Salvesila Tamima

PhD Student at University of Delaware | Disaster Science and Management | Graduate Research Assistant @UDELDRC

[A.R. Siders @sidersadapts]

2 papers out this week - US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better, using routine local tools

Brief write up: https://t.co/ShEXJd3cz2

@katharine_mach @_miyukihino @UNC_IE @MiamiRosenstiel @UDELDRC @UDelaware @udceoe @OUPAcademic

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

Footage courtesy of journalist Golam Mortoza, editor of @dailystarnews bangla, highlights the flood-affected areas along the Comilla-Chittagong Highway. The flood situation in the southeastern region of Bangladesh continues to worsen.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

At least 13 people have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains in eastern Bangladesh — in pictures https://t.co/hFVuHRll4P

[Mahjabeen Khaled @mahjabeenkhaled]

A devasting flood is on its way and the water has gone above the danger lavel. Stand up for flood victims!
#Flood
#FloodRelief
#Bangladesh

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

Bangladesh: More than 170 people, including protesters, journalists and bystanders, have been killed and thousands injured in Bangladesh since the quota reform protest led by students started on 1 July 2024. Recent video footage circulated online shows a member of the security forces believed to be a former UN peacekeeper shooting at the student protesters.

Amnesty International reiterates its call that the UN must review admission of Bangladeshi law enforcement officers to peacekeeping forces and carry out due assessment of human rights violations when enlisting them as UN peacekeepers.

Bangladesh being one of the largest contributors to the @UNPeacekeeping, Amnesty International issued a statement last year when @Lacroix_UN visited the country, that he must prioritize reviewing human rights violations by the security forces so that the perpetrators do not get deployed as peacekeepers.
https://t.co/SqNmPzu3A4

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 : The Government must immediately overturn the curfew with a ‘shoot on sight’ order that grants excessive powers to the security forces.

The curfew must be urgently lifted, and all the people detained or arrested solely for exercising their right to protest peacefully should be immediately and unconditionally released.

The authorities are obligated under international law to always exercise restraint and use no more force than is strictly necessary, proportionate and lawful in response to any escalation they may face. #SaveBangaldeshiStudents #ProtectTheProtest

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

#SaveBangladeshiStudents

https://t.co/nDBp0eW5IV

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

#SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Fiona Lali @fiona_lali]

STUDENTS IN BANGLADESH ARE BEING ATTACKED. There is a total black out in the media. Internet cut off. The situation is critical. Huge support for all the brave students from East London tonight.
#SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

#SaveBangladeshiStudents #StudentsUnderAttackInBangladesh

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩: The rising death toll is a shocking indictment of the absolute intolerance shown by the Bangladeshi authorities to protest and dissent. The unlawful force used against protesters shows a callous disregard for the right to life and an abject failure by law enforcement officials to uphold their obligations under domestic and international human rights law.

The law enforcement agencies must immediately end their unlawful use of lethal force against protesters and ensure that the right of people to peaceful assembly is guaranteed in law and practice. #ProtectTheProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents

Read more: https://t.co/iUnOH3OdDh

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

#SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩: Amnesty International’s South Asia Regional Researcher @taqbirhuda speaks to @dwnews about the use of unlawful force by police on student protestors in Bangladesh, as uncovered by @amnesty and its Evidence Lab. #ProtectTheProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents

[Netra News @NetraNews]

BREAKING: “Amid ongoing student protests and widespread violence, Bangladeshi authorities have completely shut down or severely restricted internet access throughout the country, effectively disconnecting the South Asian nation from the rest of the world.”
https://t.co/RZrZ6zxXxP

[. @bengalielonmusk]

[THREAD]: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH RIGHT NOW ? 🇧🇩

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

@UNHumanRights @amnesty @amnestysasia @BBCBreaking @cnnbrk

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

#Bangladesh students need the help of international media to spread the news. The Govt has shut down internet and mobile networks to prevent the real-time news sharing of the brutality that is happening now. Already 40+ students have been killed. #bbc #CNN #Amnestyinternational

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Bangladesh: @volker_turk urges authorities to engage w/ student protesters. All acts of violence & use of force, esp. resulting in loss of life, must be investigated & perpetrators held to account. Freedom of expression & peaceful assembly are fundamental human rights

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩: @amnesty has analysed and authenticated witness testimonies, video and photographic evidence which confirms that the police used unlawful force against student protesters.

Further witness testimonies confirm the continuation of a multi-year pattern of violence against protesters, allegedly committed by members of the Bangladesh Chatra League (BCL), a group affiliated with the ruling party.

Our analysis finds that the shooting of student protestor Abu Sayed in Rangpur, was a seemingly intentional, unprovoked attack on an individual posing no threat to police officers, using ammunition designed for hunting which is extremely dangerous and unlawful for use in the policing of protests.

"We urgently call on the Government of Bangladesh to rehabilitate all those injured and ensure they receive proper medical treatment. The authorities must also ensure that all those engaged in the attacks on peaceful protesters are held to account, and that an impartial, independent, and swift investigation is conducted against these attackers as well as the police officers who have directly perpetrated or failed to prevent such breaches of the law" said Taqbir Huda, Regional Researcher for South Asia at Amnesty International.

#ProtectTheProtest

Read our full analysis here: https://t.co/kFfF3xcYTf

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

Thanks @sidersadapts for the gift! You are amazing! Can't wait to read them!

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

#COP28 starts this week!

#Globalwarming of 1.1°C has resulted in more frequent & more intense extreme weather events that have caused dangerous impacts on nature & people worldwide.

Every increment of warming results in rapidly escalating hazards.

👉 https://t.co/zAMzd12TGF

[Salvesila Tamima @salvesila]

@sidersadapts @emilygrubert @Jesse_M_Keenan That's awesome!