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The trial of Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP leaders in Bangladesh as war criminals has divided the Muslim country. Supporters of the ruling Awami League government alleged the arrested opposition leaders were behind the killings, rapes ................. for more |
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Mass killing and Genocide in Bangladesh on 28th February,
2013 Call it International Day for Demanding Justice |
| A Bangladeshi citizen |
Bangladesh, a country of South Asia, has experienced the highest number of civilian killing recorded ever in the history by the state agency for protesting a controversial verdict. At least 81 have been killed, including 4 police men, ................. for more |
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| Bangladesh justice: damned if you do, damned if you don't |
| Toby M. Cadman 5 March 2013 |
"One must ask what is the point in a trial where the only acceptable result is execution": have politics irreversibly stolen fair and impartial justice from the victims of the 1971 War of Liberation?" ................. for more |
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| Tahrir Square to Shahbag Square |
| F R Chowdhury |
In Middle-East and North African Arab world, a number of corrupt dictators have been ruling for long. In some countries they are referred to as President but let there be no illusion. They are all equal dictators sometime in disguise of being an ................. for more |
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| Bangladesh's war-crimes trials |
| Bloodletting after the fact |
| Economist report |
THE immediate effect of the latest verdict from the “International Crimes Tribunal” was the worst single day of political violence in the history of modern Bangladesh. Actually a domestic court, the tribunal is tasked with trying the men ................. for more |
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| The BHRC expresses grave concern at the verdict in the Sayedee case. BHRC is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. |
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| Following its two statements of November 16th and December 14th 2012 in which the Bar Human Rights Committee (“BHRC”) raised serious concerns as to procedural and substantive flaws in the conduct of the trial of Delwar Hossein .................for more |
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| A Letter to New York Times Editor |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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I refer to your news story titled "Islamist’s Death Sentence Sets Off Riots in Bangladesh" athttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/world/asia/islamic-leader-sentenced-to-death-in-bangladesh.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1................for more |
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| Letter to Sheikh Hasina |
| By Dr. Ali Alghamdy |
| Your Excellency, let me introduce myself to you as a Saudi diplomat who visited Bangladesh before it became independent. I was dispatched in the 1960s by the Saudi government to Chittagong to issue Bangladeshi pilgrims Haj visas...............for more |
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| The verdict of death penalty on Sayeedi is the worst form of injustice |
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| Expressing his reaction to the verdict of the death sentence on the war crimes accused Jamaat leader Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, the chief of defence counsel Barrister Abdur Razzaq said: “According to the evidence and information..............for more |
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| Tribunal verdict: A political vendetta |
| Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi
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| In a previous article, I drew attention to a verdict issued by Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal. The International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Abul Kalam Azad to death in absentia in its first verdict on those accused of committing..............for more |
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| Sheikh Hasina’s rendezvous with Shahbagh’s blog blasphemers |
| Shimul Chaudhury
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| It is now widely reported in the online and print media that Shahbagh movement blogger activists have been making obscene remarks on Allah, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the Qur’an for a very long time. In a Taslima Nasrin style..............for more |
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| Lion and Fox: Tahrir and Shahbagh |
| Shimul Chaudhury
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| Yes, Shahbagh rally will be compared to Egypt’s Tahrir square revolution if we can give the status of a lion to a fox. Another way we can equate Shahbagh gathering with the Tahrir uprising is by dismantling our existing linguistic order.. ............for more |
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| Protesters at Shahbagh in Bangladesh backed by India |
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| NEW DELHI: The protesters at Shahbagh, a busy intersection in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, have probably their strongest support from neighbour India. ............for more |
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| Bangladesh: Post-Trial Amendments Taint War Crimes Process |
| Protesters, Security Forces Should Exercise Restraint |
| (New York) – Retroactive legislation that violates fair trial standards undermines the legitimacy of the work of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The amendments were offered ............for more |
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| The Economist sued by Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal |
| By nivritchari |
| The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh has issued a notice to the UK based newsweekly The Economist on Thursday 6 December. The tribunal’s chief Justice Nizamul Huq Nasim has directed The Economist ............for more |
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| Bangladesh: Investigate Alleged Abduction of War Crimes Witness |
| Human Rights Watch, November 13, 2012 |
| (New York) – The Bangladeshi authorities should urgently investigate the alleged abduction on November 5, 2012, of a witness at the gates of the war crimes court in Dhaka. Shukho Ranjon Bali, ............for more |
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| ZIA: The thankless role in saving democracy in Bangladesh |
| Corruption and stealing threaten a once-vibrant nation |
| By Begum Khaleda Zia |
| Will 2013 be a watershed in U.S.-Bangladeshi relations? My country of 150 million people, located between India and Myanmar, has been independent since 1971, when the United States was one of the first nations to recognize our right to ............for more |
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| Lion and Fox: Tahrir and Shahbagh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
| Yes, the Shahbagh rally of February 2013 can be compared to Egypt’s Tahrir square revolution if we can give the status of a lion to a fox. Another way we can equate Shahbagh gathering with the Tahrir uprising is by dismantling our existing linguistic............for more |
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| Attacks on Islamic personalities and human rights violations in Bangladesh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
| [Exclusive to New Trend from Dhaka.] |
| Among the Muslim-majority countries, Bangladesh has the third largest Muslim population. It is one of the poorest, but most potential, Muslim countries. The entire population of the country is now roughly about 160 million, of which about 90%............for more |
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| The licensed foolery of misguided youths: The anatomy of February 2013 Shahbagh rally |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
