Bangladesh’s part in the Trump impeachment drama by William Milam
Well, Bangladesh is in the news again, in a way probably, despite its eagerness to be better known in the US, it does not want to be. This may seem serious when you read it, but the title is tongue-in-cheek, and the way Bangladesh came into the news yesterday would be comic opera if its […]
Anti-CAA protests by large number of Indian Americans mar Republic Day celebrations in US by RTOF Admin
India’s 71st Republic Day celebrations in the US on Sunday were marred by some peaceful protests and marches by a large number of Indian Americans in various cities of the country against the recent changes in the citizenship law. Among Indian Americans, the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, however, also had a fair share of its supporters […]
ICJ Ruling on Rohingya: Where do we go from here? by Ali Riaz
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Myanmar about taking emergency measures for the protection of the Rohingyas, delivered at The Hague on Thursday, is historic on many counts and provides a glimmer of hope for the persecuted community of Myanmar. The question is: where do we go from here? To be specific, the […]
Bangladesh: Crackdown on Critics, Activists by Human Rights Watch Report
Dangerous Clampdown on Freedoms in Rohingya Refugee Camps After winning a third term in elections marked with allegations of fraud and a crackdown on the political opposition, the Awami League-led government in Bangladesh stifled dissent and failed to hold security forces accountable for abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. In 2019, Bangladesh participated […]
Bangladesh’s authoritarian shift by Ali Riaz
Bangladesh’s authoritarian shift 18 January 2020 Author: Ali Riaz, Illinois State University In Bangladesh the ruling Awami League has established total control over state machinery and politics since the managed election of December 2018. Simmering popular discontent found expression in agitations against the killing of a student, price hikes and government-appointed university administration corruption in […]
A bang and a whimper by William Milam
I was disconnected, electronically and, to some extent psychologically, from current events during December. I have now reconnected, and being so has its downsides. As I came back online, President Trump had another brain cramp and appeared to be preparing to start a war with Iran. I guess we came about as close to war […]
Bangladesh: The Quagmire Of The CAA And The NRC by Sabria Chowdhury Balland
Those who will not reason are bigots, those who cannot are fools and those who dare not are slaves. ~Lord Byron Recent political developments in India have opened up a Pandora’s box, to say the least. These developments are overtly targeting the country’s largest minority, Muslims. With an increase in hate crimes particularly against Muslims […]
Iran’s Government Should Allow People to Mourn, Protest Without Threat of Violence by Center for human rights in Iran
The Iranian people should be allowed to exercise their constitutional right to peaceful assembly without the threat of violence, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) after crowds that had gathered in Tehran following the government’s announcement that it had “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane were met with armed state forces […]
I Saw Police Stand by as Masked Men Attacked Students at a Top Delhi University. It Was Yet Another Assault on India’s Intellectuals by Rana Ayyub
On Sunday evening, I was sitting with a journalist friend in New Delhi when frantic messages started pouring into our inbox. A mob of men with masks on their faces had stormed the campus and attacked the students at one of India’s most iconic universities, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), named after independent India’s first Prime […]
US: ‘Unalienable Rights’ Commission Risks Rights Protections Print by Human Rights Watch Report
The United States State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights risks calling for a dangerous downgrading of international human rights protections. On January 10, 2020, the Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth, testified at the commission’s fourth open session. While the fundamental rights set out in the human rights treaties are clear, the Trump administration has taken issue with the […]
