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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Re: [ALOCHONA] Fw: You must have come across this already but if not...

Arabs of olden days had this custom of having maids to feed INFANTS.
Which turned the maid into "Family".
Feeding milk to grown up men is a clear distortion of a nice custom. I
still think it is hoax. If this was true it can be a fine example of
regious extreamism. Which caused problem to followers of all major
religions. Lately we have seen how fanatic Jews made it "Kosher" to
kill unarmed people.
There was a time when Bangla translation of the noble Quran was banned
by scholars of Islam. It was a Hindu pandit who started this important
"Islamic" work of bringing back light of Islam to Muslims of Bengal.
Having basic knowledge of religion can help us dealing with this sort
of situations.
Shalom.
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[ALOCHONA] Sajeeb Wajed Joy and his disguised face



Article mentioned below is for Bangladesh. Every Bangladeshi needs to read this.
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:21 AM
Subject: [ History Islam & Beyond . . .] Sajeeb Wajed Joy and his disguised face
 

Readers:
 
 

"Two Ambassadors were boarded in the same flight and seated side by side who found him in changed face and experienced his suspicious movements face to face. They were astonished as discovered him in mafia character and had to express unwanted voice with the crews for such strange and embarrassing situation and desired to get down quickly. The Indian air Marshalls even behaved rough with the VIP passengers. Some analysts have pointed their finger on the selection of the time also. Their question is about the time selection of changed face also. Why the planners did not care about the presence of the Ambassadors by his side? Did they intend to pass the message to the European Union about the Indian sole control on Sajeeb and Hasina? Or the extra-care of their special own operatives?"

Read full story on Undisguised face & Crime-world of Sajeeb Joy in http://www.savebd.com/articles/undisguised-face-crime-world-of-sajeeb-joy/

Sattabadi Nagarik




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[ALOCHONA] Humayun Ahmed on Faruk's death



Humayun Ahmed on Faruk's death
 
 


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[ALOCHONA] 646 children murdered, 300 raped in 3 years-Says Save The Children report



646 children murdered, 300 raped in 3 years-Says Save The Children report
 

About 300 children aged between three to 18 years were violated in last three years and 62 of them were killed after the rape, says a report. It says 646 children were murdered and 4,807 died in various circumstances in 2007-2009.(T

Save The Children, Sweden-Denmark published this statistics at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday.The report tilled "This is our life" was made based on the reports published in daily newspapers collected by Ichchey Media Group, a children-run organisation.

The report says there are more than 85 ways by which children can be harmed, injured, abused, murdered or tortured and a total of 5,461 children died in various circumstances in three years.

The number of early marriage has also increased as 24 early marriages took place in 2009 compared to 15 in 2008, said Swapna, a member of the Media Group while presenting the findings.Physical torture on children has also increased over the last three years with 77 children reportedly being tortured in 2009 compared to 29 in 2008, said Ramjan, another presenter adding, "Girls are the main victims of physical torture."

But number of children who were mentally tortured as reported in the newspapers was only 1 but such torture was 334 in 2007 and 558 in 2008, said Sujon, another member of the group.Terming the figure as alarming, Save The Children Country Director Birgit Lundbak said it is the duty of adults to save children against such violence.

"The report is called 'this is our life', but it is not a very good life," she said adding that children are the victim of rape, abuse, murder, drowning, mistreatment and many other things. The members of Ichchey Media Group urged journalists to make follow up reports on the torture on children to keep pressure on the authorities concerned.

Swapna of the group, they started with 10 children who got together every week to collect news reports and kept a scrapbook in 2006. The five daily newspapers that were monitored are Prothom Alo, Ittefaq, Somokal, Jai Jai Din and Jugantor."We should remember that the actual situation is far worse than what is revealed in this report as the information presented here have been collected from newspaper reports and a lot of incidents go unreported," said Shamsul Alam Bakul, deputy country representative of Save the Children.

