ASEAN can no longer turn a blind eye to Myanmar’s atrocities

ASEAN has a responsibility to help facilitate a repatriation process that prioritises the well-being of the Rohingya. After fighters attacked security targets in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military responded by killing and maiming thousands of Rohingya civilians, raping hundreds of women and girls, and burning entire villages to the ground. Almost […]

UN Extremely Concerned Over Wide Range of Human Rights Violation in Kashmir

A woman with her nephew in Srinagar. Indian soldiers have forced most Kashmiris to stay at or near home. — AFP The UN Human Rights Commission urges the Indian government to “unlock the situation and fully restore the rights that are currently being denied” GENEVA (IANS) —  The UN Human Rights Commission on Tuesday said […]

New Digital Security Act imposes dangerous…

New Digital Security Act imposes dangerous restrictions on freedom of expression: Amnesty Responding to the newly enacted Digital Security Act 2018 in Bangladesh which has drawn serious concerns for press freedom and the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International’s South Asia Campaigner, Saad Hammadi, said: “This law imposes dangerous restrictions on freedom of expression. Instead […]

Riding the Tiger

The December election will decide whether Bangladesh can protect its socio-economic advance, democraticallyFrom the outside, Bangladesh appears a country where democratic stability has ushered economic progress and shed the ‘basket case’ tag carried since its birth in 1971. Bangladesh no longer makes news for mass deaths from famines, cyclones and floods, and is ahead of […]