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Crimes unseen: Extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 25, 2011

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 →

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An Assassination’s Long Shadow

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Adam Hochschild Published: January 16, 2011 in the New York Times TODAY, millions of people on another continent are observing the 50th anniversary of an event few Americans remember, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. A slight, … Continue reading →

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Rachel’s war

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 6, 2010

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 →

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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA MASSACRE

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 1, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Editorial, The Electronic Intifada, 31 May 2010 Early this morning under the cover of darkness Israeli soldiers stormed the lead ship of the six-vessel Freedom Flotilla aid convoy in international waters and killed and injured dozens of civilians aboard. All … Continue reading →

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Two Kinds of Death and the Unattended ‘National Wounds’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 10, 2010

By Saydia Gulrukh For the past few months, I have been preparing for an almost meaningless exam, one which graduate students in the US have to take, called ‘comps’ (short for comprehensive/PhD candidacy exam). During moments of sarcasm, we also … Continue reading →

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