“Rohingya National League Denounces Arakan Army's Systematic Eradication Plan of Rohingya Community” On behalf of The Rohingya National League, we express our deep concern and outrage over the alarming reports of a systematic plan by the Arakan Army (AA) to completely eradicate

The BBC has pieced together evidence of a civilian massacre in Myanmar. Scores of Rohingyas killed. Survivors blame insurgent Arakan Army, the group denies it.Thousands have fled to Bangladesh in the past 2 weeks. These are some of their harrowing stories. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Since a bunch of folks are talking about the unrealized capital gains tax, some nuance: axios.com/newsletters/ax…

#Horrific A shocking incident has emerged from Katni GRP police station in Madhya Pradesh, where a Dalit mother and her minor son were brutally beaten up by police officials inside the police station itself. Manuwadi media remains silent as usual... #DalitLivesMatter

Alpa Shah, in 'The Incarcerations: Bhima Koregaon and the Search For Democracy in India,' finds hope in the fact that “it was impossible to kill the spirit of these custodians of democracy,” despite the force of state-sanctioned suppression. caravanmagazine.in/politics/bhima…

Those interested in #Bangladesh kleptocracy under the Awami League government - with a UK (and apparently also Signapore, Malaysian Dubai, and US) angle, this looks like something definitely to watch. Cant wait! (Made by Al Jazeera Investigations, who also made All the Prime Ministers Men)

1/🧵 Kazi Anis Ahmed, a liberal Bangladeshi media tycoon, covertly financed a far-right lobbying campaign in Washington via a Dubai firm. Aligning with Sheikh Hasina’s now-deposed regime, he risked violating laws. Here’s how it unraveled: netra.news/2024/kazi-anis…

This story is developing quickly. I have just spoken to AFP's fact checker Qadaruddin Shishir, who has confirmed that the video was (a) first posted on social media at least six years ago in 2018; (b) that in 2019, the Daily Mail along with other media, showing screen shots from

Our latest The Fuller Project investigation with The New York Times: In many cases, the people who could do something for women in debt bondage in Mahrashtra's sugar farms are the very people who benefit from their exploitation nytimes.com/2024/10/11/wor…

Take a behind-the-scenes look at our latest investigation on India's sugar farms, the systemic abuses within the industry, and the relationship between sugar and politics. More in this week's newsletter from Maher Sattar: bit.ly/4hg82AO

Long-overdue but a welcome development for the victims of horrifying atrocities.

There are indeed human rights concerns in Bangladesh, some of them quite serious, but this highly inaccurate and misleading APPG report is a disgrace, failing to provide any proper context and seriously exaggerating the problems. It is quite extraordinary for a UK parliamentary

The NDTV piece claims Transparency International Bangladesh found over 2,000 cases of minorities being targeted since Hasina’s government fell. Curious, I asked TIB’s executive director Iftekharuzzaman, who said, “No idea where they got this figure from.”ndtv.com/opinion/bangla…

Bangladesh’s Revolutionary Women Have Disappeared My joint byline with my mentor ⁦Maher Sattar⁩ foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/16/ban…

Gen Z women in Bangladesh turned the tide in successfully ousting the country’s iron-fisted leader. Then, they were sidelined from public and political participation. Read The Fuller Project’s Maher Sattar and MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO’s latest with Foreign Policy. bit.ly/40AZq1m

Not forgotten - deliberately sidelined. Great piece on the role of Women in the Bangladesh Monsoon uprising from MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO and Maher Sattar

Pragmatist MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO Maher Sattar (Sigh) The ulterior motive is a thousand year old one: patriarchy. Read this, it’s free, it’s brilliant and it’s precisely about patriarchy and how Bangladeshi women have been fighting it press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m/1…

Labor and human rights groups in India are bringing a Fair Food Program-style model to the sugar industry, hoping to push big brands to sign binding legal agreements to protect workers and adopt humane standards. ciw-online.org/blog/2025/03/f…