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দাবী মোদের একটাই
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Tweeting about activities and movement for justice on the war crime in #Bangladesh.
from #Shahbag to around the globe!

[Shahbag Worldwide! @Projonmo13]

One can see the International #terrorist group IS flag is visible everywhere in #Bangladesh. World can assume that IS #militant group is running operations in Bangladesh, when security forces are just watching it!

#BangladeshCrisis

[Istiak Ahmmad @istiak_ahmmad]

#Bangladesh is facing an alarming rise in violence against children, with hundreds of cases of rape, murder and abuse reported over the past 16 months. According to the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS), at least 580 children were raped and 483 killed between January 2025 and April 2026.

The organization also documented 318 cases of sexual harassment and said that a total of 1,890 children and adolescent girls faced various forms of violence during this period.

Human rights activists warn that the repeated incidents reflect deep failures in child protection, law enforcement and access to justice.

Key Statistics from HRSS
Reported Cases (Jan 2025 – Apr 2026)
580 children raped
483 children killed
318 sexually abused
1,407 subjected to physical and psychological violence
1,890 total victims of child abuse and violence

HRSS says the scale of violence indicates a worsening national crisis that requires urgent state intervention.

@POTUS @icsforum @StateDept
@VP @StateDRL @MediaFreedomC
@UN_HRC @UN_News_Centre @WSJ
@sajeebwazed @nytimes @amnesty
@article19org @pressfreedom @AFP
@HRF @omctorg @saddamhussainbd
@UNHumanRights @ALBDMedia @UN
@BBC @Reuters @UN_SDG @AP @hrw

[CrackPlatoonBD24 @CrackPlatoonBD]

According to recent reports, measles took the lives of nearly 600 innocent children. Perhaps there is insufficient outrage because the majority of these children come from impoverished families. The country is now being run in the interests of the ruling class and some "student zombies."

At a time when measles has been virtually eradicated in most parts of the world, #Bangladesh is experiencing an outbreak due to a lack of #vaccines. The interim government reportedly halted childhood vaccination programs without informing the public. As a result of that negligence, these young lives have tragically ended today. Despite repeated reminders from #UNICEF, @Yunus_Centre' incompetent government ignored them completely..

@trahmanbnp, who rose to power with Yunus' assistance has also remained silent on the subject. They remain silent because speaking up might enrage their powerful patrons and cost them their jobs.

#Yunus and every member of his cabinet acted like people suffering from strokes, diabetes, and amnesia it sounds like gravyard rather than cabinet. Yunus' secret departure from the country yesterday only demonstrated that justice for the deaths of these countless children will never take place under Tarique's rule.

The world should recognize Yunus' true face behind the mask.

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

#BNP Govt set to significantly expand its capabilities to block and filter online content, including material posted on #socialmedia platforms and websites deemed to constitute “anti-government propaganda”.

The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase, which approved a proposal titled “Expansion of Content Blocking and Filtering System (Phase-1)” for the National Telecommunications Monitoring Centre (NTMC).

The project is set to be implemented through a contract awarded to supplier Global Brand, involving the procurement of equipment and services from various int’l tech brands, at a total cost of Tk 949.05 million (approximately US$7.7 million).

However, the official meeting documents did not specify the precise products, technologies, or #surveillance systems that would be acquired under the agreement.

News:

https://t.co/VEzVLuwX9D

The move comes amid renewed scrutiny of the #NTMC’s surveillance activities, particularly longstanding allegations regarding the monitoring of citizens’ private communications under previous governments.

The expansion of the agency’s technical capabilities also coincides with a growing number of arrests linked to online expression. Over the past three months, multiple individuals have reportedly been arrested for social media posts or online content critical of the government, ruling party figures, or senior state officials, including the Prime Minister, Home Minister, Chief Whip, and other politicians.

