April 11, 2021
Do police really need to use more powerful weapons?
Recent incidents of violence, including attacks on public establishments, seem to have unnerved our police. As a result, the Inspector General of Police has instructed senior law enforcement...
March 16, 2021
Surveillance without any oversight
The launching of an On-site Identification and Verification System (OIVS) by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is undoubtedly a significant addition of a digital tool in policing.
February 26, 2021
Celebrating the legacy of a chronicler
Can journalists be activists? This is perhaps the most troubling question every journalist has to confront while dealing with issues of public interest. Journalism is about assembling and verifying...
February 18, 2021
Embracing new forms of protest in Asia
The anti-government protests currently sweeping through South and Southeast Asia appear to have gained extraordinary strength and resilience.
January 19, 2021
Welcome recognition of Bangladeshi as first-ever ‘pollution’ refugee
The recent verdict by a French court stopping the deportation of an unnamed Bangladeshi on the grounds of deadly air pollution in Dhaka has raised eyebrows among many of us.
December 28, 2020
After a no deal scare, Brexit is finally over
It’s finally over. On Christmas Eve, when exhaustion from long haggling was about to set in, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared, “We have taken back control of our laws and our...
December 14, 2020
EU’s new human rights regime ushers new hope
In a rare admission of the suffering caused by the targeted sanctions imposed by the United States, Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, told the media that she had lost all banking...
November 22, 2020
Covid vaccines again expose global inequity
Each time we learn about a potential Covid vaccine, there is jubilation throughout the globe. Perhaps, the most widely and closely tracked things in the world now are the most promising vaccines.
November 5, 2020
Ban GCM for claiming ownership of our coal
A controversial energy company, forced to wind down most of its operations and exposure in Bangladesh following a popular opposition from the local population, is now claiming Phulbari’s coal...
October 20, 2020
Does supporting election justify exclusion of Rohingyas?
The European Union, barely three weeks before the general election in Myanmar, held a bilateral dialogue on human rights with the regime seeking re-election.