The Save the Children also yesterday observed "The White Day," a day to remind everyone to their duties for protecting children from violence.

 http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=145058



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[ALOCHONA] 61killed in 'crossfire' in 6 months



61killed in 'crossfire' in 6 months
 


Some 1,310 people were killed in work related accidents while 61 killed in "crossfire" incidents in the last six months, says two rights organisations. Another organisation says a total of 574 people were killed in various accidents, including road crash and building collapse.

The three organisations--Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (Oshe) and Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR)-- have prepared the statistics based on the reports published in different dailies.

ASK in its report says of the 61 people killed by law enforcers, 26 were killed by Rab while 13 by police during January-June period.Some 41 people also died in custody and 22 women died due to stalking across the country during the period, it says.

Meanwhile, the Oshe report says of the total deaths in workplaces, 628 workers were killed in transport sector while 202 in agriculture and fishing, 184 day labourers and 110 in construction sector.However, the BSEHR report says that some 256 people were killed in road accidents while 23 in building collapse, 118 in Nimtoli inferno, 58 in Chittagong landslide and 119 in other accidents.

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=145065


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[ALOCHONA] Brace for two-front war, Indian Army told



Brace for two-front war, Indian Army told

In an unprecedented move that has confirmed India's concerns about China's growing military might, the Government has for the first time given a directive in writing to the armed forces to enhance their military capabilities vis-a-vis the neighbouring country and prepare for a two-front war scenario with China and Pakistan.

Asking the armed forces to prepare themselves to fight simultaneous wars on the eastern and western fronts with China and Pakistan, Defence Minister AK Antony has directed the chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force to rapidly modernise and upgrade their weapon systems and tone up operational preparedness.

The Services have been assured full support from the Government in this endeavour, sources said.

Explaining the significance of the directive, the sources maintained that it came against the backdrop of the armed forces' apprehensions about the rapid modernisation programme of their Chinese counterparts. The directive will allow the armed forces to build capabilities to rapidly move troops from one theatre of war to the other by procuring more transport planes and improved rail and road network for ferrying weapons systems.

Modern warfare was all about speed, lethality and mobility and the directive would go a long way in helping the armed forces achieve this objective as soon as possible, the sources added.

The directive follows the Cabinet Committee on Security's (CCS) nod to the Army to raise two more mountain divisions (each division has 10,000 troops) on the China front. With the focus on improving infrastructure, the Army was last year allowed to raise two mountain divisions. It means that in the next four or five years, it would have four divisions on the China front.

The Government has also removed the 10-year cap on recruitment and permitted the Army to go for fresh intakes. Coupled with this important development, the Government has cleared the proposal to acquire more than 200 Howitzer guns for these divisions through the foreign military sale route from the US.

"The Howitzer guns are light. These can be dismantled and carried on horseback or by helicopters to the remote and rugged terrain of Arunachal Pradesh and other such regions in Jammu & Kashmir where road infrastructure is non-existent," sources said.

While the two-front war concept was in public domain and being discussed in seminars and TV debates, the political leadership had so far refrained from joining the debate. The recently-issued directive clearly indicates that the Government has finally heeded the concerns of the armed forces and given them unambiguous orders to go ahead and do the needful, sources said.

This decision would give the necessary momentum to the security establishment to improve the infrastructure, including all-weather roads right up to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and airports and helipads in remote regions of States like Arunachal Pradesh. In fact, the armed forces are already engaged in upgrading nearly 25 airports in the North-East and the project is likely to be over within the next two years.

India and China have a 5,000-km-long disputed border and the Chinese have over the years rapidly improved their logistical lines by building roads right up to their side of the LAC. India is in a disadvantageous position as the terrain on its side is hilly and building roads there takes more time than in the plains, sources said, adding that the slopes on the Chinese side are gentler.


http://www.dailypioneer.com/265796/Brace-for-two-front-war-Army-told.html

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[ALOCHONA] Fw: Amnesty International on RAB excesses





--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Zoglul Husain
<zoglul@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
 
Press release of Amnesty International on 1 July 2010 on RAB's atrocities in Mirza Abbas' house. Please read to see how women were beaten up, including Abbas' 85 year old mother: 
 
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/bangladeshi-security-forces-used-excessive-force-during-raid-2010-07-01

 


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RE: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka



Very well said Mr. Islam,

 

To understand Farida Majid you have to travel a long way from the 7th century Arabia to India, the land where our forefathers were born and raised. Your culture, food, language and your features are all Indian but you love to think to be an Arab. Your motherland's praise makes you hateful but you love to kiss the hand of a Saudi mullah. Joy Bangla is a Hindu word to you but Zindabad makes you happy. Your mother tongue smells infidel to you but an Arabic word takes you to the heavens. What a miserable ignorance, what a mean interpretation? What a narrow understanding?