The combination of enhanced surveillance and content-filtering capabilities, together with an increasingly aggressive willingness to prosecute individuals over allegedly “anti-government” online content, has raised serious concerns among #humanrights activists and digital rights advocates.

Critics warn that such measures risk enabling broader censorship, suppressing dissent, and undermining fundamental rights to #privacy and freedom of expression. Concerns have also been raised about the potential lack of transparency, judicial oversight, and accountability surrounding the deployment of these expanded surveillance and filtering mechanisms.

Taken together, these developments have intensified fears that #Bangladesh may be moving toward a significantly more restrictive and heavily monitored digital environment, where criticism of the government or ruling party could increasingly become subject to surveillance, censorship, and/or criminal prosecution.

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#BangladeshCrisis #RIghtToPrivacy #FreedomOfExpression @amnestysasia @hrw @ESandersFCDO @BonaveroIHR @StateDRL @EURightsAgency @UNHumanRights @HRF @volker_turk @article19org @techglobalinst @Irenekhan @accessnow @AUDRights @EFF @edri @privacyint @EPICprivacy @calyxinstitute @AJListeningPost @orfonline

[Monjur Ahmed 🇧🇩 @AhmedAhme60727]

Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Two Different Paths in Social Development
Bangladesh and Pakistan followed very different paths in social development after independence.

Bangladesh achieved steady progress in education, healthcare, women’s empowerment and poverty reduction. Rising female participation in the workforce, especially in the garment industry, helped transform society and strengthen economic growth.

Pakistan, despite various development initiatives, continued to face structural challenges such as regional inequality, administrative weaknesses, security concerns and lower female labour participation, slowing broader social progress.

The difference is visible today:
Bangladesh advanced through consistent social investment.
Pakistan struggled with uneven and slower development outcomes.
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[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

#Bangladesh: ICTBD Chief Prosecutor Terms #Amnesty Int’l’s Comments Re: Arrest Warrants for #Journalists Rupa and Babu as “Interference”.

It appears that the partisan chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s controversial International Crimes Tribunal (ICTBD), Md. Aminul Islam, lacks a basic understanding of the distinction between “observation” and “interference.”

Recently, Amnesty International issued a statement regarding the arrest warrants issued against detained journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, who have been accused of alleged crimes against humanity in connection with the so-called “Shapla Chattar Killings” of 5 May 2013.

In its statement, Amnesty asserted that journalists must not be targeted for expressing opinions that may be disagreeable to those in power, nor for their perceived political affiliations.

The org. further stated that arresting journalists in a crimes against humanity case for their reporting or commentary constitutes an affront to fundamental principles of press freedom and establishes a dangerous precedent that threatens the ability of all journalists to report without fear of retaliation.

Amnesty Statement:

https://t.co/59C3B8gQ63

Responding to Amnesty’s comments, Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam stated that Amnesty or any other rights org. should not “interfere” in Bangladesh’s ongoing judicial process, adding that there is no legal scope for such involvement.

News Report:

https://t.co/NhCCsIfeoy

However, the Chief Prosecutor’s remarks equates legitimate international observation and unlawful interference. Amnesty and other commentators have correctly pointed out that journalists cannot be charged with crimes against humanity merely for their post-event analysis, commentary, or coverage of violent political events. There is no basis under int’l criminal law for such prosecutions.

Bangladesh chose to name the tribunal the “Int’l Crimes Tribunal,” a tribunal established to prosecute “int’l crimes”. Consequently, scrutiny and commentary from int’l legal experts, human rights orgs, and global observers are both inevitable and entirely legitimate.

Notably, Md. Aminul Islam himself has no known professional background in int’l criminal law or experience working with int’l tribunals. His principal qualification for appointment to this influential role appears to have been his longstanding political association with Bangladesh’s ruling party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (#BNP).

Given this context, the Chief Prosecutor of a tribunal that brands itself as “international” and claims jurisdiction over “int’l crimes” should be more receptive to observations and criticism from “int’l organisations” that possess extensive experience analysing comparable tribunals and prosecutions around the world.

