(Deutsche Welle) Mahmudul Haque Munshi’s name was on a hit list in Bangladesh. After five of his friends and associates were murdered, the authorities warned the blogger: “There’s nothing more we can do for you.” Munshi had to leave the country in 2015.
First, he fled to Nepal, then to Sri Lanka and finally to Germany. When he reached an arrival center in the western German city of Detmold, he was shocked. There were other Bangladeshis in the center, but they were anything but kind to their fellow countryman.
“The problem is, I get threats every day on Facebook. You know, one day, I got 4,500 death threats!” Munshi says.
And it hasn’t stopped there: Munshi is now on a so-called Global Hit List, which names Bengali refugees abroad who are to be killed.
