Tag Archives: Human rights

Police break the law, all in the name of international cricket!

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed When southern countries host international events, it has become de rigeur to punish poor people and beggars. The Delhi government cleared the capital of beggars, particularly areas tourists were likely to visit during the … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 14, 2011
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Shiv Viswanathan’s Letter to the PM

Subscribe to ShahidulNews POSTED AT DECEMBER 30, 2010 // ARTICLES The email id to send messages to Dr. Binayak Sen on his birthday on 4th January 2011 is drkkgupta61@yahoo.com. The fax number to send him his birthday messages is 92- … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 4, 2011
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WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi ‘death squad’ trained by UK government

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rapid Action Battalion, accused of hundreds of extra-judicial killings, received training from UK officers, cables reveal By Fariha Karim and Ian Cobain guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010 21.30 GMT The British government has been training a Bangladeshi … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2010
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LIVING WAGES FOR GARMENT WORKERS

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Moshrefa Mishu, illegally arrested and remanded. By Rahnuma Ahmed I have known Moshrefa Mishu for the last 25 years. Since the mid-1980s when the two of us had participated in long and intense discussions with other representatives of … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 21, 2010
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Breaking News: Moshrefa Mishu taken on remand

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Please add your name in support of this statement against the unlawful arrest of garment workers leader Moshrefa Mishu, and all garment workers, who have either been arrested or are being intimidated and persecuted, for protesting against non-implementation … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 14, 2010
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Homecoming for Stark Record of Apartheid

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By CELIA W. DUGGER Published: New York Times November 17, 2010 JOHANNESBURG — When he was only in his 20s Ernest Cole, a black photographer who stood barely five feet tall, created one of the most harrowing pictorial … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2010
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IDF soldier belly dancing

Subscribe to ShahidulNews YouTube clip shows IDF soldier belly-dancing beside bound Palestinian woman IDF orders immediate probe after Channel 10 airs clip on national TV. By Haaretz Service A video uploaded to YouTube shows an Israel Defense Forces soldier wriggling in … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 5, 2010
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Window to the soul

Subscribe to ShahidulNews A portrait they say, is not so much a likeness of the person being photographed, but a depiction of one’s character. More grand definitions talk of them being a ‘window to the soul’. I looked at my … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 26, 2010
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Rachel’s war

Subscribe to ShahidulNews This weekend 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip. In a remarkable series of emails to her … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 6, 2010
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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA

Subscribe to ShahidulNews HAIDAR EID – AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA 10 September, 2009 — Palestine Chronicle Dear Mr. President, I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 26, 2010
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