In fact, they should welcome more engagement with int’l orgs. This is because the reconstituted tribunal has already become highly controversial.

Concerns raised by observers include allegations of corruption involving prosecutors and investigators, questions regarding the competence, neutrality, and independence of certain judges, and the continued existence of laws and procedural rules that fall short of internationally recognised fair trial standards.

Additional concerns have emerged regarding the tribunal’s apparent willingness to impose capital punishment based primarily on untested wiretap evidence and testimony from approver witnesses who may themselves be vulnerable to coercion, torture, intimidation, or external political pressure.

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#BangladeshCrisis @amnestysasia @AgnesCallamard @taqbirhuda @meeganguly @PearsonElaine @StateDRL @justiceinfonet @job71org @icsforum @TheDavidBergman @IBAHRI @article19org @CPJAsia @pressfreedom @RSF_inter @IFJGlobal @ifjasiapacific @MediaFreedomC @S_Asian_Rights @CommonwealthJA @ESandersFCDO @CIVICUSalliance @BonaveroIHR @forum_asia @SRjudgeslawyers @Irenekhan @UN_SPExperts @DoughtyStIntl @volker_turk @UN_HRC

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

The weaponisation of the criminal justice system to target political rivals and high-profile detainees under the #BNP Govt has now reached such an alarming stage that even High Court rulings appear to be openly disregarded.

The use of the criminal justice system to arbitrarily detain political leaders and other prominent individuals has escalated to the point where both the police and lower courts seem increasingly unwilling, or unable, to uphold even basic legal safeguards, even when directed to do so by the superior courts.

Former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque, who has now reportedly been detained without formal charges for more than 300 days, has once again been “shown arrested” despite a clear ruling from the High Court to the contrary.

The High Court had specifically directed authorities not to show the 81-year-old former Chief Justice arrested unless there was a specific case against him. Nevertheless, a Dhaka court subsequently permitted police to show him arrested in yet another murder case connected to the July 2024 protests where he wasn’t named.

Despite the High Court’s order, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque on 23 May allowed police to show Khairul Haque arrested following an application submitted by investigation officer Md Ibrahim Khalil of Jatrabari Police Station.

Report:

https://t.co/3cpcwEpakM

This deeply troubling development has once again highlighted the extent to which the criminal justice system has been weaponised to indefinitely detain political opponents and high-profile individuals through questionable and often politically sensitive cases linked to the July 2024 protests.

There are growing concerns that both the police and lower judiciary, including magistrates’ courts as well as district and sessions courts, are failing to uphold fundamental legal principles in cases involving politically sensitive detainees, due to the presumed political directives under which they are operating.

This appears to persist even when superior courts, including the High Court Division and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, issue explicit directions intended to safeguard due process and personal liberty.

Against this backdrop, it is perhaps unsurprising that the BNP Govt led by Prime Minister #TariqueRahman appears reluctant to meaningfully separate the #judiciary from the executive branch.

This concern has been further reinforced by recent efforts to abolish the independent Supreme Court Secretariat, a move widely viewed by the stakeholders as undermining judicial independence and consolidating greater executive influence over the administration of justice.

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#BangladeshCrisis @amnestysasia @AgnesCallamard @taqbirhuda @meeganguly @PearsonElaine @StateDRL @justiceinfonet @job71org @icsforum @TheDavidBergman @IBAHRI @S_Asian_Rights @ESandersFCDO @DoughtyStIntl @kingsleynapley @CIVICUSalliance @BonaveroIHR @hrw @UN_HRC @Ginitastar @forum_asia @SRjudgeslawyers @UN_SPExperts @volker_turk @forum_asia @FortifyRights

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

Some key excerpts from the @NPR’s recent report on how #Bangladesh went from being a #vaccination success story to one struggling with hundreds of children dying from an ongoing deadly #measles oubreak:

Hantavirus and Ebola are making headlines. But another deadly outbreak is unfolding that's barely registered on the global scene.