 

 A few weeks before I met an Indian Muslim man in full Saudi dress. I asked him if he was an Arab. He said no' but this is my Islamic dress. I reminded him that Muhammad's sworn enemies such as Abu Zahel also wore the same dress as Muhammad but to you why this dress has become so holly? He declined to answer because a fool can't understand logic. Once I told a Muslim friend of mine that worshipping the Shiva Linga and kissing the Black stone in the house of Kaba is nothing different. He could not gather any logic to answer me. I will advise people like you to be generous in your perceptions and view thing in a wider perspective.

 

If you have the courage to respond to my comments come on but do not ignore me by taking me as an enemy of Islam. Ignorance and dogmatism are the most powerful and potent enemies of Islam, it's not me or Farida Majid.

 

Akbar Hussain

 




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From: aminul_islam_raj@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:05:26 -0700
Subject: [ALOCHONA] BONDE MATAROM GROUP Staged "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" drama in Dhaka

 

Dear All,
I am familiar with the name of one farida majid. I went through many of her postings.She said that "Bonde Matarom is not a comunal Slogan.But it is clear that she is hard core anti muslim.
This Farida majid and his like minded people staged a  "Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism"  drama in Dhaka
 
Attorney William Sloan, a foreign delegate, addresses the International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism at the Osmani Memorial Hall in the capital yesterday. Speakers at the conference urged international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals. Photo: Shawkat JamilStaff Correspondent
The MSSK Trust, Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 and South Asian People's Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism jointly organised the conference titled "The International Conference on Peace, Justice and Secular Humanism" at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
In the resolution titled "Dhaka Declaration", the conference also called on international community for extending support to the process that Bangladesh government has initiated to try the war criminals.
The resolution was adopted at concluding session of the conference following daylong discussions attended by delegates including human rights activists, lawyers and experts from 11 countries.
The resolution said the trial of war criminals in Bangladesh would discourage the culture of impunity and urged international community "to unite against the culture of impunity to prevent genocides and war crimes from recurring."
Countries affected by terrorism and regional extremism were also urged to support the proposed regional taskforce, a taskforce proposed by Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, to combat religious extremism and terrorism.
The resolution also emphasized strict measures to check money laundering for what they said, "fundamentalist organisations across the world are using different NGOs, Banks and various financial institutions to finance militancy and terrorism through money laundering."
Building a domestic and regional secular humanist network by civil societies and governments across the world was also urged upon.
The conference also called upon Pakistan to take effective measures to curb and eliminate religious militancy, repeal anti-Ahmadiyya laws and blasphemy laws.
Earlier, during its inauguration, speakers from home and abroad urged all countries to form an inter-continental network based on secularism.
"Religious fundamentalism in many forms and faces has become a great problem. There is no time to lose. With cooperation from all we must cut it out globally before it is too late. Otherwise humanism will be in jeopardy," said Prof Kabir Chowdhury, president of the advisory committee of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee.
"If there are Muslim fundamentalists in Pakistan, there must be Hindu fundamentalists in India. If there is Hindu fundamentalists in India, there is no way to resist Muslim fundamentalists in Bangladesh," said former speaker of India PA Sangma.
Former speaker of Nepal Daman Dhungana said that democracy couldn't be achieved without overcoming religious extremism.
"Individually it is tough to overcome this, but globally it can be done," he added.
Prof Shafaraj Khan from Pakistan, Prof Maxim Dubayev from Russia, terrorism expert Chris Blackburn from UK, Cecilia Wikstrom, member of MEP, Sweden, Parvin Najfgholi Ardalan, human right activist from Iran and Attorney William Sloan also spoke in the inaugural session. Journalist Shahriar Kabir conducted the programme.
Speakers also discussed Jamaat-e-Islami's link with international terrorist organizations.
"Trial of war criminal is necessary for strengthening the foundation of democracy. It is a matter of great shame that collaborators were reinstated in Bangladesh politics," said Dr Peter Custers from The Netherlands in his speech during inaugural session.
He also mentioned that European countries politically support this effort of war crimes trial and suggested taking assistance from international lawyers.
"It's never too late for justice. Time is always now. It is always the right time to punish crime against humanity," said William Sloan.




