Ariful Islam

Sangram carries the story of an unresolved life.

[Ariful Islam @arifverse_me]

অগ্নিস্নানে শুচি হোক বাংলাদেশ।
বাঙলা নববর্ষের শুভেচ্ছা 🌼

[Sajeeb Wazed @sajeebwazed]

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[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

ICT-BD’s Questionable Detention Policy Raises Serious Legal and Human Rights Concerns.

The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (#ICTBD) is increasingly facing criticism for violating its own detention rules, writes journalist @TheDavidBergman.

Under Rule 9(5) of the ICT Rules of Procedure, three clear principles apply: 1) Investigations must be completed within one year of arrest; 2) If investigations are not completed within that period, the accused may be released on bail subject to conditions; and 3) Continued detention beyond one year is permissible only in “exceptional circumstances,” which must be justified in writing.

Despite these safeguards, several individuals with pending ICT-BD cases have been held in detention for over a year without charge. At least eight accused, including former advisers, ministers, MPs, and judges, remain in custody beyond the one-year investigative limit, with no properly reasoned finding of “exceptional circumstances” to justify their continued detention.

Those affected include Tawfik-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Dipu Moni, Faruk Khan, Kamal Ahmed Majumdar, Shahjahan Khan, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Fazle Karim Chowdhury, and former judge Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik. Their prolonged detention appears to contravene the ICT-BD’s own legal framework.

Commenting on the case of former MP Fazle Karim Chowdhury, UK-based senior barrister Lord Carlile, who is assisting his family, said:

“The procedure that has been used against him has no legal credibility whatsoever… If [the ICT prosecutors] have got evidence against him, they should serve it on him, but they haven’t… There was no statement of evidence, no photographs, no documents showing he supported the things he is accused of… You can’t detain someone for a year and pretend that you have the evidence against them until you serve it.”

Lord Carlile also warned of the damage such practices could cause to Bangladesh’s international standing:

“The Bangladesh legal system and the current government need to get their house in order, otherwise they are going to be a total outlier in the Commonwealth. This is not what we would expect of the interim administration headed by Muhammad Yunus. I would have expected much better.”

With a new government in Dhaka, the central question remains: Will this blatant political abuse of the criminal justice process finally come to an end?

Read full article: https://t.co/MkoXBetAz0

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[Bangladesh Watch @bdwatch2024]

Disregarding the opinions and participation of a significant segment of the electorate risks undermining the credibility of the upcoming parliamentary election, according to the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

One of Bangladesh’s leading policy think-tanks, the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has expressed concern that the forthcoming parliamentary polls will not be inclusive.

Speaking on the issue, CPD Research Director Khandker Moazzem noted that all recent opinion surveys consistently indicate that the vote bank of the #AwamiLeague, currently barred from participating in the election by the #Yunus-led Interim Govt, would be decisive in determining the outcome of the Feb 2026 polls.

Moazzem argued that the exclusion of the Awami League effectively disenfranchises a substantial segment of the electorate. Voters aligned with the party will be unable to cast ballots in accordance with their political preferences, and any participation by them would fail to represent their genuine will.

In this context, CPD warned that disregarding the views and participation of such a large portion of voters would inevitably raise serious questions about the credibility, legitimacy, and representative nature of the election.

@bbcbangla report:

https://t.co/c9JW14Ry0s

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[Bangladesh Awami League @albd1971]

Statement by Awami League President and Honorable Prime Minister, Bangabandhu’s daughter, public leader Sheikh Hasina, condemning and protesting the custodial killings of countless Awami League leaders and activists, including the planned killing through denial of medical treatment of Awami League Advisory Council member, former Presidium member, former Member of Parliament and Minister, Ramesh Chandra Sen

Bangladesh Awami League President and Honorable Prime Minister, Bangabandhu’s daughter, public leader Deshratna Sheikh Hasina, has issued a statement strongly condemning and protesting the killing of Ramesh Chandra Sen—member of the Bangladesh Awami League Advisory Council, former Presidium member, former Minister and Member of Parliament—inside prison custody by the illegal occupying, murderous-fascist Yunus clique.

In the statement, she said that the illegal occupying, murderous-fascist Yunus group has been continuing to kill Awami League leaders and activists by directly and indirectly instigating violence or by using the state machinery. In a planned manner, they have stripped Awami League leaders, activists, and supporters of their civil rights. They are not only turning them into stateless citizens, but are also carrying out uninterrupted killings one after another. Children, the young, the elderly—women and men alike—are all falling victim to these indiscriminate killings. The killing of Mr. Ramesh Chandra Sen is part of this very continuity. I strongly condemn and protest this murder. At the same time, I call upon the conscience of the world to take note of the hellish state terror being unleashed, with state patronage, against the leaders and activists of the Awami League—an historic and tradition-rich political party.