| Frantz Fanon (1925 - 1961) was a Martinique-born French-Algerian psychiatrist, intellectual and revolutionary writer who is a big name among the students of humanities and social sciences. Two of his foundational books are: Black Skin, White Masks ............for more |
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| Political hate-campaign to hide socio-economic dissipation |
| Sadeq Khan |
| The country has gone through a punishing couple of days of hartal and violent disturbance, during and following the day when the “International Crimes Tribunal” of Bangladesh delivered its second judgment on February 5 against a political leader . ............for more |
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| The Daily Star Terror on Jamaat-Shibir |
| By Shimul Chaudhury, Canada |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam is a legitimate political force having representation in all parliaments since the country’s independence in 1971. Its student wing, Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir is the country’s largest and most organized. ............for more |
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| An important book on Bangladesh war crimes issue |
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| Celebrating the denial of justice |
| Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi |
February 06, 2013 |
| I read with astonishment and surprise an article published by the Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star on Sunday. The article entitled “Why should we celebrate this verdict?”............for more |
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Anwar Ibrahim statement
Trial of Jamaat Islami Leaders: Stop Persecution |
9 February 2013 |
| We note with great concern the trial in Bangladesh of seven leaders of the Islamic group (Jamaat-e-Islami) on politically motivated charges and conducted in a manner that contravenes international standards for a just and fair trial............for more |
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| Why are Bangladeshi ministers silent about BSF brutalities? |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| After the Palestine-Israel territory, the Bangladesh-India border is the second site in today’s world map to be riven with border killings. The difference is that, while the world closely watches the border killings of the former, it turns a complete blind ...........for more |
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| Restrictions all around |
| Guests 'not allowed' in hotels, apartments, bachelors' messes |
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| A hotel in Naya Paltan in the capital closes its collapsible gate and hangs a sign that it is closed between March 9 and March 12, the day opposition BNP is to hold its rally in the area. ...........for more |
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| Why such brutalities on our men? |
| by Maswood Alam Khan |
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| It was in a video clip available in the YouTube where you can see how 22-year old Habibur Rahman, a poor man from Chapainawabganj district, was tortured by BSF personnel as he could not meet their demand for a torch,. ...........for more |
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| Sheikh Hasina Deserves No Compliments From The People of Bangladesh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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I read Daily Star (Dhaka) Editor Mahfuz Anam's "Underlying meaning of war crimes trial: Giving Sheikh Hasina her due" (Daily Star, 14 Jan 2012) with deep interest. He offers generous accolades to Sheikh Hasina for the arrest of the veteran political ...........for more |
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| Laxmipur, Chandpur |
| 4 killed as cops fire on BNP men |
| 100 policemen among 450 injured countrywide; half-day hartal called in the towns today |
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Several law enforcers charge truncheons on an opposition workers in Laxmipur town yesterday after BNP-Jamaat activists brought out a procession there. At least two people died in what the opposition parties called police excess. Photo: Focus BanglaStar Report................for more |
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| Prosecute BSF for torture, HRW tells India |
| Says recent abuse cases reinforce need to enact Prevention of Torture Bill |
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A still from a video footage showing BSF men brutally torturing a Bangladeshi citizen near Murshidabad border on December 9 last year. Star Online Report................for more |
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| India: Prosecute Security Forces for Torture |
| Recent Abuse Cases Reinforce Need to Enact Prevention of Torture Bill |
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(New York) – The Indian government should prosecute members of the security forces for recent high-profile cases of torture, to send a message that such practices will no longer be tolerated, Human Rights Watch said today................for more |
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Politics in Bangladesh
Turbulent house |
| The army claims to have thwarted a coup |
| Jan 28th 2012 | DELHI | from the print edition |
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IT WAS, says Gowher Rizvi, a close adviser to Bangladesh’s prime minister, “very quickly nipped in the bud”. He was talking of a coup plot foiled by the army. The schemers—16 were involved, and some are on the run—included ...............for more |
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| Human Rights Watch report on Bangladesh, January 2012. |
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The Awami League government failed to use its significant parliamentary mandate in 2011 to push through policies to ensure strong protections of human rights. Instead of
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| Sheikh Hasina Deserves No Compliments From The People of Bangladesh |
| By Shimul Chaudhury |
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I read Daily Star (Dhaka) Editor Mahfuz Anam's "Underlying meaning of war crimes trial: Giving Sheikh Hasina her due" (Daily Star, 14 Jan 2012) with deep interest. He offers generous accolades to Sheikh Hasina for the arrest of the . . .............for more |
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| Amartya Sen’s advice to Bangladesh: questions and misgivings |
| By Shimul Chaudhury |
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My impression about the many Indian academics and intellectuals I have met at various international conferences and seminars is not very good. Unfortunately, most of them seem to be unreasonably biased against Bangladesh. .............for more |
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| Felani Exposes Hypocrisies |
| By Shimul Chaudhury |
News from Bangladesh, 12 Jan 2012
http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=374338 |
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On 7 January 2011, a poor Bangladeshi teenage girl named Felani was brutally murdered by the elite Border Security Force (BSF) of the powerful neighbor India in the border region. Hundreds of such deaths have occurred over the last decade .............for more |
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| India's Border Security Force Tragedy Exposed |
| By Shimul Chaudhury |
News Blaze, January 10, 2012
Op-Ed Contributor |
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On 7th January 2011, a poor Bangladeshi teenage girl named Felani was brutally murdered by the elite Border Security Force (BSF) of the powerful neighbor India in the border region. Hundreds of such deaths have occurred over the last decade partly.............for more |
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| Are Indian Intellectuals Unreasonably Biased Against Bangladesh? |
| By Shimul Chaudhury |
News Blaze
http://newsblaze.com/story/20120105085325shch.nb/topstory.html
Published: January 05, 2012
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My impression about the many Indian academics and intellectuals I have met at various international conferences and seminars is not very good. Unfortunately, most of them seem to be unreasonably biased against Bangladesh. .