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Re: [ALOCHONA] Dhaka must ask Delhi to stop BSF instigations in the border



All very well and good.

But the clarion call about the martyrs and their glowing sacrifice had me rushing to vomit. If the martyrs knew how things were going to turn out today, they would have stayed at home.

We would still have become independent after all the latter was gifted to us as a by-product of the Indo-Pak war of 1971 (India does not refer to it as the Bangladesh War of Independence).

So if that's your clarion call, you better start by thanking the great hindustaan!


Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


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Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Dhaka must ask Delhi to stop BSF instigations in the border [1 Attachment]

Dear Mr. Emanur

Perhaps you are right about independence. People lately started thinking at the onslaught of the best,close and eternal friend of Bangladesh, the Mighty HINDUSTAN where we stand as an independent country wherein we are forced to give everything they want n in return they show us the "RED EYES"(lately the Bestial security Force(BSF) has warned BDR of dire consequences for any border skirmishes.
This has inspired a citizen to write a small poesy which is attached herewith.

Let the heroic sacrifice of the Martyrs remain ever glowing in the "Akash Batash Nodi Prantor" of BANGLADESH  n the Lal Sabuj Pataka to fly high with right dignity n honour forever n ever.

Hell with HINDU  STAAANI Paa Chata Dalals n Paki Janwar's Doshors.

BANGLADESH  ZINDABAD
ZINDABAD 
BANGLADESH ZINDABAD

Faruque Alamgir






On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Emanur Rahman <emanur@rahman.com> wrote:
 

What a juvenile piece. It is the BDR who are at fault here. They have no business patrolling the India border and certainly no right to impede Indian citizens working on Bangladeshi soil.

It was the clear intention of Bangabandhu to make us a vassal state of India. Bangladeshis demonstrated their support for this by voting for his daughter in their millions. These pontificating and pointless editors need to catch up.

Independence is for songs and dance, something to entertain ourselves and nothing more. The freedom fighters were little more than Indian sponsored insurgents akin to the contras of old.

More power to BAL. Pretty soon Hasina will declare herself a Chief Minister and abolish the Presidency and Agartala can finally be renamed as an Accord rather than a Conspiracy.

Epar Bangla. Opar Bangla. Joy Bangla!

Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:53:23 +0600
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Dhaka must ask Delhi to stop BSF instigations in the border

Editorial
Dhaka must ask Delhi to stop BSF instigations in the border

The latest intrusion of Indian nationals into Bangladesh territory, and that too to till the crops land of Bangladesh at the Shreepur border of Jaintapur in Sylhet Friday morning is really ominous. The incident took place 17 hours after a high-level flag meeting between the Bangladesh Rifles and the Border Security Force (BSF) of India where they agreed to keep peace in the border. The repeated intrusion tends to indicate that the Indian guards are out to instigate the BDR and consequently the Bangladeshi civilians are concerned about confrontation.
   
According to a report front-paged in New Age on Saturday, some 40 Indians armed with bows and arrows and other sharp weapons trespassed into Bangladesh at about 9:45am and started tilling cropland at Minartila near the BDR outpost. Although the BDR soldiers asked the Indian Khasia tribesmen not to till the cropland, the Indians did not pay any heed to the request. The BSF soldiers not only did not ask their fellow countrymen to stop tilling the Bangladesh land, but in the afternoon they took position in the bankers they had dug along a 20km border stretch after a series of clashes with the Bangladesh border guards during June 4–15. The mysterious silence of the Indian border guards over the incident of trespass reinforces the suspicion that India, although a huge nation, aspires to grab land from its neighbouring countries on the one hand and intends to undermine the peaceful foreign policies of both the countries on the other.
   