The statement further said that Mr. Ramesh Chandra Sen was a senior leader of the Awami League. Rising through grassroots politics, he earned recognition at the national level and was a true leader of the masses. He was arrested on baseless, fabricated, and false cases and kept in prison without trial. Despite falling ill in custody, he was deliberately denied even minimum medical treatment and was killed in a planned manner. Not only him—leaders and activists of the Awami League at all levels are being killed in this way. International human rights organizations have already published reports on the state terror and gross human rights violations carried out by the illegal occupying government. Such monstrous misrule cannot continue in the governance of a state in modern civilization.

In the statement, public leader Sheikh Hasina said that the illegal occupying government is running the state machinery against people of all classes and professions. The wounds they have inflicted on the body of the state in recent times are not easily healable. However, Bangladesh Awami League practices politics for the welfare of the people. The party’s future politics will be guided by the commitment to heal the wounds created within the state and society and to make them safe for every citizen.

Joy Bangla
Joy Bangabandhu
Long live Bangladesh

#Bangladesh #BangladeshCrisis

[CrackPlatoonBD24 @CrackPlatoonBD]

Police used sound grenades and water cannons against a peaceful rally of government employees.
The march began from the Central Shaheed Minar demanding gazette notification and implementation of a new pay scale based on the 9th National Pay Commission report, but was blocked at Shahbagh and near Hotel InterContinental.
Such repression of peaceful demands is unacceptable.

#BangladeshCrisis #Bangladesh #YunusRegime

[Sajeeb Wazed @sajeebwazed]

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[Bangladesh Awami League @albd1971]

Sajeeb Wazed Joy A discussion program on a newly published Book. https://t.co/LaYvMpMMcn

[Ariful Islam @arifverse_me]

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[Hussain Saddam @saddamhussainbd]

A courageous mother, accompanied by her two young daughters, stood alone in front of the Dhaka Press Club today to voice her protest. She was demonstrating against the upcoming Bangladesh election under the Yunus government, an election she believes is being engineered without fair participation, notably excluding the “Boat” symbol of the Awami League.

It was not organized by any political party or group, this was entirely her own personal act of protest. Her demonstration was a stand against what she views as an illegitimate and farcical electoral process.

She had no banner in her hands, as she lacked the means to make one.

So she wrote the message of her protest on her own scarf with a pen, in the voice of a mother, and in the questions of a citizen.

Despite the peaceful, individual nature of her demonstration, she was first harassed by the BNP-Jamaat goons, and then arrested and taken away by Yunus’s police.

Her quiet act of defiance, carried out with nothing more than fabric, ink, and raw courage, while holding her children’s hands- highlights the deep frustration millions of ordinary Bangladeshis feel toward the current political process and the heavy-handed response to even the smallest expression of dissent.

#BoycottShamElction #NoBoatNoVote

[Sajeeb Wazed @sajeebwazed]

This is not a vote, it’s a trap - to save Bangladesh, Bangladesh will not take part in this rigged election

The upcoming election in Bangladesh is not a transparent democratic process. It is a staged drama orchestrated by the illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus government. Another performance is underway to legitimize a rigged election. Just as extremist fundamentalist forces seized power in July–August by using ordinary students as a front, the same strategy is being applied again.

This government does not want to turn the election into a celebration of democracy. It wants to use the election as a tool to establish fundamentalism. Here, it is not the ballot box but a prewritten script that matters. Not the people’s opinion, but Yunus’s predetermined plan is the final word.

Today, the people of Bangladesh face a difficult but clear choice. Will they participate in this staged election and legitimize fundamentalism, or will they stay away from this farce and protect their future? The answer to this question lies not only at the polling station, but within one’s conscience.

An election from which the Bangladesh Awami League - the party that led the struggle for independence is deliberately excluded can never belong to the people. It is merely a tactic to seize power, a conspiracy to capture the state. Since coming to power, the illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus has pushed a once-organized country toward destruction. The economy, security, and social harmony are all under threat. Creating space for fundamentalism and militancy has become their core objective.

It is the responsibility of every parent in this country to ensure a safe and progressive Bangladesh for their children. To fulfill that responsibility, one must say no to fundamentalism, no to militancy, and no to this rigged election.

This is not a call for a vote boycott; it is a call to save the state. This is not about the interest of any party; it is about the future of Bangladesh.

Boycott this illegal, rigged election.
NO BOAT, NO VOTE

#Bangladesh #Elections #NoBoatNoVote

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