India marked the festival of Ram Navami — commemorating the birthday of the Hindu deity Lord Ram — with gusto on April 10. But more than the customary celebrations that normally define such pious occasions, the day will be best remembered for the many acts of criminality that swept every corner of the vast nation. […]
The Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) is greatly relieved to learn of the release on bail of Ms. Nusrat Shahrin Raka recently. It also takes the opportunity to thank all the legal, rights and humanitarian groups that helped the release of Ms. Nusrat, affording her to join her three infant […]
Israel has made numerous statements these past few weeks welcoming Ukrainian Jews “home” to Israel, should they seek to emigrate. Unlike the Ukrainians with Temporary Protection Status (TPS) in the EU — which, as the name suggests, offers temporary protection — all Jews can claim citizenship with no questions under the Law of Return, even […]
Since the return of partial democracy in Myanmar in 2010, the Rohingya have been the target of persecution, ethnic cleansing and genocide. As of now, about 1 million Rohingya are living as refugees around Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, having fled the military violence of 2017. A further 600,000 are held in internal camps in Rakhine […]
Communal violence, minority repression and violating religious freedom are nothing new in India. Quite often, India-the world’s largest democracy, experiences communal violence in its heart. However, violence against Muslims largely represents India’s violence against minorities. It also dominates the narrative of the violation of human rights in India. But, it seems that religious freedom is […]
On the occasion of the 51st Independence Day of Bangladesh on March 26, the Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) recalls the great liberation war in 1971. The war was necessitated to establish democratic rights of the people of the then East Pakistan against the oppression of the Pakistani military junta […]
UN human rights experts* called on Bangladesh to immediately cease reprisals against human rights defenders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons for their activism and co-operation with international human rights bodies and UN mechanisms. Following the announcement of sanctions imposed by the United States of America against top Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials on 10 […]
During a US congressional briefing last month, Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, warned that Muslims in India face the threat of imminent genocide, likening the situation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to those experienced on the eve of genocide in Rwanda and Myanmar. Despite Stanton’s reputation as the world’s most esteemed scholar of genocide […]
I remember visiting my village in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, in 2011 and stopping by two farmers in their 50s in the wheat fields. This was after the surge, when the US had deployed an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan, and the annual cost of the war had reached over $100 billion. Ten years had passed since […]
Mr. Hamzah Zainuddin Minister of Home Affairs Malaysia Blok D1, D2 & D9, Kompleks D, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62546 Putrajaya Malaysia dshamzah@moha.gov.my Dear Sir, The Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy in Bangladesh is writing to you to urge you to ensure the immediate release of Mr. Mohammed Khairuzzaman, who was the Bangladesh High […]