Needless to say, India and its BSF have consistently defied all agreements and conventions, bilateral and multilateral, including the last joint communiqué signed between the prime ministers of two countries early this year that assured Bangladeshis of border peace. But the Indians carried on with all kinds of aggressive and intrusive activities over the past months and years. The BSF atrocities have reached such proportions that the government of Bangladesh has been forced to enforce a dusk-to-dawn ban on movement of Bangladeshi civilians within 150 metres of the zero point inside Bangladesh territory, to prevent loss of lives.
   
In the past four months or so, the BSF has appeared rather hell bent on instigating trouble on its border with Bangladesh. There have been several incidents of intrusion of Indian nationals into Bangladesh territory, apparently at the instigation of the BSF, one of which resulted in exchange of more than 1,000 gunshots between the border guards of the two countries. Moreover, the BSF even kidnapped a BDR soldier at gunpoint and detained him for more than 10 hours. Besides, in the first five months of the calendar year, at least 24 Bangladeshis have been killed by the BSF.
   
The Awami League-led government has repeatedly claimed that it has been successful in persuading its Indian counterpart to resolve all the outstanding problems through peaceful dialogues. But the ground reality tends to indicate otherwise. India has neither taken any steps to resolve the longstanding problems, nor has even shown any sign of resolving them in the near future. Rather, Indian nationals at the backing of its border forces have tried, more than once in a month, to till Bangladeshi crops land! But the government in Dhaka has not been seen/heard to have registered any serious protests with its counterpart in Delhi, leaving the issue of territorial sovereignty in the hands of poorly equipped BDR soldiers. The government must come up with an unequivocal statement on the BSF atrocities on the border and tell the people as to how it plans to redress the issue effectively. The Indian government, on the other hand, needs to realise that by way of repeated BSF intrusion and killing Bangladeshis, it is continuously fuelling an 'anti-India' sentiment across Bangladesh to the detriment of the interests of the people of both the countries.
  
 We, therefore, suggest that Dhaka takes up the issue seriously with Delhi and Delhi asks its border guards to stop killing of Bangladeshis and prevent its citizens from intrusion into Bangladesh territories – let alone tilling land for the sake of mutual interests.
 




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Re: [ALOCHONA] Children beaten by Bangladeshi police as they join garment workers' strikes



The government has no interest in reigning in the excesses of owners and workers alike. The industrial unrest suits their purposes very well - to destroy more of our local industries to aid our Indian competitors.

Last week's unrest was widely reported in the western media. I dare say more than a few major garments buyers are considering their options.

Stacked against the nethris and their piglets, switching supplier will increasingly look like the safe option.

Well done - Joy Bangla!

Emanur Rahman | m. +447734567561 | e. emanur@rahman.com


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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Children beaten by Bangladeshi police as they join garment workers' strikes

Children beaten by Bangladeshi police as they join garment workers' strikes
 
Children under 14 are banned by law from working but campaigners say many can be found in the sprawling factories
 
A Bangladeshi policeman threatens a child
A Bangladeshi policeman appears to be about to hit a child during clashes with garment workers in Dhaka
 
 

Police in Bangladesh using bamboo staves, teargas and water cannon fought with textile workers demanding back pay and an immediate rise in monthly wages on the streets of Dhaka today.

Witnesses said at least 30 people, mainly workers producing garments for global brands, were injured. Pictures showed children apparently being beaten. Ten policemen were also hurt.

Although there has been violence for several weeks, today saw workers erecting barricades, pelting police with stones and attacking cars. Police described the fighting as the worst yet seen.

Children under the age of 14 are banned by law from working, but campaigners say many can still be found in the sprawling factories. Hundreds of teenagers took part in running battles with police today.

Local reporters and union officials said a row between workers and a manager at one factory led to a fight which then sparked general disorder.

