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[mukto-mona] জঙ্গিগোষ্ঠী ইলিয়াসকে লুকিয়ে রেখেছে কি না, দেখা হচ্ছে !!!!!!



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জঙ্গিগোষ্ঠী ইলিয়াসকে লুকিয়ে রেখেছে কি না, দেখা হচ্ছে

পাবনা অফিস | তারিখ: ২৮-০৪-২০১২
স্বরাষ্ট্র প্রতিমন্ত্রী শামসুল হক (টুকু) বলেছেন, জঙ্গিগোষ্ঠী বা বিএনপি-জামায়াতের লোকজন ইলিয়াস আলীকে লুকিয়ে রেখেছে কি না, সরকার তা খতিয়ে দেখছে। ইস্যু তৈরি এবং দেশকে অস্থিতিশীল করতে ইলিয়াস আলীকে অপহরণ করা হয়েছে। বিএনপি-জামায়াত জোট ইলিয়াস আলী গুমের ঘটনা নিয়ে দেশে অরাজক পরিস্থিতি সৃষ্টি করে পেছনের দরজা দিয়ে ক্ষমতায় আসতে চায়।
গতকাল শুক্রবার পাবনার সুজানগর উপজেলার পোড়াডাঙ্গা উচ্চবিদ্যালয়ে তাঁতীবন্ধ ইউনিয়ন আওয়ামী লীগের দ্বিবার্ষিক সম্মেলনে প্রধান অতিথির বক্তব্যে তিনি এসব কথা বলেন।
তিনি আরও বলেন, 'তারা ইলিয়াসকে গুম করে সরকারকে উদ্ধারের সময় না দিয়ে হরতাল, মানুষ হত্যা, জ্বালাও-পোড়াও করে দেশে অরাজক পরিবেশ সৃষ্টি করার পথ বেছে নিয়েছে। বাংলার মানুষ তাদের সেই স্বপ্ন বাস্তবায়ন হতে দেবে না। সরকার এই অপহরণের ঘটনা সর্বোচ্চ গুরুত্ব দিয়ে তদন্ত করছে। শিগগিরই ইলিয়াস আলী অপরহণ ঘটনার অবসান হবে বলে আমরা আশাবাদী।'
তিনি আরও বলেন, বিএনপি সরকারের সময় চট্টগ্রামে বিএনপির নেতা জামাল উদ্দিনকে অপহরণ করা হয়েছিল। সে ঘটনায় বিএনপির লোকজনই জড়িত ছিল। ইলিয়াস আলীর ব্যাপারে সে রকম কিছু ঘটেছে কি না, তা-ও তদন্ত করা হচ্ছে।
ইউনিয়ন আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতি আনোয়ার হোসেন খানের সভাপতিত্বে সম্মেলনে আরও বক্তব্য দেন জেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সহসভাপতি তোফাজ্জল হোসেন চৌধুরী, সুজানগর উপজেলা আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতি আবুল কাশেম, সাধারণ সম্পাদক আবদুল ওহাব প্রমুখ।


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Re: [mukto-mona] How to follow religions correctly



Since Dr. Jiten Roy's comments below and my comments on them fit the headline "How to follow religions correctly" better, I am putting my comments in this thread.
 
As I wrote before, I do not wish to open up religious books and criticize them, because I do not think those old books had to be great or perfect. I know they are not perfect; most of them are not great either. So, here are my thoughts on Dr. Roy's comments, without going specific on anything from the religions.
 
"We have head, that is why we have headache" is a very inappropriate metaphor for "we have religions, that is why we have religious communalism/hatred"; although both statements are actually correct.
 
Our head does not come with headache. Headache is an acquired ailment of the head. It can be cured by therapies that we have invented/discovered through our good old human intelligence; and we do not have to worry about some imaginary almighty getting angry with us for doing that.
 
Most religions do come with a good deal of hatred, both intra-religious, and against people of other faiths and no faith. To the serious believer, the imaginary almighty would get angry if the religion is not followed in totality, including the hatred part. The religion prohibits changes, including getting rid of the hatred part.
 
