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Published in: openSecurityA tribunal exposed: leaked correspondence suggests a "disturbing pattern" that risks a miscarriage of justiceThe domestic tribunal created to end the culture of impunity following the 1971 independence war continues to lose...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom transitional justice mechanism to monumental revenge: the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sinks to new lows
The Bangladeshi International War Crimes Tribunal quickly became a stage for political interference and...
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Published in: 50.50The decline in 'missing women' in BangladeshAlarm about the declining ratio of girls to boys in the Indian population, evidence of a particularly lethal form of...
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Published in: HomeFor South Asians on the “We are all Malala” bandwagon
Given such levels of violence against girls and women, it is a wonder that so many Indians can feel superior while...
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Published in: 50.50Bangladesh: the forgotten template of 20th century war
In 1971 the Jamaat e Islami supported the Pakistani army against the nationalist Awami League: now their leaders are...
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Published in: 50.50Bangladesh : the forgotten template of 20th century war
In 1971 the Jamaat e Islami supported the Pakistani army against the nationalist Awami League: now their leaders are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThrowing Tebbit a Googly: British Hindus and integrationMost British Hindus cheered for their 'mother country' during Sunday's cricket match between England and India, not...
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Published in: openIndia'Ascending' nationalism: the failure of politics and climbing Everest in Bangladesh
In the past two years, four young Bangladeshi, including two women, scaled Mount Everest, becoming national heroes....
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Published in: openIndiaMaking sense of the riots in Assam, India
The recent riots in the northeastern state of Assam between Bodo tribespeople and ethnic Bengali Muslims are...
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Published in: openIndiaMisleading rhetoric post-violence in Assam
The dual threat of losing a homeland and losing all track of the original inhabitants removes all objective...
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Published in: openIndiaOut of view: the unnameable poor in India and Bangladesh
My friends in teaching jobs in Afghanistan and Korea or aid organizations in Bangladesh, nearly all returned to the...
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Published in: HomePartnership or PR? Chevron in Bangladesh
Chevron are investing in communities and promoting human rights in Bangladesh, claiming that partnership with...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh: journey of fear towards an uncertain future
The two large parties in Bangladesh have already turned to the worst sort of dynastic politics. At the same time,...
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Published in: openSecurityGlobal political Islam in Bangladesh: past, present and future
As global public attention is turned to Bangladesh and the International Crime Tribunal, the country's complex...
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Published in: HomeJalal Alamgir, 17 January 1971 – 3 December 2011The tragic early death of the scholar, consultant, researcher and teacher, has elicited a series of tributes and...
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Published in: openSecurityBangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal: a critique of the critics
While criticism of the ICT is important, its chief critics have dehistoricized the context in which this trial is...
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Published in: openSecurityBangladesh war crimes tribunal: further bias is no answer
The role of the media in Bangladesh will not be improved by inaccurate and partisan critiques of the ICT
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Published in: openSecurityTrial by media: Bangladesh's 'International' Crimes Tribunal
Phone tapping, court orders and vitriolic condemnations of the accused point to a disconcerting unity between the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe arrest of Professor Ghulam Azam: a grandchild's accountThe arrest of a leading opposition figure in Bangladesh is a stark reminder that without due legal process,...
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Published in: HomeBangladesh: A road map for political disaster
Far from being reconciliatory, the government's International War Crimes Tribunal is tantamount to a witch hunt of...
