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Searching for a Potemkin Village Opposition0
- Commentary, Featured
- April 12, 2021
by William Milam April 9, 2021 “Potemkin village” is actually a term that originated in politics, and thus, for this article, a very appropriate term to describe one interesting recent, possibly rhetorical, sidestep in the authoritarian march of Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League government she runs. According to Wikipedia, a Potemkin Village is “any
READ MOREBangladesh: I am Zia Speaking0
- Commentary, Featured
- March 24, 2021
I am Zia Speaking “In that case, we revolt,” Major Ziaur Rahman (March 25, 1971) Zia is enmeshed in every paddy sheaf of Bangladesh. From every nook and corner, a voice continues to ring: I am Zia speaking.[I] By R Chowdhury 25 March
READ MOREThe Myanmar coup-2021 and Aung San Suu Kyi0
- Commentary, Featured
- March 4, 2021
By Shwe Lu Maung, March 1, 2021 Saba Khan and Dr. Habib Siddiqui reviewed and polished English and grammar. Prologue This article is written to mark the 2nd March 1962, the day the Myanmar Armed Forces seized power and enslaved the peoples under military colonialism. On that very night, a meeting of the Rangoon
READ MOREBangladesh: Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles0
www.hrw.org/ “The Fear Never Leaves Me” “The Fear Never Leaves Me” Map of Bangladesh Map of BDR Pilkhana Headquarters, Dhaka Summary Methodology I. The Bangladesh Rifles II. The February 25-26 Mutiny III. Abuses against Suspected Mutineers IV. Due Process and Fair Trials Concerns V. Recommendations Acknowledgements DOWNLOADS Download the full report Download the report in
READ MOREAl Jazeera’s Tele-documentary, the Bandit Brothers and Bangladesh’s Dossier of Abuse0
- Commentary, Featured
- February 11, 2021
by Adil Khan 12 February 2021 Cartoon image of Bangladesh Army Chief, General Aziz Ahmed’s bandit brother, Harris Ahmed. Source: Al Jazeera On February 1, 2021 the Qatar based TV outlet, Al Jazeera aired a tele documentary, “All the Prime Minister’s Men” that depicted multiple layers of abuse and corruption – money laundering, extortion,
READ MOREGang close to Bangladesh PM extracts bribes for state contracts0
1 February 2021 Investigation reveals how a criminal gang is colluding with Bangladesh’s security forces and profiting from links to PM Sheikh Hasina.
READ MOREIndia meddling behind halt of Sinovac vaccine trials in Bangladesh0
By Leng Shumei Published: Jan 26, 2021 Quality inspectors on Sinovac vaccine production lines use digital technology platforms to monitor the quality and efficiency of vaccine packaging on Sunday. Photos: Li Hao/GT A recent report in the Hindustan Times claimed that Bangladesh had to turn to India for help as Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac
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With little leverage to impede Bangladesh’s authoritarianism, US policy towards the country will continue to be primarily transactional0
With little leverage to impede Bangladesh’s authoritarianism, US policy towards the country will continue to be primarily transactional. Biden-Bangladesh: Back to square one William B Milam January 21, 2021 A picture of Joe Biden as Democratic candidate taken in February 2020. He was inaugurated as US President on January 20th 2021. Photo: Julien Kouame/Alamy When
READ MOREPost-Trump World: Is Democracy Dying in America As Well?0
- Commentary, Featured
- January 22, 2021
by Taj Hashmi 22 January 2021 We know it’s fashionable to hypothesize that democracy is “dying” in the post-Cold War world. It’s true not only for some of the postcolonial democracies in the Third World and some “new democracies” Eastern Europe, but of late, seemingly, it’s also true about the United States. I
READ MOREYear-end review: Emerging Challenges for South Asia0
- Commentary, Featured
- January 3, 2021
by Rajesh Kumar Sinha 3 January 2020 The year 2020 has just ended. The year has been extremely calamitous for the whole world. Especially, the pandemic Corona Virus has created such an unfortunate state where economies, infrastructure, loss of lakhs of lives, job losses, and uncertainty has gripped the whole of humanity.
READ MOREBook review: The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan, by Owen Bennett-Jones0
- Commentary, Featured, Reviews
- December 23, 2020
The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power in Pakistan, by Owen Bennett-Jones, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 27 October 2020, Hardcover, 320 pages, $28, ISBN: 97880300246674. By Arnold Zeitlin Owen Bennett-Jones’s account of a Bhutto dynasty reminded me that I enjoyed a rare, near-quixotic relationship with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto during my time, September 1969 to April 1972, as
READ MOREConversation around controversies: a quest for objectivity and maturity in Bangladesh0
- Commentary, Featured
- December 21, 2020
by M Adil Khan — December 21, 2020 Top Left: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman giving his penultimate speech on 7th of March 1971 at Racecourse Maidan, Dhaka, (then East Pakistan) Bangladesh); Top Right. Major (then) Ziaur Rahan announcing independence of Bangladesh at Kalurghat make-shift radio station in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 27th March, 1971; Bottom: Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister
READ MOREINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: STAND AGAINST AUTHORITARIAN RULE IN BANGLADESH0
12.10.2020 HRW ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS The international community should take a strong stand for the protection of human rights in Bangladesh, seven human rights groups said on International Human Rights Day. As Bangladeshis grapple with the impact of Covid-19, the ruling Awami League has used the pandemic to tighten the screws on critics and the free press,
READ MORE‘I Still Believe the Left Can be the Alternative’: Soumitra Chatterjee0
- Blog, Featured, Issue 33 - Winter 2020
- November 20, 2020
I am surprised that the man who was in power in Gujarat during the horrific riots of 2002 is now the man on the throne of India. Perhaps people can’t see a powerful alternative. Or they are unable to understand the toxic nature of this politics. Soumitra Chatterjee 19 Nov 2020 Soumitra Chatterjee. | Image
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