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[28 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

The army claims to have thwarted a coup

IT WAS, says Gowher Rizvi, a close adviser to Bangladesh’s prime minister, “very quickly nipped in the bud”. He was talking of a coup plot foiled by the army. The schemers—16 were involved, and some are on the run—included disgruntled mid-ranking officers, retired officers, and others abroad. He claims investigators found a list of prominent people to be assassinated, and another list of generals expected to be “potential partners”.
Bangladesh has faced dozens of coups, failed or not, in its 40 years. But for …

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[27 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

The Communist Party of Bangladesh alerted the incumbent government saying that the militant can cause danger at any time. Leaders said, “Jamaat, along with other collaborators, are trying to create anarchy.” 27th January 2012
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) alerted the incumbent government saying that the militants section can cause danger in the country at any time.
Leaders of CPB said: “Jamaat along with other collaborators are trying to create anarchy and unrest in the country with the money of America and Saudi Arabia.”
CPB leaders came up with these observations Friday …

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[20 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]

A senior minister in Bangladesh has vowed to bring to justice those responsible for plotting a coup.

On Thursday the Bangladesh army said it had foiled a conspiracy against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government.
“Anyone who attempts to overthrow the democratic system will be traced… none will be spared,” minister Syed Ashraful Islam told reporters.
Bangladesh has a history of military governments. The army ran the country for 15 years until 1990.
Sheikh Hasina took over power from a military-backed caretaker government in early 2009. Officials say she has since faced threats from Islamists …

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[18 Jan 2012 | No Comment ]
এই জনপদে: বাংলা টিভি UK ১৫ জানুয়ারী ২০১২

আইসিএসএফ স্বেচ্ছাসেবক রায়হান রশীদ ও নিঝুম মজুমদার গিয়েছিলেন বাংলা টিভি (UK) ‘এই জনপদে’ অনুষ্ঠানে যেখানে লিসা গাজী’র উপস্থাপনায় তারা আলোচনা করেন গোলাম আজমের গ্রেফতার সংশ্লিষ্ট বিষয়সমূহের।
প্রচার সময়: ১৫ জানুয়ারী ২০১২. বাংলা টিভি যুক্তরাজ্য। রাত সাড়ে সাতটা থেকে ন’টা।
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KocUWOarSKU

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[17 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]

ABDUL BARI had run out of luck.
Like thousands of other people in East Bengal, he had made the mistake the fatal mistake-of running within sight of a Pakistani army patrol.
He was 24 years old, a slight man surrounded by soldiers. He was trembling, because he was about to be shot.
“Normally we would have killed him as he ran,” I was informed chattily by Major Rathore, the G-2 Ops. of the 9th Division, as we stood on the out­skirts of a tiny village near Mudafarganj, about 20 miles south of Comilla. ”But we are checking him out for your sake. You …

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[16 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]

War crimes judges in The Hague have dismissed charges against a Rwandan rebel leader accused of murder and rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The judges at the International Criminal Court ordered the release of Callixte Mbarushimana because of lack of evidence to back up the charges.
Prosecutors said they would appeal, requesting to halt the release.
Mr Mbarushimana, a Hutu rebel leader, has denied ordering his fighters to kill and rape civilians in 2009.
Years of unrest
The judges at the ICC’s pre-trial chamber declined to confirm the charges …

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[16 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]

BBC News
On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK’s Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan’s suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter’s family into hiding and changed history.
Abdul Bari had run out of luck. Like thousands of other people in East Bengal, he had made the mistake – the fatal mistake – of running within sight of a Pakistani patrol. He was 24 years old, a slight man surrounded by soldiers. He was trembling because he was about to …

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[3 Dec 2011 | No Comment ]

By Laura Smith-Spark
BBC News
Women’s bodies have become part of the terrain of conflict, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Rape and sexual abuse are not just a by-product of war but are used as a deliberate military strategy, it says.
The opportunistic rape and pillage of previous centuries has been replaced in modern conflict by rape used as an orchestrated combat tool.
And while Amnesty cites ongoing conflicts in Colombia, Iraq, Sudan, Chechnya, Nepal and Afghanistan, the use of rape as a weapon of war goes …