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| Alarming rise in disappearances |
| Extra-judicial killings declined last year, says rights body Odhikar |
Daily Star, Dhaka, 8 January 2012:
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=217466 |
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While there has been a fall in incidents of extra-judicial killings, the number of 'enforced disappearances' allegedly at the hands of law enforcers saw an alarming rise last year, the rights group Odhikar said yesterday.
Revealing its Human Rights Report 2011, the organisation termed the country's overall human rights situation in 2011 “disappointing”, noting that violence on women and journalists had also registered a rise.
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| Felani was denied her right to live |
The Financial Express, Dhaka, 8 January 2012:
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=92986&date=2012-01-08
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When you read or hear a story or view a scene or a picture, a movie should evolve in your mind. You reflexively make a mental picture in your brain of what you view and hear. These are your own sensory images. None of us has ever seen the paradise or the hell we are told we will face in our afterlife; still, we form a mental picture of what the . ........... for more |
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| Directorate General Force Intelligence (DGFI) Abducted Me (Major Zia, 41 BMA L/C) |
| Blog Report By a Bangladesh Military Officer on his own abduction |
| By Major Zia, 41 BMA L/C Bangladesh Army |
http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=373799 |
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| I was told that I am attached to Log Area, Dhaka Cantonmeny area with immediate effect. While I was going there after receiving the information from MIST authority, DGFI abducted me from Savar(Outskirt of Dhaka ) bus stand -3 nights before,...............for more |
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| MP Kamal Majumder assaults TV reporter |
| Tortures on journalists and attacks on the media go on as Sheikh Hasina is in the fourth year of her misrule |
The Daily Star, Dhaka, 4 January 2012:
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=216910 |
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Ruling Awami League lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder assaulted a female television journalist at Monipur High School and College at Mirpur in the capital yesterday...............for more |
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| Disappearance, secret killings worry ASK |
Daily Star, Dhaka, 2 January 2012
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=34800 |
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Star Online Report
Rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expressed concern Sunday saying the numbers of mysterious disappearances and secret killings had increased in 2011 compared to the previous years.
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| Rally held without DMP permission |
Daily Star, Dhaka, 30 Dec 2011:
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=216319
An example of lawlessness of the ruling Awami League party |
A Jessore BNP leader was found dead by Dhaka-Mymensingh highway yesterday, a day after he was abducted from the capital's Mohammadpur area. The dead, Nazmul Islam, was finance secretary of Jessore district BNP. He was driving............. for more |
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| BNP leader killed after abduction |
| Hartal called for tomorrow in Jessore over murder of district leader |
Daily Star, Dhaka, 16 December 2011
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A Jessore BNP leader was found dead by Dhaka-Mymensingh highway yesterday, a day after he was abducted from the capital's Mohammadpur area. The dead, Nazmul Islam, was finance secretary of Jessore district BNP. He was driving
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| Awami Scapegoating |
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Narsingdi Mayor Killing
Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused
Drama over recording family's case with Narsingdi police; Khokon is not accused by the family
Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, the younger brother of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, and 13 others were implicated last night in the murder of Narsingdi mayor Lokman Hossain, after a long drama over filing a case.
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| A Tale of Sheikh Hasina's Favorite |
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Shamim back to his old self
Warns 'opponents' of dire consequences; slams EC, media
Shamim Osman, the Awami League-backed mayoral candidate defeated at the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls last week, yesterday warned that anyone intimidating his loyalists would face dire consequences..............for more
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| Awami Politics of Dead Body: A Crude Example |
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Narsingdi Mayor Killing
Minister Raju's brother, 13 others accused
Drama over recording family's case with Narsingdi police; Khokon is not accused by the family
Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, the younger brother of Posts and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, and 13 others were implicated last night in the murder of Narsingdi mayor Lokman Hossain, after a long drama over filing a case.
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| Judge or Awami Cadre? |
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Biman's flight delayed for altercation on plane
Staff Correspondent
Departure of a Singapore-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines was delayed yesterday by 37 minutes at Shahjalal International Airport due to a chaotic incident on the plane over seating in business class of a member of the higher judiciary .
