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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

[ALOCHONA] Foreign Relations of the United States (BANGLADESH DOCUMENTS 1975-1976)



Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976 (BANGLADESH DOCUMENTS 1975-1976)

OFFICERS AND ENLISTED RANKS, BOTH BECAUSE GENERAL ZIA EVIDENTLY HELD A MUCH WIDER POPULAR FOLLOWING AMONG THEM BUT ALSO, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, BECAUSE MOSHARRAF WAS WIDELY SEEN, WHETHER ACCURATELY OR NOT, AS AN INSTRUMENT OF INDIAN POLICY. THIS PERCEPTION WAS BUTTRESSED BY THE PRO-MUJIB PROCESSION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY'S HARTAL TO PROTEST THE KILLINGS AT DACCA JAIL. THE LOWER RANKS REVOLTED IN THE EARLY HOURS OF FRIDAY MORNING, QUICKLY OVERTHROWING THE MOSHARRAF FORCES AND, ACCORDING TO VIRTUALLY ALL ACCOUNTS, KILLING MOSHARRAF. EXTENSIVE FIRING WENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALL NIGHT AND ALL DURING THE DAY FRIDAY, MOST OF IT CELEBRATORY AFTER MOSHARRAF WAS OUESTED. ONE AUTHORITIATIVE SOURCE HAS TOLD US THAT ONLY ABOUT THIRTY WERE KILLED IN THE OVERTHROW; OTHER REPORTS HAVE REACHED US WHICH PUT THE FIGURE IN THE HUNDREDS. (US DOC. No. 45)

http://deshcalling.blogspot.com/2011/07/foreign-relations-of-united-states.html

 



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[ALOCHONA] Re: Rice queue gets longer





http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/07/14/92998

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:

Rice queue gets longer for hartal

The open market sale (OMS) outlets in the city yesterday saw a huge rush of customers struggling to buy rice and flour as the shops resumed operation after a four-day halt.Two days of hartal on Wednesday and Thursday and the weekly breaks in OMS operation on Tuesday and Friday affected the interruption.

The Daily Star found over 300 buyers queued up to purchase rice from an OMS shop at West Shewrapara in Mirpur."I joined the queue at 1:00pm and it's 2:30pm now. I don't think I will get rice today," said frustrated Zarina Begum, 45, a domestic help.She works at several houses to maintain her five-member family and makes some time in-between to buy rice.

The cheapest rice sells at Tk 36 a kilogram in the retail market, which is almost beyond her capacity. She feared her life would become worse if she could not buy the staple from the OMS outlet.

As the outlet's total quantity was not enough for so many people, customers asked the dealer's staff to sell rice in smaller amounts than the usual quota of 5 kg per person.OMS shops at 101 points in the capital sell rice at Tk 24 a kg and flour at Tk 20 a kg.Outlets usually start selling at 9:00am and end at 5:00pm, but the unusual rush exhausted many of the dealers' stocks by 3:00pm yesterday, said dealers.

Finding no rice available at a Shewrapara OMS shop, housewife Hasna Hena went to a Kazipara outlet, but she returned unprovided."I am now buying a less amount of vegetables and other foodstuff, but it is not possible to consume less rice. Life has become tougher for us," she lamented.

Many people returned empty-handed due to excessive pressure of buyers, said Mohammad Maksud, a staff of dealer Babul Traders at West Kazipara in Mirpur.Contacted, food ministry officials said the government stopped OMS operation during the last hartal days, but has decided to resume operation for today and tomorrow, the days of hartal called by 12 religion-based political parties.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=193607



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[ALOCHONA] ICT Rules Fall Short of International Standards:HRC



ICT rules not of int'l standards: HRW



The amendments made to the procedural rules for Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) have failed to reach international standards in some key areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

HRW said the amendment however addressed some critical issues. "While the amendments are a significant improvement, key problems still need to be fixed to ensure fair trials and avoid unnecessarily lengthy appeals," said Brad Adams, Asia director of the rights organisation.

Under the modified rules, the accused will have the right to be presumed innocent during trial, a fair and public hearing with counsel of their choice, and to apply for and be granted bail.