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment ]

আদালতে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর শীর্ষ কয়েকজন নেতা

বাংলাদেশে জামায়াতে ইসলামীর আমীর মতিউর রহমান নিজামী সহ দলটির শীর্ষ চারজন কারাবন্দী নেতার বিরুদ্ধে আনুষ্ঠানিক অভিযোগ ৫ই ডিসেম্বর পেশ করার নির্দেশ দিয়েছে আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ ট্রাইবুনাল।
বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধে মানবতা বিরোধী অপরাধের একই অভিযোগে জামায়াতের সাবেক আমীর গোলাম আযমের ব্যাপারেও তদন্ত প্রতিবেদন পাওয়ার কথা আইনজীবী প্যাণেল ট্রাইবুনালকে জানিয়েছে।
তবে আদালত মিঃ আযমের বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ নিয়ে তদন্ত প্রতিবেদনের বিষয়ে কোন সিদ্ধন্ত দেয়নি।
আইনজীবী প্যাণেল জানিয়েছে, তদন্ত প্রতিবেদনে গোলাম আযমকে গ্রেফতার করার সুপারিশ করা হয়েছে, তবে এ‘বিষয়ে আদালতের কোন পদক্ষেপ এখনো চাওয়া হয়নি৻
জামায়াতে ইসলামীর …

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[5 Oct 2011 | Comments Off ]

লন্ডন: ব্রিটেনের আদালতে এবার দণ্ডিত হলো বাংলাদেশের হানাহানির রাজনৈতিক কালচার। শুধু দণ্ড নয়, সেইসঙ্গে জুটেছে বিচারকের তীর্যক মন্তব্য ও ভর্ৎসনাও।
২০১০ সালের ১৬ জুলাই লন্ডন স্কুল অব ইকোনমিকসে আয়োজিত সেমিনারে আওয়ামী লীগ ও বিএনপিকর্মীরা জড়িয়ে পড়ে চেয়ার ছোড়াছুড়ি ও সংঘর্ষে। আর সে মামলার রায় দিতে গিয়ে ইনার লন্ডন ক্রাউন কোর্টের বিচারক আস্টিন ইসার্ড ডেভিস অভিযুক্তদের করেছেন তীব্র সমালোচনা।
বিচারক  বলেন,  ‘হাউস অব্ লর্ডসের একজন সম্মানিত সদস্যের সভাপতিত্বে অনুষ্ঠিত সেমিনারে সংঘর্ষের ঘটনা সবার জন্যে অসম্মানজনক’।
বিচারক আরও বলেন, ‘রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর মধ্যে এই ধরনের অসহিষ্ণু মনোভাব গণতন্ত্রের জন্যে ক্ষতিকর। এধরনের ঘটনা কোনভাবেই মেনে নেয়া যায় …

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[4 Oct 2011 | Comments Off ]

This is a guest post by Ashik
Last night I went along to a political rally organised by the Bangladesh Crisis Group which is an offshoot of the British Jamaat-e-Islam front, Islamic Forum Europe. I arrived at the Water Lily Centre which was the advertised venue to be told that the event had been moved to the London Muslim Centre in Whitechapel. It was later expressed in the rally that the meeting had been moved because of “political pressure”. My guess is that the Water Lily Centre, which is controlled by Awami League …

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[3 Oct 2011 | Comments Off ]

ON MONDAY (October 3, 2011), British Islamists and their supporters under the banner of the Bangladesh Crisis Group gathered at the London Muslim Centre to preach to their flock that Bangladesh was committing serious human rights abuses in their desire to finally try the perpetrators of the genocide of 1971.
This group of supporters of radical Islamism have finally crossed the Rubicon and they have potentially shot themselves in the foot by amassing Jamaat and Muslim Brotherhood leaders together. Strategically, for them, it is bad to inject them into the highly contentious issue …