Adib Zaman

Director of Informatics/ Assistant Professor. Opinions are my own.

[Adib Zaman @adibzaman]

A very important observation by the respected Bangladeshi journalist Kamal Ahmed @ahmedka1 regarding the current response of the government on student crackdown. Are they admitting the responsibility for the casualties as a way to prevent an uprising similar to Sri Lanka? @ZulkarnainSaer @revolt_71 @TheDavidBergman @amnesty

https://t.co/niM9g4DsQm

"The reckless use of lethal weapons and rampant firing has set a shocking record, which Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader indirectly acknowledged by saying, "There was a target that night to occupy the Prime Minister's house in a Sri Lanka-style uprising. If not for the curfew..." His statement admits the possibility of an uprising but also implies responsibility for the resultant casualties."

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

BREAKING: Bangladesh police are FIRING SHOTS at protesters.

After Sunday's protests left over 40 people dead, a CURFEW and INTERNET BLACKOUT have been imposed.

AUTHORITARIAN PM HASINA BETTER START LOOKING FOR THE EXIT DOOR.

[Nazmul Ahasan @the_nazmul]

My country is just gone. 72 dead one day. On top of over 210 killed previously. I just can’t take it anymore. This is the saddest day in my life.

[Shahidul Alam @shahidul]

This is a war I don’t want to see. As I came here, I saw people being brought in rikshas, with bullet wounds, ambulances coming in one after another with corpses. I just stood and watched. They are not related to me but my heart is breaking. #StepDownHasina #Bangladesh #murderer

[Adib Zaman @adibzaman]

Total internet blackout again- praying for my fellow countryman. @POTUS @UN @CNN @nytimes #SaveWomensSports

[Steve Hanke @steve_hanke]

BREAKING: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina imposes a NATIONWIDE BAN on Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and YouTube.

Leftist PM Sheikh Hasina's AUTHORITARIAN RULE = CENSORSHIP & SUPPRESSION.

[Pinaki Bhattacharya @PinakiTweetsBD]

Yesterday in Sunamganj, Bangladesh, a schoolboy was shot in the leg at point-blank range by police officers. The boy was unarmed and did not pose any threat to the officers.

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Again! Bangladesh!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

At least 70 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters on Sunday in Bangladesh. The exact number of deaths in the violence was unclear, but it appeared to be the deadliest day since the protests began in July. https://t.co/VKUaJRrTsb

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

The Bangladeshi government has undermined the country’s democratic process by holding flawed elections, failing to protect human rights, and violently cracking down on demonstrations. @StateDept must take action to hold complicit government officials accountable for these abuses.

[Kamal Ahmed @ahmedka1]

Here's an example of how police in Dhaka are randomly detaining young people. #Bangladesh_Protests

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

This is Rajshai university today where students sought to hold a peaceful rally. However the #Bangladesh law enforcement authorities were having none of that. At one point, armed and plain clothes police tried to disrupt the protests, arrest five students and drag them to their vehicles. But what this extraordinary video shows is how the police have lost their authority, and how the teachers and students are not now willing to put up with these arbitrary arrests and, quite fearlessly manage to grab their fellow student back from the police. ... As I have mentioned in earlier tweets, it feels like something has changed in the country, but what is not so clear is how widespread that change is.

[Bushra @bushrat_ja61175]

@TheDavidBergman It has happened today in Bangladesh

[Prothom Alo @ProthomAlo]

বিস্তারিত কমেন্টে...

[Apsana Begum MP @ApsanaBegumMP]

Bangladeshi people must be able to exercise their fundamental human rights — including the right to protest.

I stand in solidarity with Bangladeshi people facing repression.

[Adib Zaman @adibzaman]

@ZulkarnainSaer @DeutscheWelle @debarati_guha @albd1971 Shame @DeutscheWelle @debarati_guha

[Adib Zaman @adibzaman]

@UNinBangladesh Condemning is not enough at this point. UN is indirectly funding the regime through its peacekeeping mission recruitment from Bangladesh.

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

I’m just gobsmacked that @DeutscheWelle has sent someone like @debarati_guha to scout for Khaled Muhiuddin’s replacement. You would be hard-pressed to find a bigger @albd1971 apologist than her. Her family left Bangladesh in 1975 after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

She arrived in Dhaka on the 20th of July with a preconceived notion that a third party was behind the violence and vandalism and that third party was… drum rolls… the old bogeyman Bangladesh @BJI_Official-Shibir. She is very much in favour of the Freedom Fighters’ quota — anyone surprised by this? “These kids will one day protest to bring back the Freedom Fighters’ quota,” she remarked that day at the BTV premises. The funny thing is she made these observations even before Mohammad Ali Arafat, the state minister for information and broadcasting, had begun his press conference for foreign media at the BTV premises. Of course Mr Arafat had harped on the third party narrative.

She is also a niece of Binayak Sen, the director-general of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, the state-owned think-tank.

After knowing all this, are you surprised by what she said yesterday? For the sake of its credibility, I urge @dwnews to keep Ms Guha as far away as possible for anything to do with Bangladesh. She is Awami League’s spin doctor and DW doesn’t want to come across as doing this murderous, despotic regime’s bidding.

[Senate Foreign Relations Committee @SFRCdems]

Chair @SenatorCardin and @SenBooker issued a statement condemning Bangladeshi security forces for their use of violence against protesters, calling for an immediate independent and impartial investigation into these #HumanRights abuses.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/ulSHTBdRgM

[Adib Zaman @adibzaman]

The world is watching.

Thank you @amnesty.

Bangladesh: Open Letter to Prime Minister on recent violent crackdowns

https://t.co/pYjVzShJxI

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#Bangladesh 🇧🇩: UN experts call on authorities to immediately end the violent crackdown against protesters & political opponents, fully restore access to the Internet & ensure accountability for #HumanRights violations.

https://t.co/lj8mliU60A