"We've been crying out loud about this from the beginning, but it has been a silent situation," says Hasina Rahman. "There hasn't been much attention around it."

She's talking about a devastating measles outbreak in Bangladesh.

Since the virus took off in mid-March, the country has tallied more than 60,000 suspected cases and 528 suspected measles-related deaths. The vast majority of the sick and dead are children under age 5…

From vaccine success story to massive measles outbreak

…Prior to this outbreak, Bangladesh was making progress toward eliminating measles with its robust, community-led vaccine program and was held up as a model for lower resource counties.

In 2019, then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed received The Vaccine Hero Award from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in recognition of the country's "tremendous strides."

Then came 2024.

The long-time regime was ousted and an interim government took charge. During its 18 months in power, the temporary leaders decided to revamp the vaccination system. The new plan did not go smoothly.

There were bureaucratic delays. Soon, the country's vaccine supply was disrupted. The shots became unavailable; immunization campaigns were postponed.

This did not go unnoticed. Rana Flowers — the UNICEF representative to Bangladesh – said in a press conference on May 20 that she had repeatedly warned the government over the past two years that the delays could trigger a crisis. "I sat with the interim adviser and the staff on at least 10 occasions saying, 'We are worried. Look at my face. I am worried. You're going to face a mountain,' " recounted Flowers.

Other groups — including the World Health Organization and Gavi — also publicly urged the government last year to take action.

But nothing changed, says Dr. Reaz Mobarok, a senior professor and head of the High Dependency and Isolation Unit of the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute, the largest children's hospital in the country: "The interim government did not bother about vaccination at all, so many children were not vaccinated for measles."

The warnings and concerns turned out to be prescient.

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Read more:

https://t.co/0ni5k3k9Oc

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#Bangladesh #PublicHealth #MeaslesOutbreak @CDCGlobal @HarvardHealth @bbchealth @DiaaHadid1 @UNICEFBD @WHO @WHOSEARO @gavi @UNICEF @ScienceMagazine @MujMash @HannahEP @CordeliaSkyNews @paulocasaca1 @JohnReedwrites @TheEconomist @suhasinih @johnstanly

[Cartunus Daily @CartunusDaily]

রামিসা তোমার আব্বারে কইবা ভোটটা যেন জামায়াতরে দেয়, দাড়িপাল্লায় ভোট দিলে বিনা হিসাবে জান্নাত, জান্নাতে কী যাওন লাগবো না রামিসা?

#CartunusDaily #bangladeshipolitics #politicalsatire #PoliticalNews #satire

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

With nearly 500 #children dead and more than 500,000 confirmed cases reported in just two months, calls for accountability are growing louder in #Bangladesh over the ongoing deadly #measles outbreak.

In only two months, Bangladesh’s measles outbreak has claimed the lives of at least 481 children, while infecting more than half a million more. However, it should be noted that both the death toll and the number of confirmed cases are widely considered to be conservative estimates.

News:

https://t.co/jDplB3l3UI

The deaths of so many children have naturally caused anguish among parents and the broader public alike. As a result, various sections of society have begun demanding accountability for the government’s role in the current crisis.
In particular, vaccination lapses under the #Yunus-led Interim Govt have been directly linked to the ongoing outbreak.

The most damning indictment of the Interim Govt’s role has come from @UNICEF, which warned the #Yunus admin multiple times, both in writing and during meetings with Health Ministry, about shortages of measles vaccines that could potentially trigger a major outbreak.

According to Rana Flowers, UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh, the agency sent five to six letters to health authorities regarding the issue and raised the matter in at least 10 meetings during the Interim Govt’s tenure. Those warnings and recommendations, however, went unheeded.
Flowers stated:

“The failure to order vaccines was not the result of no money in the Ministry of Health. The funding was provided by the Ministry of Finance. The funding was in the budget. It was the decision by the Interim Government around how to procure that had created a delay. And that will be the subject of an investigation, which I welcome.”

