Police have arrested 6 employees of the widely popular monthly children’s entertainment magazine, the Kishore Kantha from its offices at Paltan in Dhaka including its assistant editors. This comes at a time when the government at Bangladesh is facing widespread criticism by governments and rights advocacy groups for its clampdown on the media, especially through …
Category Archive: HR abuses 2013-14
Mar 10
The Real Terrorists in Bangladesh
In a blitzkrieg of a remark, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan defended the security forces on Saturday, at a dialogue organised by the BBC Bengali Service in Dhaka nonetheless. In response to BNP Vice Chairman Hafizuddin Ahmed’s question: “Isn’t the basic right of a man to live is denied by the crossfire?”, the minister replied: “Of …
Dec 27
Chatro League is wide scale perpetrator of eveteasing, pornography and cyber crime : Case Studies
Manabzamin, 22nd December 2013 3 Female students of DU victim of Chhatra League’s eve teasing Link: http://mzamin.com/details.php?mzamin=Mzk5Nw%3D%3D&s=MQ%3D%3D 3 female students from the faculty of Fine Arts in DU (Dhaka University) were reported to be victims of eve teasing by the Chhatra League (the student wing of the ruling party Awami League). Another student along with …
Dec 26
Sylhet Shibir Publicity Secretary Sohel crippled by inhuman Police torture
So what is a good way of transforming a healthy lively meritorious student leader into a cripple in the minimum time possible through inhuman torture? The OC of Kotwali Police station at Sylhet, Ataur Rahman Babul, apparently is an expert in doing so and has proved that by a recent example, resulting in a nationwide …
Dec 18
Azan and Prayers halted in Bangladesh district for fear of security forces crackdown
Nilphamari: After 5 people were killed and around 50 injured in a clash between Awami Leage coupled with Police against supporters of the 18 Party Alliance in Ramganj Bazar of the district, the unions of Tupamari and Lokkhichap have become deserted. The police have filed a case in this connection against 14 named and 1500 …
Dec 17
Awami League prime force behind recent violence in Bangladesh: The media speaks
Recent turmoil in Bangladesh has been a work of the Awami League, the ruling party of Bangladesh. At one end it is killing civilians and executing opposition leaders, both judicially and extrajudicially, at the other end it is setting fire to buses, temples and institutions of minorities, homes of opposition and even their own people …
Dec 09
Shahbag bus incident was carried out by the Awami League: A case study
The nation was rendered shocked at the incident by which a bus at Shahbag was firebombed, leaving 3 bus passengers dead till date and rendering more than 18 passengers with severe burn injuries on the evening of Thursday the 28thof November, 2013, the last day of the blockade program two weeks ago. The incident was …
Nov 19
Jamaat leader subject to disappearance by police state in Bangladesh
Mesbah Uddin Ahmad Nayeem (33), a council member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Turag thana and managing director of Matrichaya Housing Limited, has was reportedly abducted by men claiming to be police from the Detective Branch. He is still missing. Mesbah Uddin’s family was carried off from his house located at sector no.13 of Uttara in the capital …
Nov 16
Debunking the Daily Star yellow journalism: Awami League behind communal attacks at Pabna
A furor was created a few days ago when major media outlets, including the Daily Star, published reports of attacks on the Hindu minority at Pabna at Bonogram bazaar in Santhia upazila, about 40 kilometres from Pabna sadar. The Daily Star reported that the attacks originated from postings on a facebook page where people inflamed …
Nov 16
Poet Motiur Rahman Mollick named in vandalism case 3 years after his death!!!
Well known poet, songwriter and cultural personality Motiur Rahman Mollick passed away almost three years ago. Shockingly however, it was discovered that he was among those named in a hartal related case at Mohammadpur thana, something which has led to a storm of public criticism against police for this inexplicable ineptitude. Mohammadpur thana police filed …
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