Parvez Ahmed

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

@TheDeshBhakt Appreciate your sens of humour. Those of whom struggling to understand, this is for you.

https://t.co/j4WuBJVkPq

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

I am quite certain. India won't see this.

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

This is India, but they're not concerned about that since their concerns revolve around non-existent minority issues.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

The brother of an Indian Muslim killed during protests to defend a mosque in Uttar Pradesh says police are responsible for his death.

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

India has gone mad since the downfall of autocrat Hasina. Thanks to @dwnews for showing actual truth about

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

There are some shocking and shameful untruths contained in this parliamentary question by Labour MP @BarryGardiner . Most extraordinarily he refers to the shooting to death of hundreds of unarmed protestors and other citizens by Awami League law enforcement authorities between 16 July to 5 August as "riots" which were caused by the "Jamaat-e-Islami." It begs belief. But, dangerously, it also shows the extraodinary ability of the Awami League/supporters to influence politicians, particularly it seems those from the labour party, who don't do the most minimal research for themselves to find out the most basic facts and presumably just read out questions that others have written for them. And Trump is not yet president!

Gardiner also says that in the recriminatory violence that took place in the first few days after the fall of the Awami League government (when there was no government or police) that most of the violence was "targeting against the minority Hindu community."

That again is a lie. Yes there was communal violence, but most of the attacks by far were on Awami Leagers, most of whom were muslim. That does not justify the attacks, but it is untrue to claim that most of this violence was pitched against minorities.

He also says that Bangladesh is an "Islamic State"!! The constitution does say that Islam is the state religion, but it states that
- "State shall ensure equal status and equal right in the practice of the Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and other religions",
- the high ideals of the consitution are "nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism"
The idea that Bangladesh is an Islamic State is completely bogus and highly misrepresents the country.

[MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO @muktadirnewage]

“পড়েনা চোখের পলক,”
কি তোমার মিছে ঝলক

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

#Indian_terrorism

[Shohanur Rahman @Sohan_RSB]

Hindutva propaganda handles are sharing this incident, claiming that Hindu homes were looted, crops were destroyed, and one person was killed—which is false.

The incident doesn't involve Hindus; it was between two groups of Muslims. It occurred in Sherpur, where a shrine was attacked following a dispute. Hindutva handles are falsely sharing the incident of an attack on a Muslim shrine as an attack on Hindus.

This happened after a man named Hafez Uddin died in attacked/clashes earlier.

https://t.co/QCMCibKnGc

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs @BDMOFA]

Bangladesh Government strongly #condemns the deplorable act of #desecrating the national flag of #Bangladesh and the burning of the effigy of the Hon’ble Chief Advisor during #violent #protests outside the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata

[Shohanur Rahman @Sohan_RSB]

Reunite. Reunite. Reunite.

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

I urge Indian people not to subscribe to this kind of bullshit. Both Hindutva and Awami League are highly dangerous for South Asian people's interest..

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Significant parts of the Indian media, along with pro-"hindutva" and Awami League social media accounts have launched an extraordinary powerful disinformation campaign seeking to claim that the Hindu community is under threat, subject to "genocide" etc, and that islamists have taken control of Bangladesh.

It seems that they are making these false claims as a way to try and destabilise the new interim government and to reduce the international support that it has. Awami League/Hindutva groups are not interested in a peaceful Bangladesh in which the Hindu community is safe and comfortable. It is in their interests to instigate conflict between the majority muslim and minority Hindu communities.

The most recent incident involving disinformation concerns the killing of a muslim lawyer, Saiful Islam on Tuesday, apparently at the hands of supporters of the followers of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former leader of ISKON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Chinmoy was arrested earlier in the week on sedition charges, and the killing took place when supporters of Chinmoy were protesting his continued detention and refusal to give bail.

The apparent beating to death of a muslim lawyer by supporters of the Hindu religious leader clearly goes against the Awami League/Hindutva script so they have had to find a way of turning the whole narrative around through creating a false story in which the killing was somehow a communal attack against Hindus.

They have done this by claiming, that Saiful Islam was in fact the lawyer for Chinmoy, and he was beaten to death by muslim groups because of that.

