Subscribe to ShahidulNews PART I Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11? Truth-ers disagree By rahnuma ahmed In last week’s column, `9/11, growing disbelief at US govt’s account a decade later’ (New Age, September 12, 2011), I’d wanted to write about … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Amnesty International Report. Bangladesh-Crimes Unseen Aug 2011 ” href=”http://www.amnesty.org/sites/impact.amnesty.org/files/bangladesh-fakir-560.jpg”> Bangladeshi journalist Masum Fakir was arrested and tortured by the RAB © Masum Fakir 24 August 2011 The Bangladesh authorities must honour their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Given the recent deaths of film makers Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier, this powerful affirmation of the power of film can be an inspiration to us all And hip hop used as never before: Believe me this … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ian Cobain Tony Blair evaded questions over his role in document, and ministers have refused to say if they were aware of details This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 18.46 BST on Thursday 4 August 2011. A version … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Ethan Casey July 26th 2011 My column last week on drone attacks so clearly struck a nerve that I intended to write a follow-up this week, addressing some of the many comments and responses. I did publish … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Islamic Sharia Laws 15 Apr 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com Saved by the Sharia By Dr Mahjabeen Islam The questions in the Pakistani mind centre around the vast difference between an American life and a Pakistani one. There is furore … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed `A state within the state is now ruling the country.‘ Recently uttered by Dr Mizanur Rahman, National Human Rights Commission chair, these words, ominous as they sound, are of immense concern to the nation’s … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews by rahnuma ahmed A `death squad’ was the BNP-Jamaat government’s gift to the nation, a gift that has been nurtured and defended by two successive governments, each claiming to be vastly different to the previous one. Claiming … Continue reading
By rahnuma ahmed The problem with Limon — from RAB’s point of view — is that he has lived to tell the tale. Usually, RAB’s victims don’t. Take Rasal Ahmed Bhutto, for instance. A 34-year old shopkeeper, he was picked … Continue reading
