survived fleeing his homeland. But in America — the country that promised refuge — he was allegedly abandoned in the dark. And he never made it home.

He leaves behind a wife and two sons. And a haunting question: How does a blind refugee get left on a street corner — and end up dead?

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