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Army acts on tribunal orders, one officer still at large

The Army Headquarters has confirmed that 15 of the officers named in arrest warrants issued by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) have been taken into custody, while one remains missing. According to the army, Major General Kabir Ahmed has been “illegally absent” from duty.

The issue has drawn widespread discussion following the tribunal’s issuance of arrest warrants in enforced disappearance cases and growing frustration among July uprising supporters over the delay in arrests. At a press briefing held on Saturday at Mess Alpha in Dhaka Cantonment, the Army’s Adjutant General, Major General Md Hakimuzzaman, disclosed the information.

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Peace Nobel goes to Venezuela opposition

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday. Machado was honoured "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy," said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.
Machado has been a "key, unifying figure in a political oppositi...

CA thanks Erdoğan for help release of Shahidul

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his cooperation in securing the release of renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam and his repatriation from Israel.
Referring to Turkish sources, the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing said Shahidul Alam left Israel for Türkiye by a flight.
“A flight took off from Israel this afternoon with renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam among the pas...

In Bangladesh a Step toward Justice

Meenakshi Ganguly:
On October 9, the Bangladesh authorities filed charges against 28 people for enforced disappearances, secret detention, and torture. It was a long time coming. A “smear campaign,” the home minister had scoffed in 2017, after Human Rights Watch released a report on secret detentions and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. When I had met with him, the minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, had been dis...

Bangladesh still on Tier 2 despite progress

Bangladesh has stepped up its fight against human trafficking, but significant challenges remain, according to a new report from the United States.

Key Recommendations

  • Expanding anti-trafficking tribunals to busy areas.

  • Giving victims in shelters more freedom of movement.

  • Improving police training, immigration officers and healthcare providers.

Dhaka condemns interception of Global Sumud Flotilla

Bangladesh deeply condemned the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, which was carrying humanitarian assistance for the people of Gaza, by the Israeli occupying forces.  “This act is a flagrant violation of international law and a brazen manifestation of Israel’s use of hunger as a weapon of war,” read a statement issued by the foreign ministry, reports BSS.
Bangladesh called for the immediate and unconditional release of all detained...
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