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Truly shocking. And the "Democratic Liberal West" continue to do NOTHING, yet finds it so easy to damn and sanction their "enemies" who do half as much! theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

The Chief Prosecutor submitted charges yesterday at the newly constituted International Crimes Tribunal in #Bangladesh against the country's former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina alleging five offences of Crimes Against Humanity. Also charged with her were former home minister

Laila Soueif, on 247th day of hunger strike for jailed British-Egyptian son, defiant in face of death theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

In #Bangladesh, since the new interim government came to power, dozens - if not hundreds - of Awami League leaders, activists or the party's ardent supporters, have been imprisoned for many months on murder or attempted murder cases without any evidence linking them to the

বাংলাদেশে অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন নতুন সরকার ক্ষমতায় আসার পর থেকে, আওয়ামী লীগের বহু নেতা, কর্মী কিংবা দলটির নিবেদিত সমর্থক—ডজনের পর ডজন, এমনকি শত শত মানুষ—অভিযোগের সঙ্গে কোনো প্রমাণ ছাড়াই হত্যা বা হত্যাচেষ্টার মামলায় মাসের পর মাস ধরে কারাবন্দি রয়েছেন। এই পরিস্থিতি বন্ধ হওয়া উচিত।

My takeaways about the letter from Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to Bangladesh's Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus (as reported in the Guardian) 1. In the letter, posted on social media, Siddiq refers to Muhammad Yunus as “Professor Yunus” rather than by his official title, “Chief

Did you ever suggest that the UK prime-minister should not meet Sheikh Hasina because of her human rights record? The answer to that is a resounding “No”.

My article for The Spectator on the visit of #Bangladesh's interim leader, Muhammad Yunus to the UK, and a possible meeting with the Labour prime minister. spectator.co.uk/article/will-b…

“But while this trial [in #Bangladesh] targets those you might expect to be accountable, concerns have grown over the arrest and prolonged detention of dozens of other more obscure Awami League figures. Many have been denied bail for months, raising questions ab. out due process

It was only a matter of time before someone I knew personally, and not just professionally, would get caught up in the dragnet of false murder allegations and arrests associated with the July/August 2024 uprising in #Bangladesh, cases brought at the instigation of political

After the killing by #Bangladesh law enforcement authorities of the studdeent Abu Sayeed on July 16 2024, Asst Professor Mahamudul Haque published these two Facebook posts highly critical of the killing and the government's response. Earlier today Haque was arrested relating to a

As I have written, I agree with The Economist's conclusion about the AL Ban, but nonetheless the magazine does not properly set out the argument (that does exist) in favour of the ban. The Economist suggests that this is due to the Awami League's "dire record" in office. That is

A second article published by the The Economist this week raises further questions about the the magazine's current coverage of Bangladesh (see my previous tweet about the first article). This article was titled, "A big mistake by Bangladesh: Retribution is vying with reform."

Brilliant piece of work by Madoc Cairns showing how ministers in parliament at time of enactment of the 2000 Terrorism law explicitly stated it would not be used to define as “terrorist” acts of protest like those committed by Palestine Action