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| Killers are not killers! |
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Daily Star, Dhaka, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Here were scores of transport workers cheerfully hurling shoes at a portrait of one-time thespian Ilias Kanchan, in their frenzy to demonstrate the contempt in which they held him. It did not occur to them or to those who had organised the "grand" rally ..... for more |
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| Forced disappearance on increase |
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| Forced disappearances of people, mostly opposition leaders and activists, after allegedly being picked up by law enforcers are on the rise, panicking people and making rights defenders concerned. ...............for more |
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| Appeal to the International Community to Put Pressures on Bangladesh Government to End Human Rights Violations |
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A Group of Bangladeshi Citizens |
| We’d like to draw your kind attention to the undemocratic and totalitarian practices of the current regime of Bangladesh, especially to its dangerous culture of disappearances and extra-judicial killings, infringement of the freedom of speech and ...............for more |
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Rights worry over 'disappearances'
17 'vanished' in 9 months |
The Daily Star, Dhaka, Monday, October 3, 2011
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=204970
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Open Letter to Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister,
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
Friday September 30 2011 13:25:49 PM BDT
http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=367124 |
Dear Prime Minister,
I am William Gomes, human rights activist and journalist. Journalists in Bangladesh are frequently subjected to physical assault, harassment, and intimidation as the country has been wracked by political and criminal violence.............for more |
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| Death of Lawyer |
| Ahmed was tortured in police custody |
| Versions of witnesses, family contradict claims of cops |
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| MU AhmedM Rahman and Shaheen Mollah Contrary to police claims, The Daily Star found that pro-BNP lawyer MU Ahmed was tortured in police custody and he was in detention for at least three hours on August 11, during which he suffered.............for more |
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Do Islamic Groups in Bangladesh Have
Democratic Rights to Do Politics? |
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Political culture in Bangladesh has never been healthy ever since the birth of the country in 1971. Politics of fear and intimidation was inaugurated in Bangladesh by the very first regime that established an elite terrorist militia force . . ................. for more |
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| August 15, 1975 and August 15, 2011: the Contrast! |
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Obaid Chowdhury
New York, USA |
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August 15 this year has just gone by but the mourning continues. Living outside the country, I had the privilege to watch the day’s events over Bangla TV channels. Most of them transmitted the government owned BTV programs. . ................. for more |
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20 teachers injured in BCL attack |
bdnews24.com
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=202971&cid=10 |
Mymensingh, Aug 8 (bdnews24.com) – At least 20 teachers of Bangladesh Agricultural University have received injuries in an attack by the activists of pro-government Bangladesh Chhatra League................. for more |
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Lawlessness and Manipulation of Law Still
Prevalent in Bangladesh |
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(New York) - The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the border with Bangladesh,................ for more |
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| India: New Killings, Torture at Bangladeshi Border |
| Revised Instructions from Delhi Not Stamping Out Abuses |
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(New York) - The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the border with Bangladesh,................ for more |
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| PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS |
| Is Awami League creating a 'terror raj'? |
| Ataus Samad |
President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman, has pardoned a man who was sentenced to death for committing one murder and life-term for two other killings. He has granted mercy to AHM Biplob, a son of ruling party leader Abu Taher of Laxmipur and............... for more |
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| Sheikh Hasina's Party Hooligans Turn Bangladesh Into 'Terror Zone' |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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People of Bangladesh have been terribly betrayed by Sheikh Hasina's Awami regime that seems to be more enthusiastic to please its near and distant masters than to look after the country's interests ................. for more |
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PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE DEFENCE TEAM REPRESENTING
MOULANA MOTIUR RAHMAN NIZAMI, ALI AHSAN MD. MUJAHID,
MOULANA DELWAR HOSSAIN SAYEDEE, MD. KAMRUZZAMAN AND
ABDUL QUADER MOLLAH BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES
TRIBUNAL, BANGLADESH. |
12th July 2011 |
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,
Assalamu Alaikum. We are grateful to you for attending this press conference despite
your tight schedule and .................for more |
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| Well-said, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh! |
| A Bangladeshi Citizen |
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| Commentators may interpret Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 29 June 2011 comment on Bangladeshi people as incautious and politically incorrect. However, my comprehension of Mr Singh forbids me to draw such a conclusion .................for more |
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| Police violence unfolds ugly side of AL's rule |
| Ataus Samad |
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In a brutal police action, opposition chief Whip Joynal Abedin Faruk was injured in the
early hours of the first day of the 48-hour hartal on Wednesday [6 July 2011]. |
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BCL factions clash at RU
Sharp weapons recovered from rooms; 2 held |
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Wielding weapons, activists of two BCL factions take on each other at Rajshahi University campus yesterday.
Inset, around hundred of lethal weapons were recovered from Bangabandhu Hall.