See:

https://t.co/bEJpEPK2cE

While the BNP Govt’s Health Minister has stated that an investigation will be conducted into the factors that led to the deadly outbreak, the government should, in the interest of fairness and credibility, seriously consider incorporating international organisations such as UNICEF and WHO into the inquiry process.

This is also important because of some prejudicial comments made by responsible personnel in the BNP Govt, including the Health Minister himself, which seemed designed to deflect blame away from the Interim Govt, including blaming mothers for not properly breastfeeding their children.

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#BangladeshCrisis #MeaslesOutbreak @UNICEFBD @WHO @TheLancet @ScienceMagazine @HarvardHealth @CDCGlobal @WHOSEARO @bbchealth @BBCCiN

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

The human costs of the false cases filed surrounding the violent events of July–August 2024 continue to pile up in the “new” #Bangladesh.

A man arrested in a case filed over the vandalism and arson at #Chattogram’s Sadarghat Police Station on August 5, 2024, has died in prison #custody.

45-year-old Debashish Chowdhury worked as an accountant in Chattogram’s Kotwali area. He was arrested from his home in the city’s PK Sen area on April 27 in connection with the Sadarghat Police Station vandalism and arson case.

According to prison authorities, on Monday, May 18, 2026, Debashish collapsed after experiencing chest pain. He was first taken to the jail hospital and later transferred to CMCH for advanced treatment, where he died.

However, Debashish’s family alleges that he was falsely implicated in the Sadarghat Police Station case due to a land dispute. They claim that a rival party orchestrated his arrest by providing false information and that he was subsequently tortured in custody.

News:

https://t.co/lBgphBdcCb

Two things stand out here.

First, the case itself.

Both the Interim Govt and the BNP Govt have effectively granted legal indemnity to the “protesters” involved in the 2024 violence, including for acts of murder, vandalism, arson, and attacks on state institutions.

Many of these individuals, associated with #BNP, the #NCP, and #JamaatEIslami, have openly boasted about their role in the violence of August 2024, including the killing of police officers and the burning of police stations across Bangladesh.

The police and the govt know who these perpetrators are, yet no meaningful action has been taken against them because of the indemnity. At the same time, an innocent Hindu man with no involvement in politics can be picked up on dubious charges and end up dead in custody.

Second, the allegation of torture.

The family’s claim that Debashish was tortured in custody cannot be dismissed lightly. Allegations of custodial torture and denial of adequate medical treatment have repeatedly surfaced in Bangladesh, particularly in cases involving political detainees and individuals accused under the sweeping post-2024 crackdown.

Previously, we documented the disproportionately high number of #AwamiLeague-associated political prisoners who have died under questionable circumstances over the past 21 months. Several families of deceased prisoners alleged torture in custody and denial of proper medical treatment. At least 46 AL-affiliated prisoners have died in jail over the last 21 months. See:

https://t.co/mu82AfUnYB

By failing to conduct transparent, credible, and independent investigations into the disproportionately high number of custodial deaths of political prisoners, both the #Yunus-led Interim Govt and PM #TariqueRahman-led #BNP Govt have violated Bangladesh’s obligations under international law.

Their inactions also raise a more serious question:

Is there a deliberate policy to mistreat political prisoners?