By nightfall, order had been restored. "The situation is calm. The problem has been solved," said Mohibul Haque, Dhaka's deputy police commissioner.

Many of the rioting workers are employed by plants which make ready-to-wear garments for sale in western high street stores.

"We worked for them," shouted one striking worker. "They are doing business and making money, but not paying us."

An estimated three million workers, mostly women, are employed in the Bangladeshi garments industry. The lower paid workers earn a minimum monthly salary of 1,660 taka, equivalent to less than £18. They have demanded an increase to 5,000 taka. Owners said last week they could pay no more than 3,000 taka a month.

"With inflation, many workers simply do not receive a living wage," said Khorshed Alam, a political scientist and executive director of the Alternative Movement for Resources and Freedom Society in Dhaka. "They know that the next chance they will get to force a pay rise may be in four or five years."

The garment industry accounts for more than 80% of impoverished Bangladesh's £10bn annual export earnings, according to commerce ministry data. The minimum wage, which is set by the government, was introduced in 1994 but remained unchanged despite soaring food prices until 2006. The result of the latest talks on the wage is due to be announced at the end of July. Until then, analysts expect the violence to continue.

"This generation of garment workers is much more literate and politically aware than their predecessors," said Alam. "They have grown up in the slums not the villages and know that they need to be united and to demonstrate in the streets to realise their aims."

A global report released last week by the International Trade Union Confederation in Vienna said Bangladeshi garment workers were the "world's most poorly paid" and that their exploitation was "on the rise".

The report cited a survey released last month by the Bangladesh Factory Inspection Department which showed that almost 15% of employers did not pay their workers on time between January and May. Many other factory owners did not pay overtime, while several continued to pay less than the government's minimum wage.

The garment industry accounts for about 40% of Bangladesh's total industrial workforce. Campaigners say wages have been cut by 20 to 30% recently in a country where almost half the population is already living below the poverty line.

Low levels of unionisation and organisation have meant protests that are chaotic but difficult for the police to predict or break up. Raids by protesters on well-known factories are frequent occurrences. Owners have hired their own gangs to protect their production lines.

Dozens of people were hurt in several days of unrest last week in the Ashulia industrial zone, 20 miles outside Dhaka, where nearly 300 textile factories were closed temporarily. Workers said that their employers had imposed lock-outs in an attempt to break their strike.

Abdus Salam Murshedi, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, has said the violent protests have created "panic and anarchy".

Factory owners argue that the unrest risks frightening away western clients who need reliable deliveries. Murshedi refused to comment today.

Moshrefa Mishu, leader of the Garments Workers Unity Forum, said that during the last round of unrest and negotiations the major overseas buyers had put pressure on the local government to improve conditions and pay in the factories. "So far they are silent this time," she said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/30/bangladesh-strikes-children-beaten-police

 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Children beaten by Bangladeshi police as they join garment workers' strikes



Children beaten by Bangladeshi police as they join garment workers' strikes
 
Children under 14 are banned by law from working but campaigners say many can be found in the sprawling factories
 
A Bangladeshi policeman threatens a child
A Bangladeshi policeman appears to be about to hit a child during clashes with garment workers in Dhaka
 
 

Police in Bangladesh using bamboo staves, teargas and water cannon fought with textile workers demanding back pay and an immediate rise in monthly wages on the streets of Dhaka today.

Witnesses said at least 30 people, mainly workers producing garments for global brands, were injured. Pictures showed children apparently being beaten. Ten policemen were also hurt.

Although there has been violence for several weeks, today saw workers erecting barricades, pelting police with stones and attacking cars. Police described the fighting as the worst yet seen.

Children under the age of 14 are banned by law from working, but campaigners say many can still be found in the sprawling factories. Hundreds of teenagers took part in running battles with police today.

Local reporters and union officials said a row between workers and a manager at one factory led to a fight which then sparked general disorder.

By nightfall, order had been restored. "The situation is calm. The problem has been solved," said Mohibul Haque, Dhaka's deputy police commissioner.

Many of the rioting workers are employed by plants which make ready-to-wear garments for sale in western high street stores.

