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Karmic justice. After launching a slew of over 180 cases against an 84 year old Nobel Laureate, Sheikh Hasina thought she could keep weaponising the legal system to haunt Prof Yunus and to the grave. Now, the people of #Bangladesh whose mobilisation forced Sheikh Hasina to

Some more good news from #Bangladesh: disappeared activist Michael Chakma has been found alive. He had been missing since 2019, and many presumed he might have been dead. Michael is an Indigenous rights activist who had been staunchly vocal against abuses committed by the

The student led liberation movement in #Bangladesh has given us a once in a lifetime opportunity to escape the shackles of dynastic two party rule. We must seize it.

Will #Yunus bring justice to #Bangladesh? New article with quotes by Arafatul Islam Naomi Hossain and Taqbir Huda tagesspiegel.de/internationale…

Awami League used the same colonial policing model against protesters in #Bangladesh that the British Raj introduced to quash native rebellion. Oppressors can come and go, but oppressive institutions remain intact. To prevent recurrence, we must first decolonise the police.

Breaking: here's the list of advisors to #Bangladesh's new interim government: 1. Saleh Uddin Ahmed (economist) 2. Dr Asif Nazrul (law professor) 3. Adilur Rahman Khan (human rights lawyer) 4. Hasan Ariff (lawyer) 5. Touhid Hossain (former foreign secretary) 6. Syeda

Even more good news from #Bangladesh: human rights defender persecuted by Awami League has been appointed to the interim government. Adilur Rahman Khan is a lawyer and founder of Odhikar, one of the only remaining human rights organisations in the country. Since 2013, the state

Spoke to DW News yesterday to explain how the former govt instrumentalised enforced disappearances as a tactic to punish dissidents in #Bangladesh and what the current govt needs to do to ensure justice for those forcibly disappeared, including Kalpana Chakma who remains missing

The people of Bangladesh have united against deadly flooding in the same way it united against a dictatorial regime, without even catching a break. From overcoming autocracy to combating climate change, #Bangladesh is presenting a model of resistance to the world.

The mass arrests, mob assaults, prolonged remand and detention of former Awami League ministers and high ranking officials on legally dubious charges in #Bangladesh should not be a cause for celebration. It should be a cause of extreme concern. The right to a fair trial is

This feels almost unreal. Bangladesh has finally ratified the United Nations Convention on Enforced Disappearances under Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh. While enforced disappearances have long existed in #Bangladesh, the former ruling party had instrumentalised it to punish critics and opposition

Great news from the Gulf. The 57 Bangladeshi migrant workers who were arbitrarily sentenced to lengthy prison terms for protesting against the former Bangladeshi regime in the UAE have had their sentences ‘cancelled’. This decision comes shortly after Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh Prof

With an interim government now in place, can Bangladesh truly build a healthy democracy from the remnants of the former regime? Join HRF along with Ahmedur Chowdhury, Taqbir Huda, & Ahsanul Hoque on X Spaces to dive deep into the ongoing challenges, the power of youth activism, and

Alhamdulillah, I’m glad to be pursuing the LLM program at Harvard Law School. Through this degree, I hope to explore the many existential dilemmas that I had to confront while studying Criminology at University of Oxford and investigating human rights violations and state repression while at

I spoke with Human Rights Foundation to explain why the politics of vengeance in #Bangladesh must end. We owe it to victims of Bloody July to ensure that justice for their killings is ensured through a fair and transparent process rather than one that reproduces injustices.