Again, I do not have to give examples of hatred in religions. I am sure intelligent and rational people do not need my help to find them in the religious books. To me, people who do not follow the hatred parts of the religions are better. Of course, they are not totally "God fearing"; they are probably "borderline" among the religious people.
 
The bottom line is, if we do not wish to criticize religions, let us at least refrain from giving them a clean chit against our honest minds.
 
Sukhamaya Bain 
 
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fwd: a video: "HINDU BASHING IN PAKISTANI SCHOOL BOOKS"
 

I understand the confusion from my recent post. That's why – I gave two examples to show that actual God fearing people are not generally communal; it's the borderline religious people, who do not hesitate to exploit religion to achieve their goals. Following that observation, I have concluded that religion can survive without communalism, but religious-communalism cannot survive without religion. As a result, religion is at the core of religious-communalism. There are other sorts of communalism also, like racial-communalism, tribal-communalism, etc.
Let me give another example of religious-communalism. When Khaleda Zia says – if you vote for Awami League, you will hear "Uludhoni' from the Mosque - that's a communal exploitation of religion. But, we cannot blame religion for her misuse of religion. This is what I meant by religious-communalism.  In previous posting - I also said that if there was no religion, there would have been no religious-communalism. It is like – we have headache, because we have head.
- Jiten Roy
 
============================================= --- On Wed, 4/25/12, Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Sukhamaya Bain <subain1@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fwd: a video: "HINDU BASHING IN PAKISTANI SCHOOL BOOKS"
To: "mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 10:24 PM

 
I am confused by quite a few postings recently in Mukto-Mona, especially by Mr. Subimal Chakrabarty and Dr. Jiten Roy. Look at Dr. Roy's comments below.
 
Here, he wrote, "Religion is not the cause of communality." However, only a few days back (April 21, 2012) in the thread "Religion & Communalism, he wrote, "Therefore, religions are at the very core of communalism."
 
In the posting below, he thanked Mr. Q. A. Rahman. Is it for Mr. Rahman's regret that the Pakistani politicians were not smart enough to have a bigger Islamic haven in the subcontinent? Just read Mr. Rahman's posting below a little carefully. He did not criticize the Pakistani leaders for any other faults.
 
Mr. Rahman expressed his opposition to "faith based bashing." Well, looks like the Maharani of Tripura was as stupid as Jogen Mandal for the Namashudras and Tridib Roy for the Jumma people. Aren't she and her people lucky? If her wish of 1947 came true, today some non-Muslims intellectuals of Tripura would be exchanging these academic talks with Muslims like Mr. Rahman, just like what Dr. Roy, Mr. Chakrabarty and I are doing. But the people of Tripura would be as sorry as the Hindus and the Jumma people of Bangladesh/Pakistan due to real "faith based bashing."
 
I do not think a two-nation theorist can be a real challenger of "faith based bashing."
 
Sukhamaya Bain
 
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fwd: a video: "HINDU BASHING IN PAKISTANI SCHOOL BOOKS"
 
Thank you. Let me say this. Communalism is a different entity from religion. Religion is not the cause of communality. It's the victim of communality. People exploit religion to foment communality. Those who follow religion correctly are not communal. It's the borderline religious people, many of who has propensity to become communal for their own self-interest.
I my youth, we used to play soccer and volleyball with the Moulavi-teacher of our Primary School; he was our buddy. Also, Moulavi-teacher of our high school was my school-hostel super. He was a very strict religious man, but - used to love me like his sons. He used to guide me like my parents. I have written articles about him in Mukto-mona, and elsewhere before.
I believe - the trouble is with those who are borderline religious. They do not hesitate to use religion to foment hatred to achieve their political or self interest. Truly religious people will not dare to do so. 
Mostly, communality has been a tool for political leaders to achieve their goals. In case of Pakistan, it was the military rulers, who found this tool to bring majority population under their control at the expense of religious minority, in this case Hindus. Those military rulers were not religious, but used to act like one in public. There are other batch of people also, who would show their ultra religiosity outside only to exploit religion. These are dangerous people.
This is the truth – religion can exist without communality, but communality cannot exist without religion.
Jiten Roy
=============================== --- On Tue, 4/24/12, qar <qrahman@netscape.net> wrote:

