The announcement of the Rohingya Photography Competition results was broadcast live on Facebook Live on 5 December. The event was watched by over 2000 people and has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook.
First Prize - Rohingya Life Category
Ro Mehrooz.
Mehrooz is a 21 year old Rohingya poet and photographer from Buthidaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. He is currently a refugee in Bangladesh.
First Prize - Response to Covid-19 Pandemic Category
Abul Kalam
Abul, 35, hails from Borgozbill in Maungdaw. He has been a refugee for 28 years. He also won the Second Prize in "Photo series" category.
First Prize - Photo Series Category
Norul Ameen
Ameen, 48, comes from Tumbru, Dekhubuniya, Maungdaw, Myanmar. He used to be an agriculturalist and owned a fishery project. He has been a refugee three times in his life. First was in 1978, then again in 1992, and now since 2017 on No Man’s Land refugee settlement.
Read the report of the ceremony on Dhaka Tribune here.