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#BangladeshCrisis @amnestysasia @StateDRL @hrw @IBAHRI @EURightsAgency @UNHumanRights @omctorg @Ginitastar @PearsonElaine @TheDavidBergman @StateDRL @UN_HRC @SRjudgeslawyers @ESandersFCDO @volker_turk @meeganguly @AgnesCallamard @justiceinfonet @MujMash @HannahEP @CordeliaSkyNews @UN_SPExperts @job71org

[Bangladesh Perspectives @bdperspectives]

https://t.co/P1tHNKFCqN

[Rayhanul Azad. @mrrayhanul]

শিশুর কান্না কারো কানে পৌছায় না।অক্সিজেনেের অভাবে শিশু মৃত্যু ! এ নিয়ে কথা বললে যদি কেউ ফ্যাসিস্ট হয়,তাহলে আপনি এখনো মানুষ। ফ্যাসিস্টরাই এই নীরব হত্যার প্রতিবাদ করছে, বাকিরা বিশেষ স্বার্থে নিশ্চুপ।সাদা কাফন দেখে আসমান নয় বাংলার মাটি কেঁপে উঠবেনা? হায় সামাজের নিস্তব্ধ বিবেক!

[Sarwar Saimon @SarwarWassel]

#Breaking
Satkhira,Bangladesh:#Hindu Teacher Gauranga Sarkar allegedly detained over“Allah & God R one” remark.Reports of humiliation circulate,Facts Unverified. Blasphemy claims often target #Minorities,Triggering #Mob Pressure & Arrests before investigation.
@MEAIndia @avarakai

[Bangladesh Perspectives @bdperspectives]

https://t.co/NpUuNrX1Fq

[Shahbag Worldwide! @Projonmo13]

Their Little Hands Went Cold Forever Over 1000+ Bangladeshi Children Lost to Measles, Leaving Mothers With Empty Laps and Broken Hearts..

Bravo @Yunus_Centre !

#BangladeshCrisis

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

A new @bbcbangla report has revealed how even #children and adolescents aren’t being spared from arbitrary arrests on political grounds in #Bangladesh.

According to the report, at least 158 children and adolescents were arrested between January and May 2026 on allegations of involvement with the #AwamiLeague or its student wing, the Bangladesh #ChhatraLeague.

Bangladesh’s prisons are already overcrowded with thousands of political detainees affiliated with the Awami League. However, there is an even more disturbing dimension to this crackdown: the growing number of minors being detained under some of the country’s harshest and most controversial laws.

Over the last 21 months, hundreds of children have reportedly been arrested under laws such as the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Special Powers Act, the Speedy Trial (Tribunal) Act, and the Explosives Act for alleged involvement with the Chhatra League.

Between 1 January and 5 May 2026, at least 158 children and adolescents were arrested under these draconian provisions, including 57 detained in just the first five days of May.

In many cases, the allegations relate to children or teenagers participating in demonstrations or processions organised under the banner of the Chhatra League. However, according to the report, some detainees were merely bystanders picked up by police from areas where such demonstrations or protests had taken place.

The consequences have been devastating. Many of those arrested have missed secondary school examinations and critical stages of their #education. Because the arrests are made under stringent laws such as the Anti-Terrorism Act, securing bail becomes significantly more difficult.

As a result, numerous children have remained detained for several months without bail, despite Bangladesh’s legal framework containing special provisions intended to facilitate bail for minors, women, the elderly, and the infirm.

Human rights lawyer Barrister Nazia Kabir of @askbd_org warned that such sweeping arrests are both harmful and counterproductive. According to her:

“Sweeping arrests under controversial laws is not the way forward when dealing with children. After arrests, focus must be given to speedy bail. If children remain detained for more than a year without bail, and there is no progress in investigations, then what happens to that child’s future?”

Despite repeated attempts, BBC Bangla reportedly could not obtain comments from responsible government officials regarding these arrests and detentions.

Notably, these arrests began under the #Yunus-led Interim Government but appear to have intensified further under the #TariqueRahman-led #BNP government.

The silence surrounding these detentions is striking.

Where is the national outrage? How many children must lose their education, their futures, and their formative years before such practices are loudly and unequivocally condemned in Bangladesh?