From: qar <qrahman@netscape.net>
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Fwd: a video: "HINDU BASHING IN PAKISTANI SCHOOL BOOKS"
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 3:50 AM

 
While I agree with most of what you said about "Pakistani politics", I think many Indian politicians are "Play" with religion frequently. Even today Muslim bashing goes on unabated when the time is right. Frequent riots in India says a lot about the problem in "Modern India". The major difference in early India and Pakistan was India was blessed with Gandhi (Nehru, Indira, Rajiv etc) family and Pakistan did not have such seasoned leadership. In reality many Muslims also suffered for lack of good leadership in Pakistan. The "Maharani of Tripura" wanted to join the then East Pakistan and patiently waited almost two years to get some invitations (Around that time India swallowed Hyderabad and Kashmir with VERY different excuses) but our leaders back in Pakistan did not have the skills required to show statesmanship with people of Tripura. Specifically leaders of Bengali origin (Mostly Muslims) were pathetic in negotiations and lost (To newly founded India) more of "Undivided Bengal" and Pakistani Punjab gained more land as a result.  Murshidabad was a Muslim majority state but somehow it stayed with India, defying all logic!! We can certainly criticize and "Bash" criminals but harassing people for their religion is unacceptable. Those of us blessed with some education have to stand united against all faith based bashing. It does not diminish anything from any faiths but exposes ignorants and cowards among us. Shalom!


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[mukto-mona] ইলিয়াস আলীর নিখোঁজের ঘটনায় জঙ্গি কিংবা বিএনপি-জামায়াতের সম্পৃক্ততা রয়েছে !!!!!!!



লিয়াস 'নিখোঁজে' জঙ্গি, সন্দেহ প্রতিমন্ত্রী টুকুর
Fri, Apr 27th, 2012 7:22 pm BdST
 
ঢাকা/পাবনা, এপ্রিল ২৭ (বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম)- ইলিয়াস আলীর নিখোঁজের ঘটনায় জঙ্গি কিংবা বিএনপি-জামায়াতের সম্পৃক্ততা রয়েছে কি না, তা খতিয়ে দেখা হচ্ছে বলে জানিয়েছেন স্বরাষ্ট্র প্রতিমন্ত্রী শামসুল হক টুকু।

শুক্রবার পাবনার সুজানগরে দলের এক অনুষ্ঠানে তিনি এ কথা বলেন।

প্রতিমন্ত্রী টুকু বলেন, "ইস্যু তৈরি এবং দেশকে অস্থিতিশীল করতে ইলিয়াস আলীকে অপহরণ করা হয়েছে। জঙ্গি গোষ্ঠী বা বিএনপি-জামায়াতের লোকজন বিএনপি নেতা ইলিয়াস আলীকে লুকিয়ে রেখেছে কি না, সরকার তা খতিয়ে দেখছে।"

উপজেলার পোড়াডাঙ্গা উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়ে তাতীবন্ধ ইউনিয়ন আওয়ামী লীগের দ্বিবার্ষিক উপলক্ষে ওই অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করা হয়।

বিএনপি সরকারের সময় চট্টগ্রামের বিএনপি নেতা জামাল উদ্দিনের অপহরণ প্রসঙ্গে টেনে স্বরাষ্ট্র প্রতিমন্ত্রী বলেন, "সে ঘটনায় বিএনপির লোকজনই জড়িত ছিল। ইলিয়াস আলীর ব্যাপারেও সে রকম কিছু ঘটেছে কি না, তা তদন্ত করা হচ্ছে।"

গত ১৭ এপ্রিল মধ্যরাতে বনানী এলাকা থেকে নিখোঁজ হন বিএনপির কেন্দ্রীয় সাংগঠনিক সম্পাদক ইলিয়াস আলী ও তার গাড়িচালক মো. আনসার।

