Incidents of violence abound in Bangladesh the last few days of hartal. Analysts of news and many reporters have been eager to pin all the blame on the activists of the opposition in perpetration of violence. Little reported is the fact that Awami League (ruling party) cadres along with police have often tried to use …
Category Archive: HR abuses 2013-14
Nov 02
Awami oppression case study: 12 arrested and the ensuing media spin & propaganda
12 people were arrested by the security forces in Moghbazar in the capital on the 28th of October. Among the arrested were two families of Jamaat e Islami thana level officials and Shibir activists. Police reported that they arrested the 12 people on the basis of ‘secret’ information that they were planning to carry out …
Oct 16
BUET Shibir leader victim of Chatra League and Police injustice
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) is one of the most prestigious public universities in Bangladesh. Haven to some of the brightest minds in the engineering field in Bangladesh, it is well known for attracting some of the best talent in the country, and as such is a target for student organizations who try …
Sep 21
I Demand the Removal of the NIQAB BAN at BRAC University
On the 12th of September, students wearing niqab were banned from BRAC University, one of the topmost universities in Bangladesh. This was declared as being due to violation of the dress code issued by the university in question. BRAC University authorities imposed the ban by blocking the ID’s of the said students. According to a …
Aug 31
In protest against continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan
A generation is passing through queer times in Bangladesh. Values generally deemed sacred are now playthings in the hands of the elite in this small South Asian nation. Human rights, often taken to be among the most basic of universal rights, seem to have taken on a whole new meaning. So has that tenet on …
Aug 29
On this 115th day, I demand a free Diganta
In the midst of a shut down on its broadcasting services, private television channel Diganta Television completed the fifth year since its commencement into the television media scene in Bangladesh. Diganta Television officially started its journey on the 28th of August 2008 at a ceremony held in present day Bangabandhu International Convention Centre where erstwhile …
Aug 27
Shawkat Afsar: Victim of state sponsored Shibir-o-phobia narrative in Bangladesh
With the arrest of Shawkat Afsar, the police seem to have tried to create another ‘Joj Mia’ drama, lamented his maternal uncle and Cox’s Bazaar Zila Awami League Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Badiul Alam. Arrested for delivering a letter in which he allegedly threatened to bomb and blow up the Egyptian embassy, Shibir …
Aug 18
Shibir-o-phobia, the forced narrative in Bangladesh
It is fair to say that Bangladesh is in a grip of a phobia. I would personally like to label it as Shibir-o-phobia, which I characterize to be the unreasonable fear of Shibir / Bangladesh Islami Chatra Shibir. Take for example the cases below, Case Study-1: The Daily Star, in its somewhat presumptive articleheaded, “Shibir …
Aug 12
Free Human Rights defender Adilur Rahman NOW!!!
Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, one of the most respected human rights defenders in Bangladesh,was arrested on the 10th of August from his residence in Dhaka by officers from the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) . He is the Secretary of Odhikar, a prominent human rights organisation in the country, known for its …
Aug 05
Chatra League leader freed on bail in a month after arrest for murder
The prime suspect in the case of twin murders in a clash over a railway tender bid in Chittagong, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Saiful Alam Limon was released on bail on the 4th of August 2013. Media reported that the BCL Central Committee Assistant Secretary walked out of Chittagong Central Jail on Sunday afternoon. The …
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