This is totally inaccurate as the Power of Attorney document (below) shows that is was another lawyer who represented Chinmoy.

But Bangladesh authorities also must take responsibility for its poor decision to arrest Chinmoy on sedition charges since whatever he may have said or done about the Bangladesh flag it did not justify criminal action, and it was clearly going to inflame communal tensions, as well as provide an opportunity for inflammatory criticism from Indian media and Awami League/Hindutva social media accounts.

Communal discrimination exists, and has always existed, in Bangladesh (in particular against the Hindu minority), just as it does in India (against Muslims).

Immediately after the fall of the Hasina government, following the hundreds of killings by its law enforcement authorities in the three weeks before 5 August 2024, there certainly were some recriminatory attacks against the Hindu minority - though it was far less than claimed by Hindutva/AL social media accounts/Indian media and new interim government quickly condemned them and has done everything it can to prevent any more taking place.

And since the fall of Awami League, whilst it is correct that there has been a resurgence of conservative muslim groups in the political arena and they are having a greater influence, it is not true in any way that these groups have control of the Bangladesh interim government. It is a ridiculous assertion, but one continually made by the AL/Hindutva media/activists.

[Ridoan Mahbub @ridoanmahbub]

Tribute to July Heroes

Remembering July August Massacre

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

This is the actual scenario in India, but they are not concern about that rather they're only curious, and too much interested in minority issues in Bangladesh.

https://t.co/ArFABKSsQe

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

This is how Awami Cadres are still trying to destabilise Bangladesh. People of Bangladesh are now far more conscious about not only these terrorists and their activities.
#awamiterrorism

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

There has been so much hue and cry about the rising attacks on minority places of worship, establishment and homes after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, which is totally uncharacteristic of Bangladeshi society. The Indian media and the Hindu lobby latched on to those isolated incidents, amplified those and are building a case against the interim government or a case for the @albd1971.

But guess what? We now have some definitive proof of who is behind the latest stream of communal violence in Chittagong, as these exchanges on Facebook Messenger show. They are the work of Chhatra League, the banned student wing of the Awami League, on the instruction of their high command. The ones who carried out the attacks are cadres of Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel, one of the leaders of Chittagong branch of AL.

Here, Mohammad Asifur Rahman (Minhaj), a Chhatro League leader, is instructing a party worker to vandalise a Buddhist temple, the Hindu colony, a Hindu mandir and shops owned by Hindus while wearing white Punjabi and white skull cap — to give off the impression that Islamists are attacking minorities. If he can pull it off, Nowfel will take of his career. The Chhatra League worker is seen telling him not to worry, they will give the students, presumably of Students Against Discrimination, a bad name through these orchestrated attacks. When the communal violence takes off in full steam, people will request the AL government to come back, he said.

It’s one carefully orchestrated plan — and I hope the @ChiefAdviserGoB is wiser about this.

[Jonathan Cook @Jonathan_K_Cook]

Noam Chomsky explained to us long ago how those in powerful positions reach those positions after a long process of ideological conditioning and careful selection via the education system. Only the very best – those most obedient to power – make it to the top. They are there to keep the system of power running smoothly.

But there is a fallback plan for when things go wrong, as they occasionally do. That happens when someone in high office steps out of line and acts in ways that threaten the power elite – when they serve the interests of humanity rather the interests of power. Then something must be done.

Such individuals are invariably dragged very publicly through the mud – as a warning to others in powerful positions to keep their consciences very much in check.

That is the context for understanding the latest "unspecified allegations of misconduct" against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, from someone inside his office.

Khan has been requesting arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence minister Yoav Gallant. Khan had little choice legally: both are clearly war criminals for using starvation as a weapon of war.

What is astonishing is that the judges who need to approve the arrest warrants have done nothing for six months, despite the overwhelming evidence and the obvious urgency of his request.

If you have been wondering why they have been dragging their feet for so long, well now you know. They do not want the same fate befalling them as is befalling Khan.

The power elite that rule over us have an infinite numbers of ways of destroying any individual who poses a threat to their interests.