শুরু থেকেই বিএনপি অভিযোগ করে আসছে, সরকারি কোনো এজেন্সির লোকজন ইলিয়াসকে তুলে নিয়ে গেছে। অবশ্য ক্ষমতাসীন আওয়ামী লীগের দাবি, ইলিয়াসকে নিয়ে বিএনপি 'নাটক' করছে।

শুক্রবার রাজধানীতে শাহজাহানপুর থানার উদ্বোধনী অনুষ্ঠানে স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী সাহারা খাতুনও বলেন, ইলিয়াস আলীর নিখোঁজ হওয়ার ঘটনা নিয়ে বিএনপি 'খেলা' শুরু করেছে।

তিনি বলেন, "ইলিয়াস আলীকে উদ্ধারে তার স্ত্রীকে নিয়ে র‌্যাব গাজীপুরে অভিযান চালিয়েছিল। ওই অভিযানের পর ইলিয়াসে স্ত্রী বিরোধীদলীয় নেতার সঙ্গে দেখা করে বলেন- তিনি র‌্যাবের সঙ্গে কোথাও যাননি। এটি কিসের আলামত?"

ইলিয়াসের নিখোঁজ হওয়ার চারদিন বাদে গত ১৭ এপ্রিল তার সন্ধানে স্ত্রী তাহসিনা রুশদির লুনাকে নিয়ে গাজীপুরের পূবাইলে অভিযান চালানোর কথা র‌্যাবের পক্ষ থেকে জানানো হয়। তবে তাহসিনা পরে সাংবাদিকদের বলেন, তিনি কোথাও যাননি।

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আই এস আই / জামাতি কিলিং মিশন !
১৯৭১ এ মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সময় রাতের আধারে  মুখোশ পরে  কলিং বেল টিপে যারা
শত শত মুক্তিকামী মানুষদের গুম করে "না ফেরার দেশে" পাঠিয়ে দিয়েছিলো , আজ তারাই 
সেই সময়কার নাটের গুরু যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বাচাতে "নতুন করে গুমের খেলা" শুরু করেছে !
সরকারের আইন-শৃঙ্খলা পরিস্থিতির অবনতি   , দেশে-বিদেশে  ভাবমূর্তি নষ্ট আর
বিএনপি-আওয়ামী লীগের মধ্যে সংঘর্ষ বাধিয়ে "ফায়দা" লুটতে চাচ্ছে জামাতিরা ৷ আর এতে
"বলির পাঠা" হচ্ছে বিএনপির মাঝ সারির নেতারা ৷ মজার ব্যপার , জামাতিদের কেও
এখন পর্যন্ত গুম হয়নি ! আর সরকারের উপর দোষ চাপানোর জন্য আওয়ামী লীগের
নেতাদের ইচ্ছে করে "গুম-তালিকার" বাইরে রেখেছে এই পৈশাচিক দুষ্ট চক্র ৷ আই এস আই এর
সাথে হাত মিলিয়ে জামাতিরা প্রায় ১০০ জনের "গুম তালিকা লিস্ট" করেছে , গুম হয়ে
যাওয়া রেল মন্ত্রীর এপিএস এর গাড়ি চালক ও তাদের একজন ৷ সরকারের বিরুদ্ধে সাংবাদিক
সমাজকে খেপিয়ে দেওয়ার জন্য "সাগর-রুনি" হত্যা আর সরকারের উপর আরব বিশ্ব বিশেষ করে
সৌদি আরবের নেতিবাচক প্রভাব বিস্তার করার  জন্য সৌদি কূটনীতিক কে এই জামাতি চক্রই খুন করেছে
বলে সচেতন মহল মনে করছেন ৷ বিডিআর হত্যাকান্ড , ব্যর্থ সামরিক বিদ্রোহ ---- সবই এই চক্রের কাজ
যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের বাচাতে জামাতিরা আজ মরিয়া হয়ে উঠেছে , সামনে আরো ষড়যন্ত্র করবে তারা
শেষ রক্ষা করতে বিএনপির বড় মাপের নেতা এমনকি "খালেদা জিয়াকে গুম" করতে ও  তারা দ্বিধা করবে না !
তাই সরকারকে আরো কঠোর হয়ে জামাত-শিবিরের সন্ত্রাসী নেতৃবৃন্দদের রিমান্ডে নিয়ে গুমের তথ্য বের করতে হবে ,
আর যুদ্ধাপরাধীদের যত তারাতারি সম্ভব "ফাসির কাষ্ঠে " ঝুলিয়ে বিচার কার্য্য শেষ করতে হবে ৷ তা হলেই
বিএনপি-জামাতের "ঘোলা পানিতে মাছ শিকারের স্বপ্ন " ধুলিসাত হয়ে যাবে !
জয় বাংলা ,
জয় বঙ্গবন্ধু ,
ডা: মুহাম্মদ আলী মানিক ,
উপদেষ্টা , যুক্তরাষ্ট্র আওয়ামী লিগ