The amendments prohibit convicting an indicted person twice for the same crime or requiring the confession of guilt. The prosecution bears the responsibility of proving that the accused committed the crime beyond any reasonable doubt.

The creation of victim and witness protection programme is another significant amendment. This would authorise the tribunal to ensure the physical well-being of victims and witnesses and to order camera proceedings for the security of a victim or witness.

The amendments also allow the tribunal to review its verdicts, either on its own motion or through application by either the defendant or plaintiff party. However, it is not stated whether the order's merit would be reviewed by a different independent panel of judges, which is the international standard.

Announcing the improvements on June 28, 2011, Shahinur Islam, the tribunal's registrar, admitted that although the rules were a big step forward they did not reach international standards.

The HRW recommended on Tuesday certain necessary amendments to the rules, law and constitution of the ICT, to strengthen its steps in the right direction. An accused should be allowed to question the impartiality of the tribunal, advises HRW.

Other recommendations by the HRW include defining war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in accordance with international standards, allowing the defence adequate time to prepare instead of the current three weeks, providing an accused person the right to interlocutory appeals instead of only at the conclusion of the case, and establishing a defence office.

"Bangladesh has promised to meet international standards in these trials, but it has some way to go to meet this commitment," Adams said."Now is the time for one last demonstration of political will to make this happen. Bangladesh could then set the standard for other nations that have suffered from unspeakable abuses at the hands of its own people," he added.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=30850
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Amendments to Tribunal's Rules Fall Short of International Standards

(New York) - Amendments to the rules of procedure for Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) address some key problems but fail to bring other areas of the law and rules into compliance with international standards, Human Rights Watch said today. The tribunal was established to bring to trial those responsible for gross violations of the laws of war, crimes against humanity, and genocide during the country's struggle for independence in 1971.

Human Rights Watch and others have long pressed for amendments to the constitution, Bangladeshi law, and the tribunal's rules of procedure to ensure that trials are fair and that the tribunal complies with international standards. The changes are needed in areas such as requirements for a clear articulation of the crimes, the due process rights of the accused, and victim and witness protection.

Judges at the tribunal approved the changes on June 28, 2011. Announcing the new rules, Shahinur Islam, the tribunal's registrar, said that the rules were a big step forward but admitted, "International standards, we are not yet there."

"We want these trials to succeed in bringing the people responsible for the horrific crimes of 1971 to justice," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "While the amendments are a significant improvement, key problems still need to be fixed to ensure fair trials and avoid unnecessarily lengthy appeals."

Under the amended rules, the accused will have the rights to the presumption of innocence, a fair and public hearing with counsel of their choice, and to apply for and be granted bail. The amendments prohibit convicting a person twice for the same crime or requiring the accused to confess guilt. The prosecution bears the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused committed the crime.

Another critical amendment relates to creation of a victim and witness protection system. The changes authorize the tribunal to ensure the physical well-being of victims and witnesses and to order in camera proceedings if that is in the best interests of a victim or witness.

Human Rights Watch said that while these changes are positive, further amendments to the rules, law, and constitution are necessary to ensure fair trials, including:

  • Allowing an accused to question the impartiality of the tribunal. At present, the law prohibits this.
  • Amending Article 3 of the act regarding the enumeration of crimes to ensure that the definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide conform with international standards.
  • Ensuring that the defense is given adequate time to prepare, instead of the current three weeks.
  • Providing the accused the right to make appeals during the trial (interlocutory appeals) instead of only at the end. The amendments attempt to address this issue by allowing the tribunal to review any of its orders, either on its own motion or on application by either party. This amendment, while a step in the right direction, does not address whether a different appellate bench would then rule on the order's merits. For an appellate review to meet international standards, an independent panel of judges must be appointed to conduct the review.
  • Establishing a defense office, as has been done when dealing with similar crimes in other countries.

Human Rights Watch repeated its call for the Bangladeshi parliament to repeal Article 47(A) of the constitution, which states, "This Article further denies any accused under the ICT Act from moving the Supreme Court for any remedies under the Constitution, including any challenges as to the unconstitutionality of Article 47(A)."

