Robert J. Burrowes A new book, edited by Nick Buxton and Ben Hayes, both involved with The Transnational Institute, brings together a thoughtful collection of scholars, journalists and activists to explain the pre-eminence of the military and corporations in shaping…
The New-York Based Human Rights Wach has depicted a grim picture about Bangladesh. In its annual report 2016, HRW has said, the rights to freedom of speech and assembly are coming under sustained attack by Bangladesh’s increasingly authoritarian government. Bloggers…
Beirut – Saudi authorities carried out the largest mass execution in the country since 1980, putting 47 men to death on January 2, 2016. According to the Saudi state news agency, all of the men were convicted on terrorism charges,…
Antonio Ginatta The steps announced today by United States President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence are a welcome and necessary departure from years of inaction –a recognition that the US can and should act to protect citizens from gun-related…
A “National Dialogue onPromotion of Disabled Peoples’ Accessibility 2015” was held at VIP Lounge (1st Floor) of Bangladesh National Press Club, Dhaka on 30 December 2015, organized by Bangladesh Protbandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS) in cooperation with Bread for the World,…
At a law and order meeting convened by the Election Commission, several participants have proposed formulating a policy to regulate media reports related to the polls on election day. Election commissioners, officials from the home ministry, police, Border Guard Bangladesh…
Laura Pitter “Nothing like this has ever happened to me before,” said Sarker Haque, his face still black and blue from the beating. “I’ve lived here all these years and never, in this community? Never have I ever experienced anything…
By Sugam Pokharel, CNN Dhaka (CNN) She’s known as “Happy” but when Mahfuza Akhter was found bruised and crying in the streets of Dhaka she was anything but. The 11-year-old former live-in maid of one of Bangladesh’s cricketing heroes is…
December 10– This Human Rights Day, AIPP joins the global yearlong campaign “Our Rights. Our Freedom. Always.” for the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and…
Human rights in Bangladesh have ‘sunk below zero’, Khaleda Zia has said, expressing her concern. The BNP chairperson urged everyone to unite to ‘restore’ democracy and take the nation out of the current situation. She made this appeal on Wednesday…
It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…
Parliament Should Ensure New Powers Not Misused Paris – France should apply broad new powers granted under an expanded state of emergency law in as narrow and limited manner as possible to avoid trampling on human rights, Human Rights Watch…
Dhaka – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Friday said the government is not worried at all at the statement issued by Human Rights Watch calling for halting the execution of death-row convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed…
Kenneth Roth This past month has seen a sudden proliferation of horrific attacks on ordinary people apparently committed by the self-described Islamic State, or ISIS. Between the slaughter in Paris, the bombs in Beirut, Baghdad, and Ankara, and the downing…
The Sector Commanders’ Forum on Friday demanded withdrawal of its press statement by Amnesty International issued on October 27 or to correct it with suitable logical words. The Sector Commanders’ Forum, an organisation of the Bangladesh Liberation War veterans and…
Meenakshi Ganguly Rangoon – On November 8, the Burmese people will choose over 1,100 representatives to the country’s national parliament and state and regional assemblies. It is a massive exercise with over 6,000 candidates from 93 registered political parties in…
Dhaka – Two cases were filed on Monday in connection with the attacks on the owners of two publishing houses that left one dead and three others injured.
The Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, has in a facebook status deplored the latest attacks against freedom of expression. A status given on the EU facebook page on Sunday is as follows:
Honourable President and Honourable Prime Minister, It is with a heavy heart, that I write this open letter to you at a time when our beloved country and people are facing severe challenges and threats to our shared heritage. I…
Ensure oversight; end chaining, involuntary treatment – HRW Nairobi – People with mental health conditions in Somaliland are increasingly forced into institutions, where they face serious abuses and poor conditions. The Somaliland authorities should provide oversight for all mental health…
Dhaka-Police arrested an employee of ‘Ghoroa Hotel and Restaurant’ from the city’s Motijheel area on Thursday over the killing of hotel worker Riyad.
About 143 people were reportedly killed and nearly 5,000 injured in political violence across the country till September this year, says a bulletin of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights body.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday formed a three-member probe committee to investigate bomb blasts at a gathering of Shia Muslim community’s headquarters in the old part of Dhaka that left one person killed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Sunday said highest security measures have been taken to ensure smooth observance of Holy Ashura and celebration of Durga Puja.
Dr Imran H Sarker, a organizer of a faction of Ganajagaran Manch, received death threat through his facebook Id on Saturday morning.
STAFF REPORTER BNP yesterday demanded judicial inquiry into the killings of two foreigners as what it claimed that all the law enforcing agencies failed to unravel the mystery behind the two murders.
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday urged the Prime Minister to form a national government to overcome the country’s ‘current critical condition’.
US Department of Defence to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of US air strike on Afghan hospital. The Pentagon is to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of a US air strike that mistakenly hit a Doctors…
A Rapiod Action Battalion mobile court sentenced eight fish trader to one month to one year simple jail term and seized 600 kgs of shrimp and 700 kgs of banned African magur fish (Cat fish) raiding three fish wholesale markets…
A Tunisian democracy group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contributions to the first and most successful Arab Spring movement. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building…