"We worked for them," shouted one striking worker. "They are doing business and making money, but not paying us."

An estimated three million workers, mostly women, are employed in the Bangladeshi garments industry. The lower paid workers earn a minimum monthly salary of 1,660 taka, equivalent to less than £18. They have demanded an increase to 5,000 taka. Owners said last week they could pay no more than 3,000 taka a month.

"With inflation, many workers simply do not receive a living wage," said Khorshed Alam, a political scientist and executive director of the Alternative Movement for Resources and Freedom Society in Dhaka. "They know that the next chance they will get to force a pay rise may be in four or five years."

The garment industry accounts for more than 80% of impoverished Bangladesh's £10bn annual export earnings, according to commerce ministry data. The minimum wage, which is set by the government, was introduced in 1994 but remained unchanged despite soaring food prices until 2006. The result of the latest talks on the wage is due to be announced at the end of July. Until then, analysts expect the violence to continue.

"This generation of garment workers is much more literate and politically aware than their predecessors," said Alam. "They have grown up in the slums not the villages and know that they need to be united and to demonstrate in the streets to realise their aims."

A global report released last week by the International Trade Union Confederation in Vienna said Bangladeshi garment workers were the "world's most poorly paid" and that their exploitation was "on the rise".

The report cited a survey released last month by the Bangladesh Factory Inspection Department which showed that almost 15% of employers did not pay their workers on time between January and May. Many other factory owners did not pay overtime, while several continued to pay less than the government's minimum wage.

The garment industry accounts for about 40% of Bangladesh's total industrial workforce. Campaigners say wages have been cut by 20 to 30% recently in a country where almost half the population is already living below the poverty line.

Low levels of unionisation and organisation have meant protests that are chaotic but difficult for the police to predict or break up. Raids by protesters on well-known factories are frequent occurrences. Owners have hired their own gangs to protect their production lines.

Dozens of people were hurt in several days of unrest last week in the Ashulia industrial zone, 20 miles outside Dhaka, where nearly 300 textile factories were closed temporarily. Workers said that their employers had imposed lock-outs in an attempt to break their strike.

Abdus Salam Murshedi, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, has said the violent protests have created "panic and anarchy".

Factory owners argue that the unrest risks frightening away western clients who need reliable deliveries. Murshedi refused to comment today.

Moshrefa Mishu, leader of the Garments Workers Unity Forum, said that during the last round of unrest and negotiations the major overseas buyers had put pressure on the local government to improve conditions and pay in the factories. "So far they are silent this time," she said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/30/bangladesh-strikes-children-beaten-police

 
 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: [wp] bangladeshi political climate- BAKSAL is coming ferociously




BAKSAL is coming ferocously!
 

--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Shimul Chaudhury <honestdebater@yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Shimul Chaudhury <honestdebater@yahoo.ca>
Subject: [wp] bangladeshi political climate
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Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 2:46 AM

 

The Daily Star, Dhaka, 27 June 2010
 
 
 

Political climate

 
The forecast of the political weather of Bangladesh is not very good. The way the ruling regime Awami League is treating the opposition parties and stifling dissent reminds people of the BAKSAL (Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League) of 1975 when all opposition political parties and newspapers were banned.
During the campaign of the last general election, the Awami League never mentioned that, in honour of the founder of BAKSAL Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, it would go back to a one-party political system in Bangladesh. But now we notice an irresistible tendency in the Awami psyche to return to BAKSAL style politics.
Television channels and newspapers are being shut down. Rallies of opposition parties are being thwarted with bright Awami excuses: Awami affiliate organisations call counter rallies at the venue where opposition parties want to hold a meeting; and then the police step in and declare 144 to proscribe any political rallies. On one occasion, obviously directed by the government high-ups in Dhaka, a local UNO emerged in the midst of a political meeting and declared 144 on the spot. Needless to say, if such an episode occurred in the midst of an Awami rally, the UNO would not have returned home alive.
Unlike the first Awami regime of the 1970s, the present Awami government does not shut down a newspaper without an excuse. It locates a man, takes him away from his home and keeps him in a secret location for 6 hours. Then the country comes to know that this man sued an editor, on the basis of which the government arrests the editor and shuts down his newspaper.
Unlike the earlier Awami regime, the current one has a big advantage: it has produced dozens of 'intellectuals' affiliated with universities who issue moral certificates to Awami human rights violations. Many of these intellectuals appear on TV, write for newspapers and sell statements. They are instrumental in distracting the attention of the people from the pressing issues and in bringing in issues in public attention that have no relevance to the eradication of poverty or to the advancement of the country. These intellectuals will present the 21st-century BAKSAL to the world in a sugar-coated way. Since the Awami League uses the secularism slogan to sell its fascist ideas, the secular west may turn a blind eye to a one-party political system in Bangladesh. However, the people of Bangladesh will have to bear the brunt of the atrocities of such a one-party political system.