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Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Hasina's Miracle! Netri's Blessed Burglers Recently Turned Bags of Money into some bags of Jackfruits!

 
SATIRE: HASINA'S RECENT MIRACLES
 
This week Netri's Blessed Secular Burglers Recently Turned Bags of Money into some bags of Jackfruits!
http://bdnews.com/7439/ilias-ali
 
Another miracle: Illias Ali was captured alive in Dhaka and was turned into Ashes in Gopalgonj.
 
Another miracle: Bangladesh Court find murderers as bad guys but through Hasin's appointed President they all (If AL murders) become good guys.
 
Bafore Hasina, the Sheikh's secular miracle was began by Bangabandhu. The court found Golam Mostofa guilty of abducting Dalim and his wife, but Bangabandhu Mujib found Dalim and Shahriar as culprits and dismissed for their carrier job in the army.     
 
The tradition continues: true, Awami League is not the name of a political party, it is the name of a mafia group.




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[ALOCHONA] Schooling the World [4 Attachments]

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What form of education is necessary in 21st century?

That was the topic of discussion this week at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA at event organized by the South Asian Forum (SAF). The event begin with a movie "Schooling the World" by Carol Black. 

About Schooling the World:
All over the world, volunteers build schools in traditional societies, convinced that school is the only way to a 'better' life for indigenous children. But is this true? What really happens when we replace a traditional culture's way of learning and understanding the world with our own? SCHOOLING THE WORLD takes a challenging, sometimes funny, and ultimately deeply disturbing look at the effects of modern education on the world's last sustainable indigenous cultures.
Beautifully shot on location in the Buddhist culture of Ladakh in the northern Indian Himalayas, the film weaves the voices of Ladakhi people through a conversation between four carefully chosen original thinkers: anthropologist and ethnobotanist Wade Davis, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence; activists Vandana Shiva and Helena Norberg-Hodge, both recipients of the Right Livelihood Award for their work with traditional peoples in India; and Manish Jain, a former architect of education programs with UNESCO, USAID, and the World Bank.
It examines the hidden assumption of cultural superiority behind education 'aid' projects; looks at the failure of education to deliver on its promise of a way out of poverty; and, finally, calls for a "deeper dialogue" between cultures, suggesting that we have at least as much to learn as we have to teach from these ancient sustainable societies.


The movie was followed by a engaging and spirited discussion with Director Carol Black, moderated by Meenakshi Chabra and Rakshanda Saleem. The event was attended by Lesley and Harvard community including students, Faculty and Provost and was coordinated by Quamrul Hassan. 

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South Asian Forum


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Bangladesh: Alarming Rise in Disappearances


The Bangladesh government should immeediately order an independent and impartial investigation into the growing number of cases where opposition members and political activists have vanished without trace, Human Rights Watch said today. The most recent episode, on April 17, 2012, involved Elias Ali, secretary of the Sylhet Division of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Ali's case is part of an alarming rise in such incidents, including those of opposition members and political activists. Human Rights Watch recently expressed concern over the April 4 abduction and subsequent death of Aminul Islam, a prominent labor rights activist. Ain-O-Sailash Kendra, a leading human rights group in Bangladesh, has documented the disappearance of least 22 people in 2012 alone. According to Odhikar, another Dhaka-based human rights group, more than 50 people have disappeared since 2010.

