We express our deep sorrow and grave concern at the death of nearly 50 people, including 9 firefighters, and injuries to about 500 people, due to explosions and fire caused by burning “undeclared” or “wrongly labelled” hydrogen peroxide. The chemical was stored at a container depot, which had thousands of containers holding readymade garments near […]
The Nakba as many people are already aware refers to the mass expulsion of ethnic Palestinians from their homes towns and villages in 1948. Over 750,000 old men, young women mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, fled for their lives, under the threat of annihilation and ethnic genocide from the forces of the newly created […]
The Ukraine crisis must not cause the world to forget about Afghanistan, as failing to address its humanitarian needs might be dangerous. The Afghan state’s security situation has gotten worse over the last year, and the country is currently experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with widespread starvation looming. The Afghan crisis is a neglected […]
Since August 2017, rampant persecution and violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has pushed hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority people, known as Rohingyas, to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary in Bangladesh. According to UN estimates, 200,000 civilians from Myanmar have already sought refuge in Bangladesh following prior displacements. Many more have travelled to Thailand, […]
The minority narrative about Bangladesh is largely dominated by violence against Hindus. The common arguments regarding this narrative focus on the declining Hindu population in Bangladesh, the growing violence against them, and majoritarian oppression. Recently, International Commission on Human Rights and Religious Freedom (ICHRRF) – a US NGO, published a report on Bangladesh’s minority situation. […]
Islamophobia has many faces: some are visibly ugly and unmistakable in their hateful intent, such as white supremacists burning copies of the Quran with full police protection in Scandinavia or mobs of bloodthirsty Hindu extremists engaging in anti-Muslim pogroms in India. Then there is the anti-Palestinian Islamophobia of good old reliable “Israel” during the Muslim […]
The Honorable Antony J. Blinken Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Room 7226 Harry S. Truman Building 2201 C Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20520 secretary@state.gov Dear Secretary Blinken, The Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy in Bangladesh is writing to you regarding Mr. Mohammed Khairuzzaman, who was the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Malaysia from […]
Israeli forces raided Al-Quds’ Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, attacking Palestinians worshipping inside. Thousands of Palestinians were attacked by Israeli police while praying in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. Al-Aqsa is one of the largest and most important mosques in the Muslim world and the earliest in Palestine. Masjid Al-Aqsa is Al-Quds’ holiest Muslim […]
Bulldozers are giant, ugly machines mounted on wheels that are used to bring down sturdy concrete structures with ease. In a macabre twist, bulldozers in India are being used to demolish the country’s long-cherished ideals of religious harmony and peaceful co-existence. Backed by the might of a state that is seemingly vindictive against the minority […]
The Ukraine crisis has caused one of Europe’s greatest and fastest refugee migrations since World War II ended. A massive amount of people have fled to neighboring countries. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as many as four million people could evacuate from the country in the next weeks. The European […]