Report:

https://t.co/xt9ufSOU94

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#BangladeshCrisis @meeganguly @PearsonElaine @job71org @ESandersFCDO @AgnesCallamard @amnestysasia @hrw @BonaveroIHR @IBAHRI @FortifyRights @forum_asia @HRF @volker_turk @UNHumanRights @SRjudgeslawyers @fidh_en @StateDRL @UN_HRC @justiceinfonet @Kennedy_HRC @UNICEF @SavetheChildren @CIVICUSalliance @HannahEP @MujMash @CordeliaSkyNews @JohnReedwrites @b_parkyn @UNESCO @dwnews @cnni @TheEconomist @Chellaney

[Cartunus Daily @CartunusDaily]

আমেরিকান ডলারে জুলাই মাসে গলা ফাটিয়ে কেদেছি বলে লীগের ভাইদের দেখি বড্ড গাত্রদাহ হচ্ছে! আরে ভাই, সোজা হিসাব - জুলাইতে পকেটে ডলার গুঁজেছে, আমি বিনিময়ে নিখুঁত বিলাপ সাপ্লাই দিয়েছি। এখন আপনাদের আবদার, হামে মারা যাওয়া শিশুদের জন্যও কাঁদতে হবে। তা ভাই, আমার তো আর কান্নার আকাল পড়েনি! রেট অনুযায়ী পারিশ্রমিকটা বুঝিয়ে দিন, এরপর দেখবেন, কান্না কাকে বলে, কান্নার কত রূপ, কত ভঙ্গি!

#CartunusDaily #bangladeshipolitics #politicalsatire #PoliticalNews #satire

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

#Bangladesh in @amnesty’s The State of the World’s #HumanRights Report 2026: What It Says and What It Doesn’t.

On 21 April 2026, Amnesty Int’l released the latest edition of its flagship annual human rights publication, reviewing national, regional, and global human rights developments across a broad range of themes. The following is a brief discussion of what the report says about Bangladesh’s human rights situation in 2025, and what it leaves out.

What It Says

The report says:

“Freedom of expression, association and assembly remained unnecessarily restricted under the Interim Govt. Individuals, including human rights defenders, were subjected to arbitrary arrests and harassment for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Interim Govt’s ban on the Awami League brought into question their commitment to upholding freedom of association…”

The report also briefly addresses: the new Cyber Security Act, convictions of the former PM and Home Minister by the ICT, proposed draft ordinance on enforced disappearances; proposed women’s right reforms facing backlash from Islamist groups; the Rohingya refugee crisis; the detention of members of the indigenous Bawm community; labour law reforms, and the climate crisis.

What It Misses

However, 2025 was also marked by a number of serious and highly specific human rights challenges that received little to no meaningful attention in Amnesty’s report, despite being extensively documented by domestic rights orgs. such as Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Human Rights Support Society (HRSS), Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP), and others.

These omissions include:

- Organised mob violence by specific groups targeting political opponents, carried out with the patronage of the Interim Govt. This included the two-day wave of violence in February 2025 directed against individuals associated with the Awami League, as well as attacks on historic landmarks, led by the Interim Govt-backed Students Against Discrimination (SAD) Movement. According to ASK, at least 197 people were killed in mob lynchings during 2025;

- Mass arrests of political activists throughout the year, including the two phases of “Operation Devil Hunt”, under which thousands of AL activists and supporters were subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention;

- The disproportionately high number of political prisoners dying in custody, with family members in many cases alleging denial of timely and adequate medical treatment, as well as torture and abuse in detention;

- The continued detention and prosecution of senior journalists and media figures on what critics describe as baseless or politically motivated charges. The continued use of July–August 2024 criminal cases against hundreds of journalists and media workers also received no attention;

-Attacks against religious minorities, including hundreds of reported attacks targeting #Hindus and Hindu places of worship, as well as attacks against Sufi Muslims and their shrines;

- The alarming rise in sexual violence against women and children during 2025. According to BMP, 786 women and girls were victims of rape or gang rape in 2025, a 52.3% increase compared to 2024. In addition, child rape cases reportedly surged by 75% during the first seven months of 2025, according to ActionAid Bangladesh and ASK.

