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Kingdom affirms commitment to humanitarian law at Riyadh workshop

Riyadh – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its strong commitment to upholding and promoting international humanitarian law during the

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Deoband’s Hug for the Taliban: What It Says About Faith and Fear

Deoband’s embrace of the Taliban foreign minister is dangerous — but also offers an opening. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Foreign Minister

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OPINION: How the Yunus Interim Government Weaponized Justice in Bangladesh

Statistics cannot capture the sound of a cell door closing on a lawyer who once argued for others’ freedom. It

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OPINION: Bangladesh’s Shame—How Journo Rupa Was Denied Her Mother’s Last Breath

If the international community allows these narratives to disappear in silence, it becomes complicit in its own oppression, it claims

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OPINION: Banned, Not Gone—Can Bangladesh’s Awami League Spark Peaceful Change?

Ultimately, it raises questions of profound importance: Is it possible to transform a nation without resorting to bloodshed?  The movement

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UK Bans Controversial US Preacher Sheikh Uthman ibn Farooq Amid Outcry Over Extremist Views

London — The UK government has barred Sheikh Uthman ibn Farooq, a controversial US-based Islamic preacher, from entering the country

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UK Expert Blackburn’s Poem Blames Pakistan for 9/11, Kashmir, and Global Terror

London — Chris Blackburn, a communications lead at the European Bangladesh Forum (EBF) and a long-time observer of international security

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OPINION: Anti-Indian Rhetoric Driving Unreported Hindu Persecution in Bangladesh?

This situation clearly showed that in the new Bangladesh, if you are Hindu, fighting for your rights is considered sedition.

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OPINION: Why Is the Yunus Government Brutally Targeting Lawyers in Bangladesh?

By Advocate Shahanur Islam Perhaps the most dangerous tactic employed by the Yunus government is the use of fabricated charges

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OPINION: Bangladesh on a new dawn raining clouds of Extremism 

Cultural and religious minorities in Bangladesh are also suffering due to rising extremism. The New York Times published a report

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