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| Pro-Indian Awami Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seems to be obsessed with her fight against the phantom of 'militants' in Bangladesh. We the Bangladeshis know very well who she wants to please by exaggerating the issue of 'militancy' in Bangladesh,. ..........for more |
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| Maulana Delwar Hussain Saidee has the largest following in Bangladesh. His criticism of the pro-Indian regime and his involvement in the legitimate Islamic political party Bangladesh Jamaat Islam have combinedly caused his unjust incarceration. While in custody, his health has been deteriorating. If such injustice were done to a secular leader, we would have seen wild violence on the street." |
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| Two reports on two Chief Justices and Daily Star’s Journalism |
| A Bangladeshi Citizen |
| The Bangladeshi English daily The Daily Star has a beautiful and meaningful motto, that is: “your right to know.” In other words, it assures us that it provides the full truth, not half-truths and half-facts. ..............for more |
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| Human Rights Monitoring Report: |
| April 01 – 30, 2011 |
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| Odhikar defends civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights of the people and as part of its mission, observes reports and analyses the human rights situation of Bangladesh. ..............for more |
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| Human rights in Bangladesh | Human Rights violation in bangladesh
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For protesting Sheikh Hasina's mistreatment of Bangladesh's only
Nobel laureate: Torture marks on GB staffer's body |
| Cops record case; Grameen Bank concerned |
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Police yesterday recorded a case in connection with abduction of a Grameen Bank official from the capital's Mirpur Friday evening and his release after four hours of torture allegedly by intelligence personnel. ..............for more |
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| Sheikh Hasina's politics of abduction and disappearance |
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Fazlul Haque Amini, chairman of an Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) faction, on Friday alleged that law enforcers abducted and released his son on prime minister’s order.
“It is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who ordered the abduction and release of my son,” .............. for more |
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Islamic Inheritance Law and Government-Linked
Feminists in Bangladesh |
Shimul Chaudhury |
A section of Western feminism is blamed for its complicity with imperialism, neo-colonialism, globalization and political domination. Its proponents generally use the dignified term of feminism, but what they actually do has little relevance to women’s .............. for more |
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| For refusing to offer flowers on an image of Sheikh Mujib…….. |
All those who have daughters know very well how much love they shower on them. Many university and college residential halls in Dhaka and other parts in Bangladesh are full of such daughters whom their parents sent to the cities . ................ for more |
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| Police Attack on A Peaceful Independence Day Rally: More than A Hundred Injured and 17 Arrested |
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Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir brought out a peaceful rally in the streets of Dhaka on Saturday 26 March 2011 to celebrate the country’s Independence Day. Without any provocation whatsoever, the police attacked the rally from behind. ................ for more |
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| Bangladesh: Disintegration and Decay |
A K M Mohiuddin |
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| There are grave reasons to worry about Bangladesh today. It seems that we have turned into a blind and heedless people – heedless of the consequences of what we are doing. . . .............for more |
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| BBC's Biased Reporting Spreads False Impression About Islam |
Shimul Chaudhury |
| News Blaze, 6 April 2011 |
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| I have an ambivalent relationship with the BBC news website. I cannot say that I hate the news agency. I visit it few times everyday though its biased reporting and its complicity with India's and West's agenda in Bangladesh are evident. . . .............for more |
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| "Trigger Happy" |
Excessive Use of Force by Indian Troops at the Bangladesh Border |
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This 81-page report documents the situation on the border region, where both Bangladesh and India have deployed border guards to prevent infiltration, trafficking, and smuggling. Human Rights Watch .............for more |
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| BBC Promotes 'Islamophobia' |
Shimul Chaudhury |
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In the last few years, many dreadful things happened in Bangladesh. Innumerable broad-daylight killings of opposition political leaders and activists by the police and by ruling party thugs. There were dozens of disappearances and subsequent killings .............for more |
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| 2010: A Year of Grave Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh |
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Strong political will and consensus is essential for stopping the relentless violations of human rights in Bangladesh, said academics, rights activists and politicians on Saturday.............for more |
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| Democracy’s Funeral in Bangladesh: From Wikileaks to Hillaryleak |
Shafik Rehman
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On 28 November 2010, website Wikileaks and its five international associates, namely, The New York Times, The Guardian, EI Pais, Der Spiegel and Le Monde, began to publish serially “Secret US Diplomatic Cables”. Worldwide repercussions ............for more |
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| Border killings and BSF promises |
Shimul Chaudhury |
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IN VIEW of the murders committed regularly by the Border Security Force of India in the border region, a two-day joint working group meeting was held between the home secretaries of Bangladesh and India . . ............for more |
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| An Open Letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina |
News Blaze, January 15, 2011
http://newsblaze.com/story/20110115083624zzzz.nb/topstory.html
Op-Ed Contributor |
Dear Prime Minister,
On Friday the 14th of January 2011, an activist of your party from Sher-e-Banglanagar in Dhaka was shot dead. The media reports suggest that the cause of the murder could be rivalry among your party men of that particular area. . ............ for more. |
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| BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted |
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http://www.alrc.net/doc/mainfile.php/hrc15/629/ |
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4, General Debate
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status
BANGLADESH: Increasing incidence of enforced disappearances being committed with impunity must be halted
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has previously made numerous submissions to the Human Rights Council (HRC) concerning a range of human rights issues in. ............ for more. |
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| Where is city councilor Chowdhury Alam ? |
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http://rumiahmed.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/where-is-city-councilor-mr-chowdhury-alam/ |
Posted by Rumi under Awami League, Bangladesh, Conspiracy, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Torture |
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On June 25, Friday elected Councillor Dhaka City Corporation and opposition leader, Mr Chowdhury Alam was arrested by the police. Per newspaper report, law enforcement men picked him up on his way home from s'. ............ for more. |
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Brutal tortures on MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury
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guardian.co.uk, Friday 31 December 2010 19.24 GMT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/31/bangladesh-britain-legal-challenge-torture |
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Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) received British training in 'investigative interviewing techniques'. ............ for more. |
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Home Minister’s Sex Business and My Roommate’s Decades Old Comment |
A Concerned Bangladeshi |
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On 22 December 2010, the online news outlet www.sheershanews.com reported that the police had arrested 39 prostitutes and clients from Dhaka’s Imperial Guest House that is owned by Bangladesh’s Home Minister Shahara Khatun............ for more.
