Dhaka, Sept 15 – Terming it a dangerous ‘black law’, BNP on Saturday urged the people of all walks of life to put up a strong resistance against ‘Digital Security Bill, 2018.
Category: Fundamental Rights
Parents complain of detectives picking up 12 boys on Sept 5
Dhaka, Sept 9 – A group of parents and guardians held a press conference yesterday in where they claimed their sons were picked up by the Detective Branch of police on the early morning of September 5.
Trump has 4 or 5 suspects for anonymous op-ed writer in NYT
Washington, Sept 8 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump says he can identify up to five people who could have written the anonymous New York Times opinion piece criticizing his leadership.
Reuters reporters jailed for 7 years in Burma: Protests galore
Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law while reporting on a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, fuelling international outrage a week after the army was accused of genocide.
Myanmar seeking donation to resolve Rohingya crisis
Dhaka, Sept 2 – Though Myanmar apparently delaying Rohingya repatriation process, it is seeking donation through its missions abroad to give what it says a helping hand in resolving the Rakhine State issue. “To donate even a little, donors are kindly…
No substitute to filters to keep media free: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said today “to keep the media free of trash of yellow journalism, lie, provocation, vulgarity, chitchat and truncated information there was no choice to having an efficient sift.”
PM’s niece, British MP Tulip demands Shahidul Alam’s release
Dhaka, Aug 28 – Tulip Siddiq, a British member of parliament and niece of prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has urged her aunt to release photojournalist Shahidul Alam, according to a report run by a United Kingdom daily, The Times.
BNP’s Amir Khosru gets anticipatory bail
Dhaka, Aug 27 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court Monday granted ad-anticipatory bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in two cases filed over ‘instigating’ the student movement over road safety and ‘conspiring’ against…
New AI leader with a vision to redefine human rights
By IPS Correspondents Johannesburg/UN, Aug 21 2018 (IPS) – The human rights movement must be bigger, bolder, and more inclusive if we are to tackle today’s challenges, said Amnesty International’s first South Afric a Secretary-General.
US will cut $200m aid to Gaza, West Bank
US President Donald Trump has ordered more than $200m (£155m) in economic aid which was to be allocated to Gaza and the West Bank be redirected elsewhere. A State Department official said the decision was made after a review “to…
Minor domestic help for livelihood, now fights for life
A ten-year-old girl is fighting for life at the district’s Sadar Hospital after being reportedly abused massively during her employment earlier as a domestic help in Dhaka.
Why strengthening land rights strengthens development
by Mahmoud Mohieldin, Anna Wellenstein Washington, DC – For most of the world’s poor and vulnerable people, secure property rights, including land tenure, are a rarely accessible luxury. Unless this changes, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be impossible to…
Chilling accounts of torture, deaths in Iraq – HRW
Investigate Abuse During Interrogations in Mosul Beirut – Two former detainees and the father of a man who died in detention have provided details of ill-treatment, torture, and death in facilities run by the Iraqi Interior Ministry in the Mosul…
Two UNICEF awards for PM’s stance against early marriage
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today received two international awards given by the UNICEF in recognition to her government’s campaign against early marriage.
UN Rights chief criticises Serb rejection of 1995 Massacre report
The parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s self-governing Serb Republic has voted to reject a 2004 report on the Srebrenica massacre. The United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has publicly criticized the decision. He said it will likely harm…
LPG stoves to save remaining forests near refugee camps
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Aug 17 2018 (IOM) – A major environmental project to provide around 250,000 families with liquid petroleum gas (LPG) stoves and gas cylinders has been launched by UN agencies and the government in…
Jukta Front to carry out countrywide campaign for democracy
Dhaka, Aug 15 – Jukta Front, led by Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury, will carry out a mass campaign and hold mass rallies across the country in September to mobilise public support against ‘undemocratic’ forces.
Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis
Yangon, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country’s culpability for activities that caused 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety last year.
HC orders govt to ascertain if Shahidul Alam was tortured
Dhaka, Aug 9 – The High Court on Thursday ordered the home secretary to make arrangements for further examining on whether noted detained photographer Shahidul Alam was tortured physically or mentally in the custody of detective branch.
Stop repression on students, journos, HR workers: Statement
Dhaka, Aug 9 – A total of 69 leading academics, lawyers, rights activists, filmmakers, media personalities and cultural activists of Bangladesh in a joint statement have demanded the government to stop repression on students, academics, journalists and human rights activists…
Israel’s criminal behaviour
By Chandra Muzaffar The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. Reports suggest that some of the victims…
Arrested photographer Shahidul Alam taken to hospital
Dhaka, Aug 8 – Following the High Court order, Drik Gallery Managing Director Shahidul Alam was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) hospital for medical treatment on Wednesday morning.
Global rights group slams BD government for attacks
Dhaka, Aug 7 (AP/UNB) — A global human rights group has accused authorities in Bangladesh of using abusive measures in handling a student-led protest calling for safer roads.
Release photographer, end crackdown on student protests: AI
Dhaka, Aug 6 – The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes policemen on 5 August 2018 after giving an interview to Al-Jazeera English on the current wave…
Drik Gallery MD Shahidul Alam detained for Facebook posts
Dhaka, Aug 5 – Detectives detained Shahidul Alam, Managing Director of Drik Gallery and Chairman of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, here on Sunday night.
‘NRC will be implemented in Assam: BJP chief Amit Shah’
‘Shah said the process for NRC, whose mandate is to identify illegal immigrants, was started in 2005 when the UPA was in power, but the government lacked the courage “to throw out Bangladeshis.” ‘New Delhi: Exclusion of 40 lakh people…
Dhaka wants UNSC meeting Monday to deliver on Rohingya issue
Dhaka, July 22 – Bangladesh wants the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to deliver on Rohingya issue to have a sustainable solution to the crisis as the body having responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security sits on…
Budget not favourable for equity: Experts
Speakers in a budget reaction programme on Monday claimed that the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 is not favourable for equity and inclusive development.