The rise in disappearances, particularly of opposition members and activists, requires a credible and independent investigation,� said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. The government has taken no serious steps to ensure such an investigation of these disappearances nor to prevent them in the first place.

Ali and his driver, Ansar Ali, have both vanished. The police found Ali's abandoned car and mobile phone in a parking lot near his house in Banani in central Dhaka at around midnight on April 17. There has been no sign of Ali or his driver since.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on the police to investigate Ali's disappearance, but also said that she believed Ali and his driver were hiding� at his party's orders to create a situation that would allow the opposition to blame the government.

Human Rights Watch has long documented abductions and killings by Bangladeshi security forces, especially the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). In its World Report 2012, Human Rights Watch noted that although the number of RAB killings had dropped following domestic and international criticism, there had been a sharp increase in enforced disappearances, with persons disappearing after last being seen in the custody of security agencies leading to concerns that security agencies have replaced one form of abuse with another. Bangladeshi authorities routinely refuse to confirm the detention or fate of those persons who disappear after being seen in their custody.

Under international law, an enforced disappearance is any form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the state or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of the state, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person.

Home Minister Sahara Khatun, speaking in January, dismissed Human Rights Watch's allegations of possible security force involvement in abuses and laid the entire blame for disappearances on criminal elements.

The government of Sheikh Hasina has made repeated promises to end abuses and ensure justice and accountability,� Adams said. But in spite of these public pledges, the government consistently dismisses or ignores evidence of abuses by the security forces. This is why an independent investigation into all cases of disappearances is urgently required.�

Human Rights Watch further expressed concern about apparent excessive use of force by the security forces against protesters throughout Bangladesh during a general strike called by the BNP to protest Ali's disappearance. Since April 21, two protesters, Monwar Miya and another who is yet to be identified, have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces. Reportedly, thousands more protesters have been injured and about one thousand have been arrested. Human Rights Watch called on the government to ensure a full and effective investigation into the two deaths, and ensure security forces only use the minimum necessary force to deal with violent crimes, as set out in the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials.

While the police are allowed to stop protesters from committing acts of criminal violence, they must not use excessive force to quell the protests,� Adams said.

For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Bangladesh, please visit:

http://www.hrw.org/asia/bangladesh

For more information, please contact:

In Los Angeles, Brad Adams (English): +44-7908-728333 (mobile); or adamsb@hrw.org

In The Hague, Tejshree Thapa (Nepali, English): +31-70-306-3817; or +31-6-533-664-63 (mobile); or thapat@hrw.org

In Mumbai, Meenakshi Ganguly, (Bengali, Hindi, English): +91-98-2003-6032 (mobile); or 6Scan has detected a possible fraud attempt from "mail.hrw.org" claiming to be gangulm@hrw.org

In New York, Jayshree Bajoria (Hindi, English): +1-646-753-0892 (mobile); or bajorij@hrw.org

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/26/bangladesh-alarming-rise-disappearances


On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:07 PM, bdmailer <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:


Bangladesh authorities must account for deaths amid spate of disappearances

Fatalities during protests about the disappearance of a key opposition figure seven days ago in Bangladesh must be thoroughly investigated by the authorities, Amnesty International said.

Ilias Ali, secretary of the Sylhet Division of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) disappeared together with his driver Ansar Ali on 17 April.
His is the latest in a spate of disappearances in which security forces, including the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), have been implicated, though they deny detaining those missing. During clashes over the disappearances between the BNP protesters and the police, two men were killed – both on 23 April.

