Leaving democracy behind by Ali Riaz
January 7th marks the anniversary of the beginning of the third consecutive term of the Awami League government in power in Bangladesh, making Sheikh Hasina its longest serving head of government since independence. On December 30th 2018, the Awami League secured an unprecedented victory in the parliamentary election, giving Hasina a fourth stint in power, […]
A Year Of Paradoxes by Ali Riaz
The most appropriate description of the year 2019, particularly of Bangladeshi politics, is perhaps a dialogue in Act 3, Scene 4, of the Twelfth Night of William Shakespeare: “If this were play’d upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction.” But we are aware, they were not improbable fictions. The events […]
China’s Crimes Against Uyghur Muslims Call for Global Boycott by CJ Werleman
The “China Cables,” a trove of 400 pages worth of leaked internal Chinese government documents, have provided the international community the “smoking gun” evidence it needs to pressure or punish Beijing for its systematic efforts to erase and annihilate 12 million ethnic Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. China has used an array of repressive measures that […]
Can Bangladesh handle another refugee crisis? by Anupam Debashis Roy
The politics of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Registry of Citizenship (NRC) is eerily similar to the politics of Rohingya persecution in Myanmar. Both of them are, were, and will always be deeply related to the internal security, stability, and development of Bangladesh and the entire region. Both of them are built […]
The “Anti-Corruption Drive” in Bangladesh: Where is it Going? by Dr. Ali Riaz
Two months have passed since the ruling Awami League (AL) in Bangladesh started what it described as an anti-corruption drive. It began with raids on a few illegal casinos and clubs on September 18, 2019, netting a small number of leaders of the ruling AL’s youth wing for running these illicit casinos, engaging in extortion, conducting money laundering schemes, […]
India: Deadly Force Used Against Protesters Police Target Anti-Citizenship Law Demonstrators by Human Rights Report
The Indian authorities should cease using unnecessary lethal force against demonstrators protesting a law that discriminates against Muslims, Human Rights Watch said today. Since protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act began on December 12, 2019, at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds have been arrested. Police have used excessive force only against demonstrators protesting the law, including […]
DSA is a government tool used to silence journalists in Bangladesh
DSA is a government tool used to silence journalists in Bangladesh South Asia Perspectives panel discussion meeting on Dissent Criminalized: The State of Free Speech in Bangladesh. The human rights organization, Right to Freedom (R2F) in association with South Asia Perspectives organized a panel discussion on December 05 at the National Press Club titled “Dissent […]
Bangladesh And Its Continued Defamation Of Grameen Bank
Bangladesh And Its Continued Defamation Of Grameen Bank “Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbor to have them through envy.” ~Aristotle He is perhaps the most […]
Riaz publishes on the debate about impeachment of Trump
Riaz publishes on the debate about impeachment of Trump Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz has published a commentary on the debate about impeachment of Trump. Since the press statement of Special Counsel Robert Muller on the report about Russian interference in 2016 U.S. presidential election and obstruction of justice by President Trump, call for starting the […]
Book Event—Voting in a Hybrid Regime….
Book Event—Voting in a Hybrid Regime… Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Bangladesh’s 2018 Election and Implications for Politics in Bangladesh and Beyond Bangladesh’s December 2018 election produced a lopsided victory for the incumbent Awami League party, prompting allegations of fraud. This event examines what the implications of this election have been, and will be, for […]
