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This ruling goes beyond one man. It raises global questions about:

• the criminalisation of Rohingya
• Bangladesh’s use of secret detention
• accountability for enforced disappearances
• the future of repatriation politics

Rohingya political figures say his detention harms efforts to organise the community for future return to Myanmar.

Deputy Human Rights Minister (NUG) Aung Kyaw Moe:

“Grassroots leaders like Dil Mohammed are crucial for organising the community for a safe and dignified return to Myanmar.”

The UN has directed Bangladesh to:

Release him immediately

Provide an enforceable right to compensation

Conduct an independent investigation

Publicly disseminate the ruling

This is a direct test of Dhaka’s human rights commitments.

His counsel, international barrister Haydee Dijkstal, says he was detained in conditions “akin to a blacksite” and subjected to threats against his family.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that he was:

• forcibly disappeared
• held in undisclosed locations for ~4 months
• denied legal access and family contact
• kept in prolonged solitary confinement
• coercively interrogated and threatened

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Dil Mohammed was the spokesperson for the No Man’s Land (Zero Point) Rohingya encampment on the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, where he engaged with diplomats, UN officials, and the media for years.

He was abducted in January 2023 as the camp was destroyed.