D Hussain

Case Manager at NYC Human Resources Administration Department of Social Services | Project Management Professional (PMP)®|Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Billionaires have spent $19 million to try and defeat Zohran Mamdani.

Over the next week, they’re going to spend a hell of a lot more.

Early voting has started.

If New York is going to stand up to the oligarchy, we need everyone to get out the vote and elect Zohran Mamdani.

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

I just signed a @theactionnet petition: Stop Driverless Cars from Taking Over NYC Streets. Sign here: https://t.co/YD4yLE4hrE

[Dilly Hussain @DillyHussain88]

Some thoughts, reflections, and points of fact in light of India's unprovoked military aggression against Pakistan last night.

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

@bbcbangla দাদা কোথায়???

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

No doubt 👇👇

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

@ZulkarnainSaer Waw ☝️☝️

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

Our investigation into the #MinistersMillions uncovers how a powerful Bangladesh politician built a half billion dollar property empire.

See inside Saifuzzaman Chowdhury's $14m London home, where he reveals his hidden wealth to our hidden cameras.
Watch: https://t.co/6HNvjpNuCN @AJIunit

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

Sad but this is reality ::)))

[David Bergman @TheDavidBergman]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is Bangladesh's pre-eminent Independence leader whose political efforts - even if he was in a Pakistan prison during the 1971 war itself - resulted in the establishment of Bangladesh. On August 15th 1975, he was brutaly murdered along with 16 members of his family by junior army officers. Mujibur Rahman was the head of the Awami League and within the party has almost saint-like status. His daughter, was Sheikh Hasina, the now deposed Bangladesh prime-minister.

Others, outside the Awami League mainly respect him, particularly for his role in independence movement, though there are three reasons why many have a jaundiced view about him:

(a) In late 1975, before his assassination he sought to make Bangladesh a one party state under what was known as BAKSAL. It was in all likelihood this decision that motivated his assasination;

(b) they are sick to their gullet in how the Awami League, and in particular his daughter Sheikh Hasina, propagandised about him. His image/statues were everywhere in the country and in the last 15 years people were expected to revere him. The Awami League even introduced a law that made it a criminal offence to disparage him;

(c) he is the father of Sheikh Hasina, whose own reputation has become so tarnished by years of authoritarian rule and in particular her recent handling of the student protests that resulted in the killing of hundreds of protestors.

So this helps explain why we have seen the defacement of so many images of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the days immediately after the fall of Sheikh Hasina. Of course, this defilement may have been done by opposition party activists (rather than by more ordinary students/protestors), who have a particular reason to hate Mujib, I have no idea. But even if it was, it does still reflect a large degree of popular sentiment.

And now the new interim government has cancelled a national holiday on August 15th, which is meant to memorialise the day Mujib and his family were assassinated, a day that was introduced by the Awami League government.

It is easy to have mixed feelings about this decision. It is true that the Awami League government completely overdid its marking of the death, by making August a "Month of Mourning". Nonetheless, it does seem important for a nation to mark the day of the assassination of the country's most important historic leader, and arguably seems petty to have removed the national holiday. Perhaps however the optics of keeping it this year were too difficult.

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

Inhuman,brutal, Injustice 👇

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

On Friday night, July 19th, a group of men identifying themselves as police officers apprehended Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators of the ongoing student protest, from his friend's residence. They forcibly placed him into a vehicle belonging to the police or Border Guard Bangladesh.

Blindfolded and handcuffed, Nahid was taken to an undisclosed location and interrogated. The attached photograph illustrates the brutal methods used during his interrogation, which I have purposely blurred.

Nahid was left unconscious on the streets on Sunday morning, July 21st. After regaining some consciousness, he rented a three-wheeler to reach home before being hospitalized.

His ordeal continued at the hospital. When journalists visited him for interviews, authorities pressured him to leave, citing safety concerns. “The hospital canceled my admission,” he said, noting that he had to seek treatment under unsafe conditions.

I hope this helps you understand the state of affairs in Bangladesh.

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

@RepAndyKimNJ Thanks andy kim

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

#StepDownHasina #Save_Bangladeshi_students

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

Here is an update from Bangladesh:

Multiple political parties and student alliance have called for an all-out movement, with the sole demand being the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and her government.

Clashes are ongoing between security forces and protesters who have broken the curfew and taken to the streets in the Kazipara, Mohakhali, and Rampura areas of the capital, Dhaka. So far, reports indicate that three people have been killed.

Members of the military have not yet used any firearms. It has been reported that they have expressed unwillingness to shoot at civilians.

[Amb. Mushfiqul Fazal (Ansarey) @MushfiqulFazal]

Protest against the brutal crackdown on students in front of the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C. I’m joining. Please join if you’re around at 4pm today. Over 50 people have already been killed by Hasina’s forces in Bangladesh. @saritapandey @ajitsahi @JazzyARY @the_nazmul @PressClubDC @ralakbar @AngelitaBaeyens @BernieDebusmann @MarkSchoeff @adrianshahbaz @caroinash @MichaelKugelman @KellyO @nytmike @inespohl @ccaryl @rongxiang @behlihyi @mlakan @DerekJGrossman @abramowitz @gerryshih

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

@bbcbangla Bull shit 💩 just get the fuck off . Stop killing innocent people

[Amb. Mushfiqul Fazal (Ansarey) @MushfiqulFazal]

The autocratic government of Bangladesh has shut down the internet. We urgently need @Starlink to stay connected and safe. 🌐#Starlink #Bangladesh #InternetFreedom #DigitalRights #StarLinkforBangladesh

[D Hussain @dilwarnyc]

#startlinkforbangladesh