This provision denies an accused protections that Bangladesh guarantees to everyone else, including provisions under Article 33 related to safeguards against arrest and detention; provisions under Article 35 related to protections in respect of trial and punishment; and provisions under Article 44 related to enforcement of fundamental rights, including a right to apply to the High Court for protection of these rights. This article should be repealed as it could form the basis for complaints that fair trial standards are not met under the ICT Act.

"Bangladesh has promised to meet international standards in these trials, but it has some way to go to meet this commitment," Adams said. "Now is the time for one last demonstration of political will to make this happen. Bangladesh could then set the standard for other nations that have suffered from unspeakable abuses at the hands of its own people."

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/07/11/bangladesh-guarantee-fair-trials-independence-era-crimes




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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: "Free the country from violence": High Court





---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zoglul Husain <zoglul@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: "Free the country from violence": High Court
To: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>


Also free the judiciary from corruption, and subservience to a party and its mentor country, so that injustice and wilful miscarriage of justice are no longer perpetrated to promote the wicked, and so that the judiciary is freed from being a party to the wicked!


Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:45:50 +0600
Subject: "Free the country from violence": High Court
From: bdmailer@gmail.com
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"Free the country from violence": High Court



A High Court bench came down on politicians across the spectrum, pinning them responsible for anarchy on the streets that's threatening to shatter any semblance of normal life in the country.
The High Court (HC) bench, comprising Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Anwar-ul Haque, observed, "Allah has given us two hands to work, but we, in Bangladesh, use one hand to attack others and the other to fend off attacks on us." "How can a country make any progress, if the situation is like this?" the HC bench wondered, perhaps echoing the thoughts of millions of Bangladeshi citizens, as valuable workdays are wasted over violent hartals and counter-actions.
The HC bench made the observations, on Tuesday, while hearing bail pleas from opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque and BNP lawmaker Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia. The court, later, granted anticipatory bails to both Farroque and Papia, for three months.
As per HC direction, the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police brought Farroque to the court on Tuesday, at about 10.30 am, in a Untied Hospital ambulance. Later, the authorities produced Farroque before the HC bench at 10.50 am, carrying him on a stretcher.
Considering the state of Farroque's health, the court, after five minutes of his appearance, allowed the opposition chief whip to return to the ambulance for the remaining part of Tuesday's hearing.
Barrister Moudud Ahmed, who appeared on behalf of party colleague Farroque, told HC that his client had been seriously assaulted by police on the first day of the 48-hour countrywide hartal, last week.
This was when the HC bench said, "We've been observing this practice for ages."
"Today, you (BNP) are suffering. They (Awami League) had suffered, too, when you were in power. They might suffer again, if you come back to power," the HC bench added, pointing to barrister Moudud Ahmed.
"We don't want to see this any more. Please, both of you Ahmeds (law minister Shafique and barrister Moudud) should free us from this," the HC bench said.
The court said that the members of law enforcement agencies would not stop Farroque from going abroad for treatment.
Moudud said, "Such oppressive practices have now increased alarmingly."
To this, the HC bench retorted, "Once such practices are started, they can only increase."
Moudud only obliquely remarked, "Earlier, we were in an analogue system. Now, we are into a digital system."
Moudud, later, told reporters that his client would go abroad for medical treatment, as early as possible. He also said that those who ordered the assault were more responsible than the police officials themselves.
The BNP leader is currently receiving treatment at Dhaka's United Hospital.

Barrister Moudud Ahmed, advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain, barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokan and advocate Joynul Abedin appeared for the petitioners, while deputy attorney general Mohammad Ullah Kislu opposed the bail prayer. On July 7, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police filed a case, accusing 10-12 people, including the opposition chief whip, for assaulting and obstructing police officials on duty.

http://www.theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/frontpage/129-frontpage/60232-free-country-from-violence-high-court.html

http://amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2011/07/13/92721



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[ALOCHONA] FW: The Great Leap Backwards



           Please read this important piece that is so pertinent to all our lives -- whether in India, Bangladesh or Pakistan.
 