Monawar Hossain was found dead in the Biswanath area of Sylhet with gun shot wounds, and a second man died in a Sylhet hospital of bullet wounds. According to witnesses, police had opened fire on demonstrators after being attacked with stones. "The Bangladesh authorities must establish an independent investigation to determine how these men died and who fired the bullets, and bring to justice those responsible for these deaths," said Abbas Faiz, Amnesty International's Bangladesh Researcher.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on police to investigate the disappearance of Ilias Ali and his driver. Paradoxically she also stated the two men chose to go into hiding to "create an issue".  "Why did the prime minister order an inquiry, but then claim she knows what has happened? Any inquiry will be credible only if it is independent and free from police and political involvement – otherwise it risks simply towing the police line," said Faiz. "There appears to be a pattern of enforced disappearances - a concerted effort to eliminate people deemed undesirable."

One trade unionist has been killed, and more than 20 people have disappeared this year. On 4 April, Aminul Islam, a trade union leader went missing. He was found dead a day later in Ghatail, north of Dhaka. His family saw evidence of torture on his body and suspect he was abducted by security forces. He had been previously subject to arrest and beaten by members of the National Security Intelligence for his trade union activities.
"Aminul Islam was an outspoken leader known for his ability to mobilise workers for better conditions, which made him a target," said Faiz.

Two other BNP members, Iftekhar Ahmed Dinar and Junaid Ahmed, went missing on 2 April. Iftekhar Ahmed's family say they were taken from their homes by plain clothes officers. Their whereabouts remain unknown. Al Mukaddas and Mohammad Waliullah, members of the student organisation Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, went missing on 4 February. They have not been heard from since.

Amnesty International has spoken to family members of many of the victims, who say abductions are usually carried out by plain clothes security officers who are easily identified because they wear similar clothing, including heavy duty shoes unusual for the hot Bangladesh climate. They also have short hair.

Amnesty International has documented abductions and killings by Bangladesh security forces, especially the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), for years.
"These disappearances cannot be simply brushed off - it is the government's responsibility to bring the perpetrators to account, and ensure justice for the victims," said Faiz.

Amnesty International
Asia Pacific Regional Program - South Asia
1 Easton Street, London WC1X 0DW, UK
Tel: 0044 20 7413 5652

 http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=380438


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Farhad Mazhar on Goom/ Khoon:



http://dailynayadiganta.com/details/42806


On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:
Political disappearances plague Bangladesh

By Nicolas Haque

Photo by AFP

Human rights organisations say about 100 people, mostly political activists, have disappeared in the last year in Bangladesh. Among them is Ilyas Ali, a former parliament member from the region of Sylhet. He was seen as a rising figure among the ranks of the opposition. Ali's wife is convinced security forces abducted him because of his political activities.

While her fears are not groundless, it is also true that local politicians are often linked to organised crime. Many of those who have disappeared had a criminal past. Ali, for example, had spent time in prison on suspicion of murder.

Adilur Rahman, a Dhaka-based human-rights lawyer, believes that the disappearances reveal the shortcomings of the justice system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rHA-0WarmM0#t=4s

There is a two-three year backlog of cases in court and criminals often go unpunished."Many local politicians believe they are above the law," Rahman says. "These disappearances are a form of quick justice."Security forces, though, deny any involvement in the disappearances. Recently, after a meeting with her intelligence chief, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the Bangladesh prime minister, said that Ilyas was in hiding and this was a ploy to stir up trouble.

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), along with its 18 political allies, responded by announcing a countrywide general strike on Sunday.After a night of violence, during which angry opposition activists torched vehicles, schools, businesses and shops remained shut throughout on Sunday.

About 30,000 extra police officers were on duty and security forces cordoned off the BNP headquarters in the capital, Dhaka. Opposition activists who were to be seen on the streets said hundreds of their colleagues had been arrested. Striking a note of defiance, they have vowed to continue to protest until Ilyas Ali is found alive.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2012/04/22/political-disappearances-plague-bangladesh
http://sonarbangladesh.com/blog/post/106031


On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Isha Khan <bdmailer@gmail.com> wrote:


Bangladesh police out in force as tension rises over missing politician

Ilias Ali of opposition party disappears, with fingers pointing at Sheikh Hasina's government and security forces

Saad Hammadi in Dhaka and Jason Burke in Delhi
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 April 2012

Police in Bangladesh used baton charges, live bullets and teargason Sunday in clashes with demonstrators protesting against the alleged abduction of a senior politician. The violence was the most acute for many months in the unstable state.