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The Financial Express, Dhaka, 27 June 2010
http://www.thefinan cialexpress- bd.com/more. php?news_ id=104277&date=2010-06- 27

Protecting freedom of press, respecting voice of dissent

Shimul Chaudhury

It appears that the government has a strong motive to continue harassing and torturing editor of 'Amar Desh' Mahmudur Rahman in the name of legal proceedings. What is most worrying is that the Supreme Court (including the High Court and the Appellate divisions) is on holiday until July 03, 2010. If the government takes this long vacation as an opportunity to harass and torture this patriotic man further in police custody, freedom-loving people in Bangladesh and beyond, will have some strong reasons to feel disturbed.

On a personal note, let this scribe make it very clear that he is not a member of any political group in Bangladesh. But he has deep respect for Mr Rahman. We all know that he has been honest and brave in exposing the wrongdoings of the people in power. When many columnists remained largely silent and exercised self-censorship during the last army-backed government, he was the one to write relentlessly against human right violations during those two years. He was the man to challenge them! After the present government came to power, he continued writing for the betterment of his country and against any power trying to exercise political and economic hegemonistic goals in the region and also against the government's ineffective actions to counter the same.

Recently I contacted a lawyer who has been partly involved in handling Mr Rahman's case. This is what he said to me:

"He [Mahmudur Rahman] was taken to an unknown place, eyes were folded, he was undressed, tortured ... was not allowed to sign a letter of authority for 'appointment of lawyer' (it was later allowed), he was kept in police custody without food and drink for long hours, he was not allowed to see his lawyers / family members for over 24 hours. He was arrested on June 01, by now he has lost his weight @ 7 Kgs, he was taken on police custody for interrogation in criminal cases which were filed after he had been arrested!!!. ....his life is endangered. Please see the reports (Naya Diganta, Amar Desh and other dailies June 03-June 15). His very arrest was not justified. He said to his lawyers/family members and even to the Court that he had been brutally tortured: physically and mentally.... starvation, inhuman and degrading treatments in violation of all norms of human rights, constitutional safeguards.. ..all have taken place by now...."

Upon court appearance, Mr Rahman told the judge that he was not supposed to be alive after what he had gone through in police custody and called upon the judge to save his life.

The political party currently in power in Bangladesh does not tolerate freedom of the press. On June 16, 1975, the then Awami League government had closed all newspapers except four under government control and banned all other political groups. Since this regime came to power in early 2009, it has kept torturing people of opposition political groups, threatening journalists and shut down television channels like Channel 1 and Jamuna TV, and the newspaper, Amar Desh.

What we have gathered after reading different news reports on Mr Mahmudur Rahman's arrest and torture on him is that he was severely tortured by unidentified five people in one early morning in the name of remand; he was blindfolded, stripped naked. When those men started torturing him, he fainted and remained senseless for many hours. He was reportedly questioned not about the issues relating to his cases but about other extra-judicial matters.

The people in Bangladesh do generally believe that Mr Rahman has been the target mainly for his writings where he talked about the circumstances in which about 60 army officers were killed in February 2009 and also about the involvement of some very powerful persons in the current polity, in various financial irregularities.

We most humbly request all to do whatever they can to for rescuing this uncompromising writer.




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