<<The purpose of giving this rather tortured historical background is to emphasise our masochistic desire of re-enacting colonial, imperial grandeur. The fact that the system was fundamentally designed to oppress us does not bother us. Paulo Freire, in his unbelievably dazzling Pedagogy of the Oppressed, writes, "during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors, or 'sub-oppressors'…. Their ideal is to be men; but for them, to be a 'man' is to be an oppressor. This is their model of humanity". >>
 

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:47:17 -0700
Subject: The Great Leap Backwards
 

 


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[ALOCHONA] Re: [KHABOR] Bangladesh to set up agency for phone monitoring



PAGOLEY KI NA BOLEY  AR  CHAGOLEY  KI NA KHI SOTHIK BHABHEY PROJJOJO EI KAPITANOR JONNO ???????????

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Captain Chowdhury <captchowdhury@yahoo.ca> wrote:
 

TO TRACK YUVRAJ AND ITS ISLAMISTS GANGS WHILE COMMUNICATING WITH DAOUD/OTHER NOTORIOUS CRIMALS !!!!!!!!

From: Mohiuddin Anwar <mohiuddin@netzero.net>
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com; captchowdhury@yahoo.ca
Cc: srbanunz@gmail.com; srbanunz@gmail.com; syed.aslam3@gmail.com; akhtergolam@gmail.com; guhasb@gmail.com; drmohsinali@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 8:11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [KHABOR] Bangladesh to set up agency for phone monitoring

Last nail of' 'personal secrecy  destruction' ready to be installed by Netri Hasina.
Bravo Hasina for slaughtering personal secrecy in Bangladesh.
In the name of monitoring criminals they will monitor opposition activists phone conversation, make no doubt about it.
After all they have to occupy power in next national election by any means, otherwise they will have to face peoples anger.



---------- Original Message ----------
From: Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [KHABOR] Bangladesh to set up agency for phone monitoring
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:44:00 +0600

Bangladesh to set up agency for phone monitoring

In its fight against terror, the Bangladesh government has approved a
proposal to set up a phone monitoring centre to track down
criminals.The secretaries� committee on administrative improvement has
approved setting up of a National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre
(NTMC), officials said  yesterday.

It would have powers to track land phone and mobile calls of persons
with criminal records.

Cabinet secretary M Abdul Aziz chaired the meeting.
The NTMC will have 45 officials in 27 categories. An official of the
rank of joint secretary will be the director of the proposed NTMC,
while officials holding the rank of deputy secretary will be appointed
additional directors of the eavesdropper agency.
A central office of the NTMC will also be set up soon.
Officials said the NTMC would include representatives from different
intelligence agencies, such as the Directorate General of the Forces
Intelligence (DGFI), Special Security Force (SSF), National Security
Intelligence (NSI), Special Branch (SB) of police and elite security
outfit Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
Home ministry officials said the NTMC would ensure the security of the
president and the prime minister.

It would also help prevent illegal toll collection and cyber crimes
and maintain law and order by monitoring telecommunication
interception lawfully under the Bangladesh Telecommunications
(Amended) Act.

The officials, however, said the NTMC would not be allowed in
principle to track calls made by 10 categories of people, including
the president, prime minister, speaker of the bangladesh parliament,
chief justice, cabinet members, principal secretary, cabinet
secretary, chiefs of the three services, secretary-level officials in
the civil and defence administrations, inspector general of police,
head of the NTMC user organisations and people selected by the head of
the government.

State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku said the NTMC would
use modern technologies and equipment to ferret out criminals,
especially those who give death threats and collect extortion money
using phones.

Sources said the NTMC will have new-generation devices to record more
than 50,000 phone calls at a time to identify and locate suspects.
The existing device is capable of recording only 5,000 phone calls.
The proposed agency will be under the home ministry.

�The authorities will set up modern bugging devices to stop telephone
and cyber crimes once the existing National Monitoring Centre (NMC) is
upgraded to the level of directorate,� an official said.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=445918&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24


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