.Secretary Antony Blinken recently said, 'Standing up for #freedoms and #HumanRights is simply the right thing to do'. Bangladeshis thus, regularly subjected to U.S. sermons on values, can naturally ask, 'what about the rights of protestors in U.S. campuses?'.
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As the worst human catastrophe unfolds before our eyes, its hard to take #HumanRights lectures from a country that is bankrolling that catastrophe, preventing any attempts to stop it, and shielding the catastrophe's perpetrators from #justice .
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Financing Genocide: The U.S. House has approved a $95 billion legislative package with security assistance to Ukraine, #Israel and Taiwan, including $17 billion in #defense aid to Israel, a country currently under CIJ_ICJ enquiries for #genocide of #Palestinians in #Gaza .

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As the #human toll continues to soar in #Gaza , the usual 'voices' for #human rights like 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 et al. continue their policy of backing #Israel 's #genocide . Are concepts like 'values based diplomacy' and 'rules-based int'l order' limited to lecturing countries like 🇧🇩 only?

Infographic Series on 'How the U.S. sponsors #Israel 's #Apartheid and #Genocide against #Palestinians ' - #Military and #defence assistance, emergency sale of #arms and #ammunitions since Oct 7, and vetoing #UN #SecurityCouncil resolutions critical of 🇮🇱 and its treatment of 🇵🇸-

Given the ongoing catastrophe in #Gaza , and closer to home in #Pakistan , the first thing that came to F. Hossain's mind when he saw U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh's latest OpEd was, 'Who is Rev. Peter D. Haas kidding with his #Democracy Sermon?' Read his take here 👇
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With the latest #conspirscy and #obstruction charges against Senator Bob Menendez, and earlier charges of #corruption , questions arise as to whether any foul play was involved in #RAB #sanctions , given the disgraced senator's role in that regard. Read more 👇
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The western #media 's coverage of events like #GazaGenocide and individuals like Yunus, Assange, and Navalny speak volumes about their professionalism, freedom, and independence. Read F. Hossain's take here 👇
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U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Karine Jean-Pierre Vedant Patel

It is difficult to listen to U.S. State Dept Spox commenting on Dr #Yunus ' trials or #Bangladesh #election , while their own govt suffers from the perception of enbaling #Israel 's #genocide campaign against the #Palestinians . Read F. Hossain's take here 👇
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In his recent DS Op-Ed, Zillur Rahman raises the important issue of political misinformation and disinformation. However, he paints an incomplete and biased pic of #Bangladesh , exposing his biases, double standards, and hypocrisy. Read F. Hossain's response 👇
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What is the U.S. going to do about Ansarey's continuous abuse of the press briefings, meant for genuine journalists, to do politics for #BNP , often using #disinformation and lies, and harming 🇺🇸-🇧🇩 ties in the meantime? Read S. Chakrovarty's take here 👇
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From wild speculations about #visa restrictions, to possible #trade #sanctions for #labour rights violations, FP 'pundits' really got it wrong when predicting possible U.S. reactions to the recent #Bangladesh #elections . How?
Read M. Ahmed's take here 👇
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After the #Bangladesh #election , the no. of videos in #YouTube with political #disinformation has risen sharply. Primary target- the AL Govt and the Prime Minister. Read F. Hossain's take on the proliferation of anti-Awami League disinformation here 👇
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Just as 🇺🇸's unconditional support of 🇮🇱's #genocide in #Gaza shows their true commitment to #humanrights , their silence on an 'engineered #election ' in 🇵🇰 (compared with #VisaPolicy in 🇧🇩) speaks volumes about their real commitment to #democracy .
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How the U.S. reacted to CIJ_ICJ rulings Vs #Israel was a matter of considerable interest, esp. given the current WH admin's focus on a 'values-based' FP. How did the U.S. fare? And how did that compare with remarks on the ICJ #Russia rulings? Read here 👇
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Analysts identified several factors for BNP's current predicaments: leadership crisis, a disastrous electoral strategy, over-reliance on int'l support, disconnect with masses, and reliance on unpopular street violence. Read more from M Ahmed's take here 👇
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The reactions to #SheikhHasina 's win in recent 🇧🇩 #election are contrasting, with U.S. differing not only with major regional players of Asia, MENA, and LATAM, but also with its allies. What explains the mismatch? #Geopolitics ? Read T. Ahmed's take here 👇
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In his latest piece, #AliRiaz painted a misleading & incomplete picture of the recent #Bangladesh #election . F. Hossain lists some, but not all, of the most glaring misleading statements, misinformation, and disinformation from the article. Read here 👇
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The objective behind the latest and previous rounds of #violence by #BNP - #Jamaat as well as their coercive #political programmes like strikes and #blockades since Oct 2023 is clear: intimidate voters and prevent them from #voting on Jan 7. Read more 🔻
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A #LabourCourt in #Bangladesh today convicted and sentenced 4 officials of Grameen Telecom incl. its chairman #DrYunus for certain rights violations re: 100+ former employees. Read this article to know more about the labour actions against Dr Yunus here 👇
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