Tag Archives: Violence

Rahnuma Ahmed Injured

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 15, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed was amongst around twenty people who were injured as police clashed with protesters at a rally held near the National Press Club in Dhaka on 14th June 2011. Members of the National Committee to Protect … Continue reading →

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ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEAL

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 17, 2011

Alert! Bangladesh labour activist Moshrefa Mishu needs your help: I do not generally go for signature campaigns, but this situation is serious I would urge you to take the trouble. We need to act fast. Shahidul Subscribe to ShahidulNews BANGLADESH: … Continue reading →

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Blasting war, hoping for peace

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews An inspiring soliloquy by Chris Hedges to those preparing for arrest in front of the White House protesting the continuous wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, intercut with interviews with Daniel Ellsberg and returning war veterans

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LIVING WAGES FOR GARMENT WORKERS

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 21, 2010

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 →

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Imprisoned, or dead. Reflections on Victory Day, 2010

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 20, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed My heart was heavy on Victory Day. On Dec 12, four people, including a rickshaw driver aged 35, were killed in Chittagong EPZ as garment workers clashed with police because the new wage structure … Continue reading →

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URGENT. Release Garment Workers Leader Moshrefa Mishu immediately, arrested on fabricated charges

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 14, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Please circulate this message as widely as possible, and do everything you can think of. Rahnuma Ahmed. Officers of the Detective Branch of police picked up labour leader Moshrefa Mishu, president of Garments Workers Unity Forum, from … Continue reading →

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Begum Rokeya is probably turning in her grave..

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 10, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed Today, 9th December 2010, is Begum Rokeya Day We have come a long way since Begum Rokeya chaired the Bengal Women’s Education Conference in 1926, in Kolkata (Calcutta). She began by speaking in her … Continue reading →

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If you cannot protect your people, why should the sun rise on your country?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Prasanna Ratnayake Missing for over 300 days Source: Groundviews On 25th November, far away from my motherland, I rang Sandya Eknaligoda to ask her, How are you? Yesterday was the 300th day that her loving husband … Continue reading →

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Media and Mobs

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 3, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arundhati Roy Monday, November 01, 2010 (Courtesy: Znet) New Delhi, October 31: A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate … Continue reading →

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The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 20, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Anne Holmes The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads in disbelief at such … Continue reading →

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