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Statement Against The Political Victimization Of Journalists Mahmudur Rahman and Shafik Rehman By Sheikh Hasina’s Mock Courts by CHRD Bangladesh

The mock “kangaroo” courts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina keep victimizing innocent people on fictitious and unfounded grounds. The latest victims are two senior, respected journalists of the country along with three other journalists. Mahmudur Rahman (70), of Amar Desh and Shafik Rehman (89) of the Jai Jai Din, and three others received a seven-year prison sentence by […]

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Foiled Escape: UC Global, The CIA And Julian Assange by Binoy Kampmark

However described, the shabby treatment of Julian Assange never ceases to startle. While he continues to suffer in Belmarsh prison awaiting the torments of an interminable legal process, more material is coming out showing the way he was spied upon while staying at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Of late, the Spanish daily El País has been keeping […]

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Statement Against Continued Persecution Of Journalists Under The Digital Security Act In Bangladesh by CHRD Bangladesh

The Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) joins the United Nations, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and many other rights organizations, in and outside of Bangladesh, in condemning the recent spate of persecutions on journalists under the detested draconian Digital Security Act (DSA). In the […]

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Shireen Abu Akleh: A Martyr To The Truth Of Israeli Inhumanity by Baria Alamuddin

I did not know Shireen Abu Akleh, but I mourn her as a friend. For millions of us, she was our heartfelt window into the Palestinian cause for 25 years. In the mindset of Israel’s security apparatus this is why Shireen had to die — because she bore witness to a truth they could not […]

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Statement On The Murder Of Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh By Israeli Occupying Forces by CHRD Bangladesh

CHRD Bangladesh is profoundly saddened by the brutal killing of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead by Israeli forces in cold blood. According to news reports, the violent death of Ms. Akleh occurred as she, along with other members of the press, was covering an Israeli military action today in the […]

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Bangladesh: No End to Human Rights Violations, Relatives Of Dissidents Targeted by Ahmad Shihab

The violation of human rights by the fascist regime of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh reached new and ugly heights. As the regime cannot reach the political dissidents living abroad, it goes for their innocent relatives within the country. Harassment, arrests, torture and jail terms for the victims are in the routine works of its fearsome Rapid Action […]