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| Professor Muhammad Yunus Provides Success Stories to Bangladesh |
A Proud Bangladeshi |
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Go to any foreign country and talk to ordinary educated people, and they will tell you that they know Professor Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh. Visit any Grameen Check chain store, you will see one economic success story of Bangladesh..........for more.
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| Bangladesh Media Fails to Document BSF Killings |
By A Worried Bangladeshi |
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The ill-treatment of Bangladeshi people in the border regions by the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) can be compared to the sufferings of the Palestinians now in the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)..........for more.
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| Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Makes Insensible Statements |
By a concerned citizen |
News Blaze
Published: December 27, 2010
http://newsblaze.com/story/20101227161235zzzz.nb/topstory.html |
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To most of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's statements, my reaction as an ordinary citizen of Bangladesh ranges from bewilderment to laughter. Her recent grudge and invectives against the Nobel laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus caused shock waves ......... for more.
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| When will the BSF atrocities be headline news in Bangladesh media? |
by A Worried Bangladeshi |
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The ill-treatment Bangladeshi people in the border regions are receiving from the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) is comparable to the sufferings of the Palestinians in the hands of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). BSF’s border fencing and ......... for more.
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| Who will protect us? : Musings in the victory month of December |
Shimul Chaudhury |
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I came to know from a Daily Star (Dhaka, 10 Dec 2010) report titled “BSF routinely kills on border” that the US-based rights group the Human Rights Watch recently urged Bangladesh government toto “vigorously protect the right to life of its citizens”........ for more.
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| Post-modern razakars |
Shimul Chaudhury |
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I was born in post-1971 Bangladesh and started to be familiar with national politics and political debates in the late 1980s. The 1990s onwards has been the period of my political come-of-age. ..... click here for more.
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| Stalking, BCL and Feminism in Bangladesh |
| News from Bangladesh, Wednesday November 10 2010 |
| http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=340706 |
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Those who have a bit longer memory may recall the widespread wave of stalking and violence on women during the first Awami League regime (1972-1975). At that time people very close to the power structure teased and abducted ..... click here for more.
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| Public Universities in Bangladesh Discriminate Against Madrasa Students |
The Student Operated Press, USA
Published: November 6th, 2010 08:23 EST |
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This year again madrasa students have shown excellent results in the Kha-unit admission test of Dhaka University. Students securing 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th positions are all from madrasa education. Their scores in English and Bangla are also
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| BCL men attack police after stalker detained |
| Staff Correspondent. Chittagong |
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The New Age, Dhaka,
5 Nov 2010
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/nov/05/front.html#3 |
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| A sub-inspector was injured when a police patrol came under attack allegedly from activists of Chhatra League while detaining a youth on charge of stalking in Baizid area of the city on Wednesday night.
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| DU students face BCL wrath for not joining PM's reception |
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The Daily Star, Dhaka
Thursday, September 30, 2010
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=156593 |
Sufferings of Dhaka University Students |
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BCL activists kept first-year students of Shahidullah Hall of DU out in the open on Curzon Hall premises last night, as they did not join the PM's reception. The photo was taken today at 1:30am. Photo: Anisur Rahman.
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| [Awami League Student Wing] BCL factions attack Ramna Kali Temple |
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The New Age, Dhaka, 1 November 2010
http://www.newagebd.com/2010/nov/01/front.html#6
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Three Jagannath Hall residents arrested
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A faction of the Jagannath Hall unit Chhatra League in Dhaka University damaged two idols of the Ramna Kali Temple in Suhrawardy Udyan early Sunday because of infighting over extortion.
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| In Memoriam October 2006 and 2010 |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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People who were behind the broad-day-light killings of nearly a dozen unarmed men on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 28 October 2006 are in political power in Bangladesh now. For this very reason, perhaps, not many newspapers .........click here for more.
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Isn't it time we call ourselves blind ? |
| Mrinmoyee Rahman |
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Many of my fellow human beings can see this beautiful world with plain eyes, but I need the help of spectacles to enjoy the scenic beauty of what is around me. So people call me myopic.
All these days I used to envy those who can .........click here for more.
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| Two Tragedies, Two Treatments |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
News from Bangladesh, 18 October 2010
http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=338623 |
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It seems that October is a month in which we Bangladeshis need to be very careful and take extra security measures to protect ourselves from possible attacks and tragedies. On 28 October 2006, on the eve of the handover .........click here for more.
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Islamic Leaders Suffering in Bangladesh |
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Published: October 14th, 2010 21:39 EST
http://thesop.org/story/20101014/islamic-leaders-suffering-in-bangladesh.html |
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You cannot break us! You will fail!
For many months now, top most Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam leaders have been suffering in imprisonment. We all know very well that our beloved country Bangladesh is currently "........ .click here for more. |
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| The State of Rule of Law in Bangladesh |
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The Daily Star, Dhaka, 14 Oct 2010
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=158425 |
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| AL in power, no worries |
| Party lawmaker assures accused in Sanaullah murder case at Natore rally |
M Abul Kalam Azad and Bulbul Ahmed, from Natore
Awami League lawmaker of Baraigram-Gurudaspur constituency Abdul Quddus yesterday assured his party men accused in the BNP leader Sanaullah Noor Babu murder case of "trouble-free"..click here for more.