Just look at the way they locked away Julian Assange for years on non-existent "espionage" charges.

Khan's struggles – he's being actively smeared as an antisemite too by Israel – are another teaching moment for those not already so beaten down by the system that it would never occur to them to do the right thing anyway.

The lesson they are meant to absorb is:

Don't take on power – because power will destroy you.

[Sultan Mohammed Zakaria @smzakaria]

#Bangladesh: India's Reckless Actions Are Worsening the Flood Crisis in Southeast Bangladesh

For the first time in generations, Bangladesh's entire southeastern region is facing its worst flooding in history affecting millions of people. The cause? Indian authorities opened the gates of the Dumbur Reservoir in Tripura for the first time in three decades, releasing massive volumes of water into an already rain-soaked region.

(Read: https://t.co/Cnp1TjrTxE}

Could there have been flooding without India opening the Dumbur Reservoir gates? Perhaps yes, but on a significantly smaller scale. The sudden release of water from the dam has inundated the region to an extent it hasn't experienced in generations.

International law obliges India to notify Bangladesh of any actions that could cause significant harm downstream. Yet, India's failure to notify Bangladesh before opening the gates has caused significant distress and damage.

Unfortunately, the Dumbur Reservoir is just one of many dams India has built on the rivers that flow into Bangladesh. Of the 54 transboundary rivers shared between the two countries, India has constructed dams on at least 30 of them, with the Farakka Dam being the most infamous for its catastrophic impact on northern Bangladesh.

India's unilateral construction of dams and its arbitrary control of water flows have become a constant threat to Bangladesh, causing either drought or flooding downstream. This reckless behavior has devastated millions of lives and wreaked havoc on the environment. For example, over 80% of Bangladesh's 20 million small farmers depend on water flowing through these transboundary rivers to grow rice. (Source: https://t.co/t0Fo6jP5bP)

By inflicting such widespread damage, India is effectively breaching international law on a regular basis. Here are some of the key obligations that India is failing to uphold:

1) Under Articles 5 and 6 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (1997), upstream and downstream countries have the right to equitably and reasonably utilize shared waters.

2) Article 7 of the 1997 Convention, along with customary international law, obliges upstream countries, like India, to prevent significant harm to downstream nations, such as Bangladesh.

3) The Espoo Convention (1991) and customary international law mandate that upstream countries notify and consult with downstream states before undertaking any activities that could significantly affect shared waters.

Yet, India has consistently ignored these obligations and has never acknowledged the rights of Bangladesh and its people under international law.

Despite these hostile actions, Indian officials continue to claim that they are friendly neighbors—yet they wonder why Bangladeshis hold such deep resentment against them.

Is India truly a friendly neighbor to Bangladesh? Their actions speak louder than their words.

[Derek J. Grossman @DerekJGrossman]

Indian media environment is horrendous right now.
“Rumor Scanner revealed that 72% of the accounts spreading fake and misleading information about communal violence in Bangladesh claimed to be based in India, with over 154 million views across 50 accounts.”https://t.co/HtLxCmwEqY

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

All the affected Hindus in Sylhet, whose houses were attacked and vandalised after the fall of Awami League government, are @albd1971 leaders, according to the Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.

On condition of anonymity, a top leader of the Sylhet district branch of the council said, "As far as I know, no ordinary Hindu has been affected in Sylhet so far. All those affected are Awami League leaders."

Since the afternoon of 5 August, rumours of attacks on various temples were spread in Sylhet. But no such attacks could be verified.

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

For those who still struggle to comprehend why they are still protesting after scaling back the quota in the government jobs.

[Naomi Hossain @nomhossain]

I always say, if you don't understand the politics of development in Bangladesh, then you don't understand the politics of Bangladesh.

A key point re. the student protests: these are not desperate hungry people fighting for bare survival. 1/

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

https://t.co/kTcjtjTbHo

[Parvez Ahmed @PARVEJ04_2000]

@TheDeshBhakt has explained the current uprising in Bangladesh very critically and in a detail way. Giving them sequentially.

https://t.co/7jx9QkySsH