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Sushmita Choudhury

The writer is a Volunteer at Northern Settlement Services (Assisting migrants and refugees in Newcastle) Australia.

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Law Reform / Law reform and our farmers: Narratives of Bangladesh’s unsung heroes

In the countryside of Bangladesh, green paddy fields stretch for miles, nurtured by Naya Krishi farmers of Tangail. Defying modern farming, these farmers continue traditional practices by cultivating seeds passed down from their ancestors.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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People’s Voice / Farmers’ rights over seeds: The unsung song in Bangladesh

For the last few months, farmers in Bangladesh have been burning down the crops in the field.
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Rights Corner / Human Rights in the Wonderland

Human rights are neither gifts nor can be learnt overnight. From the dawn of civilisation, different communities nourished the human
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM
climate change

SNAPSHOT VIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH / Combating climate change impacts

While the climate change is already understood as an economic and environmental problem, the tendency to view this phenomenon through the lens of human rights implications has been little. Recently the trend has changed.
4 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Forced labour The law of the jungle

rights advocacy / Forced labour: The law of the jungle!

A disproportionate amount of focus on sex trafficking draws the attention away from the countless male trafficked victims faced forced labour episodes whose we seldom meet as hawkers in the bustling street of a vibrant city selling newspapers or popcorns.
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
1-law-reform.jpg

Law reform and our farmers: Narratives of Bangladesh’s unsung heroes

In the countryside of Bangladesh, green paddy fields stretch for miles, nurtured by Naya Krishi farmers of Tangail. Defying modern farming, these farmers continue traditional practices by cultivating seeds passed down from their ancestors.
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Farmers.jpg

Farmers’ rights over seeds: The unsung song in Bangladesh

For the last few months, farmers in Bangladesh have been burning down the crops in the field.
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM
human rights.jpg

Human Rights in the Wonderland

Human rights are neither gifts nor can be learnt overnight. From the dawn of civilisation, different communities nourished the human
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM
climate change

Combating climate change impacts

While the climate change is already understood as an economic and environmental problem, the tendency to view this phenomenon through the lens of human rights implications has been little. Recently the trend has changed.
4 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Forced labour The law of the jungle

Forced labour: The law of the jungle!

A disproportionate amount of focus on sex trafficking draws the attention away from the countless male trafficked victims faced forced labour episodes whose we seldom meet as hawkers in the bustling street of a vibrant city selling newspapers or popcorns.
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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