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| 'AL Men' Attack BNP Procession |
Sanaullah Noor Babu |
| Boraigram upazila chairman killed |
| BNP calls hartal on Sunday in Natore |
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| Awami League activists yesterday [08 October 2010] beat to death Sanaullah Noor Babu, BNP-backed chairman of Boraigram upazila, during a BNP procession in Bonpara Bazar, Natore. .........click here for more. |
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| Bangladesh’s President or Awami League’s President? |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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In the run-up to general elections, we as citizens tend to maintain extreme political affiliations and launch tireless campaign for our preferred parties. However, ideally, after elections when we have a new government, .........click here for more.
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Bangladesh’s President or Awami League’s President? |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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In the run-up to general elections, we as citizens tend to maintain extreme political affiliations and launch tireless campaign for our preferred parties. However, ideally, after elections when we have a new government, .........click here for more.
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Chasing a Mirage of Optimism |
| Mrinmoyee Rahman |
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I have always been an advocate of optimism and positive thinking. I believe in our short life, there is no way to undermine the need of remaining happy – and the only way to remain happy is to think positive, be positive and act positive. .........click here for more.
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| Brutal attack on college principal by AL men |
'Daily Star', Dhaka, 28 September 2010
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=156202 |
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Torture victim Md Abu Taher, principal of Tabalchhari Green Hill College in Matiranga upazila, undergoing treatment at Khagrachhari Sadar Adhunik Hospital. Photo: STAR Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari .........click here for more.
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| Media Towards Muslims: Should This Double Standard Be So Naked? |
| Farjana Mahbuba |
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That was the first time I met this professor, in a post-graduate gathering. Being a fresh PhD student, I was very nervous. Moreover, I had just arrived in Australia a year ago, my ears weren`t yet used to the Aussie English Accent. .........click here for more.
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| Madrasa Students’ Admission at Public Universities:
Is it all about Bangla and English? |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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After Dhaka University, it is now Jahangirnagar University. Madrasa students’ door to Bangladesh’s public universities is being narrower, and discrimination against them wider .........click here for more.
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| Does democracy have a choice? |
Firdaus Alya |
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Whether we like it or not, we have to admit the chaotic state of the world in which we are living today. Despite the chants of democracy and of human rights in every corner of the world, and despite the "civilization` humans boastfully.........click here for more.
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| BCL men's barbaric act at RU |
A Correspondent, RU |
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In yet another incident Chhatra League activists shook Rajshahi University campus with their savagery.This time, they drove nails through a leg of a student in public branding him as a Shibir man.............click here for more.
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| DU Pro-VC accused of patronizing irregular appointments |
DU Correspondent |
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Dhaka University (DU) Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Harun-or-Rashid himself was explicitly patronising an unprecedented irregularity in recruiting teachers in the university. The malpractice was done in the meeting of the Selection Committee .......... click here for more. |
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| Is Shiekh Hasina on the path of Blairite democracy ? |
A Concerned Citizen |
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Tony Blair's recent Bangladesh visit, presumably facilitated by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, apparently went very well. However, the possible implications of the visit have left us, the ordinary people of the country, ............ click here for more. |
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| The State of Democracy and Political Freedom in Bangladesh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| The Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) currently in power in the country has a murky, mixed past. Though the party is generally given the credit of leading the liberation war of 1971, its democratic credentials are quite unimpressive and ............click here for more. |
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| BCL cadres beat 3 DU teachers |
| DU Correspondent |
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The New Nation (Dhaka, 11 August 2010)
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/08/11/news0115.htm |
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Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) cadres injured three teachers and five students of Dhaka University (DU) campus over a trifling matter yesterday evening on the campus. The injured teachers were Assistant Professor Siddiqur Rahman........... click here for more. |
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| Rise of Fascism in Bangladesh |
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EDITORIAL: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DOCKED IN BANGLADESH |
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AWAMI LEAGUE’S TRANSITION TO ONE-PARTY DICTATORSHIP (BKSAL) (1971-1975) |
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CLAIMS OF OWNERSHIP, POLITICS OF VENGEANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BANG BANGLADESH |
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AWAMI FASCISM: ATROCITIES KNOW NO BOUNDS |
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| Time’s news story titled “Bangladesh: Bringing a Forgotten Genocide to Justice” |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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Which Way Is Our Nation Going? |
| Mrinmoyee Rahman |
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It was the dream of a Digital Bangladesh that prompted us to vote the current Awami League government to power. We, the first-time voters, were shown dreams of a digital nation that would be more modern, up-to-date and . .............. click here for more. |
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| After our defense system, is it now our economy? |
A concerned citizen |
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People who love Bangladesh and have the deepest concern for the future of the country are still highly bewildered about the BDR carnage of 25 February 2009. This poor nation had to spend a lot to train those senior army personnel . .............. click here for more. |
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Tip of the Iceberg: A Partial Picture of Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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I am writing this note with a heavy heart and at a time when tyrannical rule is turning our beloved country of origin, Bangladesh, into a police state, as the regime is waging a war against democracy and against democratic institutions. .............. click here for more. |
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Living in Fear |
| Mrinmoyee Rahman |
