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Death of Rohingya refugee left in parking lot by border agents ruled a homicide (www.theguardian.com)
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We are sad to learn that Nurul Amin Shah died by homicide. Shah was a visually impaired Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who had come to the U.S. to escape the near-genocidal persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar.

New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, opened an investigation into Shah’s death in March. The Erie county district attorney’s office requested the autopsy as part of its parallel investigation. While such investigations cannot return Shah to his wife and children, strongly enforced accountability may help prevent recurrence of this kind of tragedy.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)

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Death of Rohingya refugee left in parking lot by US border agents ruled a homicide (www.theguardian.com)
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“[New York] Authorities have ruled that the death of Nurul Amin Shah, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar who was left by immigration agents at a restaurant in Buffalo, was a homicide.

“Shah, who was visually impaired, died on 24 February, five days after US border patrol agents dropped him off in the parking lot of a Tim Hortons on a cold winter night without notifying his family or attorney.

“In a statement, the Erie county medical examiner’s office said the cause of death was “complications of a perforated duodenal ulcer precipitated by hypothermia and dehydration”, and ruled the manner of death a homicide. The office said the final determination was made on 31 March.”