- Continued politicisation of the ICT, including breach of its own rules regarding detention without charges, charging people upon external pressure without evidence etc.

- Misuse of the Anti Terrorism Act to arrest people for political speeches throughout 2025.

Amnesty’s report correctly identified several important concerns relating to human rights and civil liberties in Bangladesh. However, its treatment of the country’s overall human rights situation remains notably incomplete. A fuller more objective assessment is expected of an org. like AI.

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[Michael Rubin @mrubin1971]

"From a Washington perspective, #Pakistan is not a woman to marry, but rather a whore to use and discard. Munir is just the latest pimp. Trump’s term is ending and whoever comes next—Republican or Democrat—will likely agree on one issue: Pakistan is not to be trusted, nor will the United States feel any obligation to respect any Trump promises to Munir."

I explain in my latest @SundayGuardian commentary: https://t.co/Xdsz9jyZnc

[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

“Mob is a reaction of the people” — These callous words from Law Minister Asaduzzaman will only encourage further #mob #violence in #Bangladesh.

Recently, the #BNP Govt’s Law Minister, Asaduzzaman, made public comments that risk legitimising and encouraging continued mob violence in Bangladesh. On 4 May 2026, while briefing the media at the International Crimes Tribunal, a journalist asked him:

“Honourable Minister, you have given indemnity up to 5 Aug 2024. However, the mob violence that occurred after 5 Aug was also systematic and widespread. Will the tribunal investigate and try these as crimes against humanity in the future?”

In response, the Law Minister stated:

“Mob is not systematic and widespread. Mob is a reaction of the people. If these fall within general crimes, that can be looked at. But if you want to try those, then a lot of things will come to the fore. That would be disrespecting independence struggles, mass uprisings, and revolutions.”

News:

https://t.co/gDviiPj2jJ

It is astounding that the Law and Justice Minister can dismiss the need for accountability so casually, and on such deeply flawed reasoning.

First, the mob violence that occurred after 5 August was, by any reasonable standard, both widespread and systematic. The targets were pre-determined, the perpetrators belonged to identifiable political groups, and the violent attacks were geographically dispersed across Bangladesh.

Second, even if the post–5 August violence does not meet the strict legal threshold of crimes against humanity, these acts unquestionably constituted serious criminal offences involving widespread killings, looting, arson, and destruction of property.

Third, what exactly are the “things” that would “come to the fore” if these crimes were investigated and prosecuted? Would it expose the role of grassroots activists affiliated with the Law Minister’s party, #BNP, and their involvement in killings, destruction, and looting carried out with impunity? Or would it expose his own complicity as the former Attorney General of the #Yunus-led Interim Govt?

As Attorney General, he failed to act when organised political mobs besieged the Supreme Court twice to force the resignation of senior judges. He also failed to ensure the safety of prisoners and lawyers who faced mob assaults in courts across the country.

Fourth, through these remarks, the Law Minister has effectively provided de facto indemnity for crimes committed under the Interim Government. It is troubling enough that individuals responsible for egregious crimes have already been granted indemnity under the justification of the 2024 protests. Now, the Law Minister has all but confirmed that there will be no justice even for crimes committed after the protests ended and a government had already been installed.

To summarise, there was nothing spontaneous about the hundreds of incidents of mob violence that took place from 8 August 2024 onward, after the Interim Govt assumed office. These attacks were planned and executed with precision. Where necessary, public outrage was politically manufactured.

Mr. Asaduzzaman, himself a former #humanrights lawyer, surely knows that demanding justice for brutal killings, widespread looting, arson, and property destruction is NOT disrespecting independence struggles, mass uprisings, or revolutions.

What truly disrespects those noble struggles is using them as a shield to provide impunity to criminals.

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