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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 …

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Aug 25

New terrorist outfit BEM based in house of local Awami League leader !

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday claimed that banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was operating in the country under a new name, BEM. The elite force arrested the three operatives of the BEM from a house at Thanthania in the district town on Thursday afternoon. While briefing reporters at the press conference, director …

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Aug 22

Reblog: The Chemical Attack & Massacre of Damascus #SyriaBleeds

Reblogging this from the following post: http://www.therevoltingsyrian.com/post/58902680033/the-chemical-attack-massacre-of-damascus Aug 21, 2013 – At approximately 3:00am this morning in Damascus, a year to the day after Obama’s infamous “red line” speech warning Assad about using chemical weapons, and as a specialized UN inspection team sleep in their hotels in Damascus, ostensibly there to investigate a CW attack 6 months …

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Aug 21

A story of The Ignorant Barrister and Human Rights Watch

Almost all parties with arguments for and against the International Crimes Tribunal which was set to try the war criminals of 1971 are unanimous in agreement that the government did not invest adequate resources in the materialization of the tribunal, whether through allocation of funds or the necessary expertise. Both sides have independently raised concerns …

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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 …

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Aug 17

A complete movement in Egypt: Where leaders lead from the front

Asma Beltagy (17) died at Rabaa, victim of a massacre of immense proportions. She was daughter of senior Brotherhood Leader and Freedom and Justice Party General Secretary Mohamed El-Beltagi. She was among more than 2200 proud martyrs who were decimated at Rabaa Al Adaweiyya square and Nahda Square. Asma Beltagy In the countrywide demonstrations that …

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Aug 16

Shibir activist Khalilur dreamt of becoming a barrister. A bullet ended it all.

Khalilur Rahman (22) dreamt of being a barrister. He dreamt of changing the society, of helping poor children to change their lives through education. His dreams were erased forever as a police bullet, which was meant to protect him, was used to kill him instead. The nation lost a son who wanted a better future …

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Aug 14

Why Sajeeb Wazed Joy needs to learn from history, and not be a chicken

Yesterday, out of nowhere, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Naati of the Jaati, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and grandson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman decided to post on his official page on facebook. With perfect timing designated to impress, Joy Babaji decided to dole out his statement on the arrest of the Secretary of Odhikar …

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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 …

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Aug 08

Bloodthirsty Awami League claim two more martyrs in Chittagong

Rasel and Parvez were like any other men, waiting to celebrate Eid with their families, sharing with them their joys and sorrows over this auspicious occasion. They were like you and me, waiting for the Holy month of Ramadan to end, waiting to rejoice, to pray and to go on with their lives. But what …

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