““Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”- This is what article 19 of the Universal Human Rights Declaration promised 75 years ago.
Reports of violence against minorities during and after the boycott-ridden, controversial election have raised questions against Awami League’s claimed commitment to protecting the minorities.
The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.
The frequent vilification of Dr Yunus by senior Awami League members, including the PM, have led many to believe this was an orchestrated persecution.
It is clear why Awami League is so desperate to make January 7, 2024 look like a genuine competition, without any real competitors.
We have never seen politicians belonging to the ruling coterie seeking and securing guarantees in election bargain like they have this time
Speaking out against domestic human rights abuses cannot and should not wait until all other global injustices have been addressed.
We are witnessing an engineered intra-party contest as most of the independents belong to the ruling party.
““Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”- This is what article 19 of the Universal Human Rights Declaration promised 75 years ago.
Reports of violence against minorities during and after the boycott-ridden, controversial election have raised questions against Awami League’s claimed commitment to protecting the minorities.
The EC's attempts to portray the election as participatory and fair seem to have been more focused on appearance than on genuine efforts to achieve these goals.
The frequent vilification of Dr Yunus by senior Awami League members, including the PM, have led many to believe this was an orchestrated persecution.
It is clear why Awami League is so desperate to make January 7, 2024 look like a genuine competition, without any real competitors.
We have never seen politicians belonging to the ruling coterie seeking and securing guarantees in election bargain like they have this time
Speaking out against domestic human rights abuses cannot and should not wait until all other global injustices have been addressed.
We are witnessing an engineered intra-party contest as most of the independents belong to the ruling party.
Calls for independent, transparent investigations into cases of alleged enforced disappearances and ratification of the much-discussed convention on disappearances got louder at this UPR.
The EC has repeatedly said one thing and did something other than that, if not the opposite.