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"Suffocating” seems to me the right word to explain how we are here in Bangladesh now. Bangladesh – an “Independent”, “Sovereign”, “Democratic” nation where everyone is supposed to have the free will to express .............. click here for more. |
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An Appeal to the International World and Human Rights Organizations
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| Shimul Chaudhury |
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I am writing this note with a heavy heart to draw your kind attention to the tyrannical rule that is turning my beloved country Bangladesh into a police state. The regime has waged an all-out war against democracy ............. click here for more. |
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Nizami’s Arms Training and Chhatra League |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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We have great writers in the Bangla language: Rabindranath, Nazrul, Farrukh, Al Mahmud, and the list goes on…. However, unfortunately, none of our famous past and present litterateurs is known as a satirist............. click here for more. |
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| It is about anything but the 1971 liberation war |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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By this time the people of Bangladesh have come to know very well that the blasphemy allegation against Jamaat leaders (who espouse to establish the Prophet’s way of life in Bangladesh) is not only unfounded and ............ click here for more. |
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| Genealogy of militancy in Bangladesh and some threatening worrie |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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During the last four-party coalition government, some sporadic and inept militant incidents occurred across Bangladesh, which left the country people utterly shocked and dumb-founded. Such incidents involving religious zeal had no place . ............ click here for more. |
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| Reasons for collective actions to shield Mahmudur Rahman from Awami regime's cruel exercise of power |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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It appears that Sheikh Hasina's government has a sinister plan to continue torturing editor Mahmudur Rahman in the name of legal proceedings. What is most worrying is that the Supreme Court ............. click here for more. |
Thoughts on BAKSAL, Mahmudur Rahman and the media |
Shimul Chaudhury, Dhaka |
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The first Awami regime after the birth of Bangladesh introduced a one-party political system in the country by banning all other political groups and shutting down all opposition news outlets. This is a fact and not a fiction. ................click here for more. |
The Road To BAKSAL |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
The forecast of the political weather of Bangladesh is not very good. The way the ruling regime Awami League is treating the opposition parties and stifling dissent voices reminds people of the BAKSAL ..... click here for more.
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BSF Killings and Bangladeshi Politics |
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| Shimul Chaudhury |
In Indian mytholodgy, a 'thug' was "one of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshiped Kali and offered their victims to her." I think this term is quite apposite to describe India's BSF....... click here for more. |
| We want action, not words |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
Misconducts of Chhatra League and of other Awami-affiliated organizations have reached to such a height of ferocity and have endangered public tranquility to such an extent that all in the country are highly petrified. .. ............ click here for more. |
| Silence of civil society |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
In current political and social debates, the term ‘civil society’ seems to have enjoyed something of a vogue. The role of civil society in Bangladesh provokes an interesting study for researchers. Here are some thoughts on it. ..... click here for more.
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| BSF kills yet another Bangladeshi : 22 killed in last 3 months, 102 in 13 months |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed one more Bangladeshi along Ohedpur border in sadar upazila in Chapainawab- ganj early Monday as the killing spree on Bangladesh border .. ..... click here for more.
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New polarization in Bangladeshi politics |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
The two-year semi-military rule, spanning from the end of the BNP-Jamaat government in 2006 and the assumption of power by the Awami League and a number of other allied parties in 2008, was an intervening period that facilitated . ........... click here for more. |
| Violation of Human rights and the threats to the due process of law, peace and justice in Bangladesh |
From Savebd desk: March 22, 2010 |
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The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, hold a news conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to call for . ..... click here for more. |
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| Freedom of expression in Bangladesh : the case of Abu Karim |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
Left-leaning and pro-AwamiLeague intellectuals and university teachers in Bangladesh have been typically vociferous on the debate of 'freedom of expression' on a regular basis. ........... click here for more. |
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| Test on patriotism |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| In Bangladeshi culture since the liberation war of 1971, there has not been any dearth of public display of patriotism. On different national days, political leaders and intellectuals compete with each others in critiquing an erstwhile villain, .click here for more. |
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| Concerns for civil rights in Bangladesh and a consistency check! |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| In February 2010 only, thirteen political murders occurred in Bangladesh and almost all involving people of the ruling party, Awami League (AL).Twelve of those murders went largely unnoticed and ..............click here for more. |
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| Thoughts on RU Incident: Untold Facts |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| Irresponsible, undemocratic and dictatorial statements of government ministers and what Awami-Chhatra-Jubo League cadres have been doing all over Bangladesh over the death of a student at Rajshahi University on 9 Feb 2010 ..............click here for more. |
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| DU Authority's Crusade Against Madrasah Students |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| Madrasah students in Bangladesh generally come from ordinary families and mostly from the rural areas. Caricaturing them in the media and showing disrespect to them in society have considerably increased in the last few years, ..............click here for more. |
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| In Memoriam 28 October 2006 |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| People who were behind the broad-day-light killings of nearly a dozen unarmed men on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 28 October 2006 are in political power in Bangladesh now. ..............click here for more. |
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| Digital Rape in Analog Bangladesh |
| Shimul Chaudhury |
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| The most glamorous election promise with which the Awami League had tried to thrill and tantalize the people of Bangladesh prior to 29 December 2008 Election was 'digital Bangladesh .' . ..............click here for more. |
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