In Dhaka, the capital, dozens of small devices were reported to have exploded and 20 arrests were made. In the north-eastern city of Sylhet, 12 people were reported to have been injured and more than 50 detained in running battles. On Sunday night a tense calm had been established, although tens of thousands of security personnel remained deployed across the country in anticipation of further clashes on Monday.

The crisis was sparked by the disappearance last Tuesday of Ilias Ali, a key organiser with the Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP). Ali was the latest in a series of political activists who have apparently been abducted, raising fears of a concerted campaign of intimidation aimed at opposition politicians. At least 22 people have gone missing so far this year, the local human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra said. In 2011, the number was 51. Estimates of the exact number vary though all indicate a rising overall total.

Many local and international campaigners have blamed security forces, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and local police of eliminating opposition figures to benefit the administration of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister.

Spokesmen from the Rab have denied the charge, saying that many of those found dead or who have disappeared were involved in crime and killed by associates or rivals. The director of the Rab's legal wing, Commander Mohammed Sohail, said an operation had been launched to recover Ali and a search was continuing.

Speaking in Dhaka last week, Hasina suggested Ali might have been "hiding somewhere" on the orders of his party. Ministers described his disappearance as "sad" and "unexpected".Police officials contacted by the Guardian refused to comment on the case.

Ali's wife, Tahsina Rushdir, said her husband, a veteran activist who had risen through the ranks of the BNP, had been campaigning for the party in Sylhet before he disappeared. "He told me that the government was making a list of people who were being critical about them. He wouldn't be picked up this way unless he had posed a threat to the government," she said. "The waiting is very difficult."

More than 30 people were injured in clashes between opposition activists and the police on the streets of Dhaka last week following the news that Ali was missing. Tensions in the south Asian state, home to 160 million people, have been building for months. Runaway inflation, rising inequality and recent corruption charges against some ministers have all combined to undermine the popularity of the government, in power since winning a landslide victory in 2008.

Politics in Bangladesh, which won independence from Pakistan after a bloody conflict in 1971, has been marked for decades by the personal rivalry of Sheikh Hasina, head of the Bangladesh Awami League, and Khaleda Zia, leader of the BNP. This has not however prevented economic growth rates that are among south Asia's highest and some significant improvements in areas such as education. But governance and the rule of law remain weak. Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of Bangladeshi human rights group Odhikar, said the disappearances were "a result of the impunity granted to the law enforcement [agencies] for the last 41 years".

Dr Iftekhar Uz-Zaman, executive director of the Bangladesh chapter of Berlin-based Transparency International, blamed "growing partisan political influence" that was eroding "the capacity of the state to promote rule of law, justice, equality and basic human rights of the people".

Among the recent missing are three student leaders from the BNP. The body of a trade union organiser, apparently tortured, was found after he disappeared on 4 April. Two opposition activists, both members of an Islamic student organisation, disappeared in February.

Shafiq Ahmed, minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs, said that a full investigation was under way to locate all those who have disappeared, and that allegations that the government could be responsible in any way for abductions were motivated by "an interest to gain public attention".

The minister also rejected criticism of the government's economic record. "The economy [in Bangladesh] is better than many countries in the face of global economic depression," he said.

The Rab has received training from British police, the Guardian revealed in 2010. Details of the programme appeared in a number of cables released by WikiLeaks. The Rab is believed to be responsible for up to 1,000 extrajudicial killings since being formed eight years ago.

In its 2012 annual report Human Rights Watch said ministers have denied that such incidents occur, even when the government's own investigations found evidence of wrongdoing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/22/bangladesh-police-tension-missing-politician


Disappearances go unanswered: Law enforcers seen to be law-breakers 

 
22 people so far disappeared this year, raising concern as people suspect law enforcers' involvement, said Ain O Salish Kendra.No-one was found -- dead or alive. 51 people went missing last year while the number was 30 in the year before. Of them, 21 were found dead either by law enforcers or other people. In 2009, only two people went missing.
 






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