The death of Masha Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman by the so-called Morality Police has sparked a showdown of dissent on Iran's streets since authorities crushed protests against a rise in gasoline prices in 2019. The girl was on a family trip and arrived in Teheran, the capital of Iran. On
Author: Saleem Samad
Sindh in Pakistan hit by worst flood and state persecution
In the upcoming United Nations 77th General Assembly Session scheduled from September 13 in New York, the Sindh Foundation will hold a week-long hunger strike to urge the UN to appoint a Special Envoy to probe appalling human rights abuse and persecution in the southern province of Pakistan. The ‘Sindh Hunger
Why Islamic world is silent on the persecution of Uyghur Muslims
The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) softly blames “China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang (former Turkestan province). The human rights office releases a long-awaited report last week to expose China’s treatment of ethnic Uyghur Muslims and says 'serious human rights violations
Balochistan atrocities from worse, worst to worsen
Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Bugti, a legendary hero of Balochistan independence was martyred on 26 August 2006. His martyrdom will be observed in silence by Baloch nationalists announced all over the world. Thousands of recruits of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and other revolutionaries are fighting to liberate Balochistan from the occupation
The August 21 carnage
Securing Sheikh Mujib’s homecoming
Only a few days after the marauding Pakistan forces’ humiliating defeat in the Eastern War Theatre and the surrender ceremony of the occupation troops at Dhaka on 16 December 1971, Bangladesh’s government-in-exile, as well as the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, remained worried about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman freedom. He
Vigilantes enforces Islamic dress code on the rise
Why Bangladesh should speak out on Balochistan?
Yesterday, 11 August was Balochistan’s 75th Independence Day from the British Raj. Unfortunately, the newly born Pakistan in seven months forcibly occupied the nation-state and made it into an impoverished province. Since then the fiercest Baloch have waged armed struggle to liberate their lost territory. Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti or Nawab Bugti,
The legacy of Sheikh Kamal in Shaheen School
At PAF Shaheen School [now Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Shaheen College], Dhaka, in 1967, everybody took a glimpse of a tall, well-built student with a light moustache, unkempt hair, wearing thick black spectacle in school uniform khaki trouser and a blue shirt. Every time I saw the senior student during breaks,
When the police became music ‘vigilantes’
I did not know when the police were given responsibility for ensuring singers sing tothe proper tune of the song, especially ‘RabindraSangeet’ (Tagore Songs). Tomorrow, they will haul singers singing ‘NazrulGeeti’ or band (or pop) music for not strictly following the music grammar. Remember, the police arrested folk singers and send them