report in The Daily Star, Dec 24, 2023BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan distributing leaflets in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday. Photo: CollectedBNP senior leader Abdul Moyeen Khan yesterday said the party will be on the streets until the fall of the Awami League government, which they vowed to bring about peacefully. “We’re carrying out the movement to get back people’s voting rights. We’re on the streets, and we will be there with this goal…
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by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, December 11, 2023Provincial governments are starting to tire of the federal government’s continued reluctance to hand over requisite power and authority. Two more weeks and they could hit the streets to wrest their rights. At the request of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Madhesh Province has decided to give the federal government two weeks to readjust the police force and promulgate a federal civil service law. An…
Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD: Newly elected PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has urged the Supreme Court to get the party’s rights back. Talking to the media after being elected the party chief on Saturday morning, the lawyer also requested the chief justice of Pakistan not to return his official vehicles. He further said that the people’s voices should be heard, adding that this time they would be. He added that he would…
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan in Ceylon Today, Nov 25, 2023The challenges faced by Sri Lankan workers abroad, enduring harassment and exploitation, is a common global concern, with paymasters having the upper hand on their hapless workers. Yet, an alarming and unusual trend has emerged with workers facing mistreatment, being denied time for meals and encountering deceit regarding EPF, ETF, and insurance schemes by a particular Chinese company operating near Medawachchiya in the North Central Province.…
AFP report in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 9, 2023The UN rights chief Volker Turk has urged Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to release main opposition leader Khaleda Zia for urgent medical treatment outside the country. Bangladeshi physicians have said Zia, a two-times former premier, was at “high risk” of dying without overseas medical intervention abroad after the Hasina government rejected pleas to let her leave. Zia, 78, heads the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and…
Anti-Terrorism Bill: Concerns continue with calls for further reviewBy Skandha Gunasekara in The Sunday Morning, Nov 5, 2023Anti-Terrorism Bill: Concerns continue with calls for further reviewSri Lanka’s proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill, which was recently revised, has come under scrutiny from the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), raising concerns over its potential infringement on fundamental rights. The commission has submitted observations and recommendations to Minister of Justice Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, calling for further revisions to…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, Nov 2nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan has issued a clarion call to the country’s legal fraternity, urging a grassroots movement to uphold the people’s rights, particularly the right to vote and elect their representatives. “It is the fiduciary duty of the judiciary and the lawyers to protect the Constitution, upon which rests the progress of our nation,” Mr Khan said in a message posted on his X (formerly Twitter)…
report in The The Daily Star’, Oct 4, 2023Border killings by the Indian Border Security Force have increased this year compared to the year before, as per statistics compiled by human rights organisations. At least 17 Bangladeshis have been shot to death within the first nine months of this year, while one person was tortured to death, said Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) in a statement yesterday. On the other hand, the Human Rights Support…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 30, 2023The US envoy for Afghan women and human rights, Rina Amiri, on Saturday, said that the global consensus is clear. If the Taliban does not respect women’s rights, it cannot join the international community. Amiri, on her social media platform X, revealed that during the 78th UN General Assembly, she engaged in high-level meetings with officials from various countries, concentrating specifically on Afghanistan and the challenges faced by…
AFP report, September 15, 2023DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years each in jail, after a trial critics say is part of a government crackdown ahead of elections. Adilur Rahman Khan, 63, and Nasiruddin Elan, 57, have led the Odhikar organisation for decades, working to document thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances of opposition activists, and police brutalities. They “were sentenced to two years in prison”,…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 14, 2023The acting Minister of Vice and Virtue Mohammad Khalid Hanafi claimed that the rights of women under the Islamic Emirate have not been repressed. He made the remarks in a ceremony introducing the new governor for Badakhshan. Referring to the international community, Hanafi said that they are accusing the Islamic Emirate of violating women’s rights, while they have themselves violated the rights of women. “Those who don’t give heritage to…