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Showing posts with label OP-ED. Show all posts
September 12, 2026

Who Will Protect Boy Children from Rape in Bangladesh’s Madrasas?

Who Will Protect Boy Children from Rape in Bangladesh’s Madrasas?
Repeated rape allegations against madrasa teachers demand independent investigations, institutional accountability and urgent protection for...
August 23, 2026

Charulata’s Suffocating Life: The Forced Marriage of a Lesbian Woman, Domestic Violence, and Bangladesh’s Invisible Reality

Charulata’s Suffocating Life: The Forced Marriage of a Lesbian Woman, Domestic Violence, and Bangladesh’s Invisible Reality
Scroll down to read the English, বাংলা & Français versions of this OP-ED. Advocate Shahanur Islam “Charulata” is not her real name. Her ...
August 15, 2026

Why Is the BNP Government So Afraid of Dhanmondi 32?

Why Is the BNP Government So Afraid of Dhanmondi 32?
Scroll down to read the English, বাংলা & Français versions of this OP-ED. Advocate Shahanur Islam Is Dhanmondi 32 merely an address? A d...
August 05, 2026

What Prevents Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Speaking to the Media?

What Prevents Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from Speaking to the Media?
Scroll down to read the English, বাংলা & Français versions of this OP-ED. Advocate Shahanur Islam If we ask whether the change of power ...
July 16, 2026

Police Violence Against Student Protesters: A Crucial Test of Democracy, the Rule of Law, and State Accountability

Police Violence Against Student Protesters: A Crucial Test of Democracy, the Rule of Law, and State Accountability
For the Bengali and French versions of this Op-Ed, please scroll down. By Advocate Shahanur Islam The rights to freedom of expression, peace...
May 16, 2026

Obstructing Bar Association Elections on Political Grounds: Is This the BNP Government’s Newly Invented Democracy?

Obstructing Bar Association Elections on Political Grounds: Is This the BNP Government’s Newly Invented Democracy?
Advocate Shahanur Islam Throughout Bangladesh’s history, whenever democracy has weakened, the first blows have fallen upon its institutions....
January 26, 2026

The July Mass Uprising Ordinance 2026: Legalized Impunity and a Catastrophe for Justice in Bangladesh

The July Mass Uprising Ordinance 2026: Legalized Impunity and a Catastrophe for Justice in Bangladesh
By Advocate Shahanur Islam On 25 January 2026, the Government of Bangladesh issued the July Mass Uprising (Protection and Determination of L...
December 23, 2025

When Violence Becomes a Method in Bangladesh

When Violence Becomes a Method in Bangladesh
Advocate Shahanur Islam In Bangladesh today, violence no longer arrives as an unexpected shock. Under the current interim government led by ...
October 25, 2025

Why the World’s Diplomats Stay Silent as Bangladesh Bleeds?

Why the World’s Diplomats Stay Silent as Bangladesh Bleeds?
By Advocate Shahanur Islam When Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as head of the country’s interim government in Augus...
October 06, 2025

How the Yunus-Led Interim Government Has Turned Justice into a Tool of Political Repression in Bangladesh

How the Yunus-Led Interim Government Has Turned Justice into a Tool of Political Repression in Bangladesh
By Advocate Shahanur Islam I. The Criminalization of Law and Lawyers It began, as so many stories of injustice do, with a courtroom and a pr...
July 19, 2025

State-Sponsored Massacre in Gopalganj: A Human Rights Catastrophe Behind the Mask of the Yunus Administration

State-Sponsored Massacre in Gopalganj: A Human Rights Catastrophe Behind the Mask of the Yunus Administration
By Advocate Shahanur Islam July 16, 2025, will be remembered as another blood-stained black day in Bangladesh’s history. On this day, under ...
July 15, 2025

Bangladesh Turns into a Haven of Anarchy: The Grim Failure of the Interim Government

Bangladesh Turns into a Haven of Anarchy: The Grim Failure of the Interim Government
By Advocate Shahanur Islam To read the Bengali and French versions, please scroll down and click ‘More’. For the first time in Bangladesh’s ...
July 05, 2025

Mob Violence, Impunity, and Anarchy — The Brutal Reality of the Yunus Government’s Failure

Mob Violence, Impunity, and Anarchy — The Brutal Reality of the Yunus Government’s Failure
To read the Bengali and French versions, please scroll down and click ‘More’. Advocate Shahanur Islam The people of the country had high hop...
June 11, 2025

International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: The Bangladesh Context & JMBF’s Initiative

International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: The Bangladesh Context & JMBF’s Initiative
To read the English and French versions, scroll below. Advocate Shahanur Islam The legal profession is one of the fundamental pillars for en...
May 16, 2025

Political Ban or a Proclamation of Democracy’s Demise?

Political Ban or a Proclamation of Democracy’s Demise?
To read the Bengali and French versions, scroll below. By Advocate Shahanur Islam On May 12, 2025, a controversial executive order by Bangla...
May 10, 2025

Is the Country Heading Towards Consolidation of Power by Anti-Liberation Islamist Fundamentalist Forces?

Is the Country Heading Towards Consolidation of Power by Anti-Liberation Islamist Fundamentalist Forces?
To read the Bengali and French versions, scroll below. Advocate Shahanur Islam Bangladesh stands today at a critical juncture of political c...
May 08, 2025

Is Love a Crime? State Indifference and the Persecution of Lesbian Women – A Bangladeshi Reality

Is Love a Crime? State Indifference and the Persecution of Lesbian Women – A Bangladeshi Reality
To read the Bengali and French versions, scroll below. Advocate Shahanur Islam On April 26, 2025, in Faridganj, Chandpur, two teenage girls—...
April 19, 2025

বাংলাদেশে আইনজীবীদের উপর ইউনুস সরকারের সুপরিকল্পিত ও নৃশংস হামলা কেন?

বাংলাদেশে আইনজীবীদের উপর ইউনুস সরকারের সুপরিকল্পিত ও নৃশংস হামলা কেন?
অ্যাডভোকেট শাহানুর ইসলাম সৈকত বাংলাদেশের আইনজীবী সমাজ আজ এক অভূতপূর্ব সঙ্কটের মুখোমুখি। শান্তিতে নোবেল পুরস্কার বিজয়ী প্রফেসর মুহাম্মদ ইউন...
April 18, 2025

Why is the Yunus Government in Bangladesh Systematically and Brutally Targeting Lawyers?

Why is the Yunus Government in Bangladesh Systematically and Brutally Targeting Lawyers?
Advocate Shahanur Islam In an unprecedented and deeply alarming move, the interim government of Bangladesh, led by former Nobel Peace Laurea...
April 17, 2025

Pourquoi le gouvernement Yunus au Bangladesh cible-t-il systématiquement et brutalement les avocats?

Pourquoi le gouvernement Yunus au Bangladesh cible-t-il systématiquement et brutalement les avocats?
Par l’Avocat Shahanur Islam Dans une initiative sans précédent et profondément alarmante, le gouvernement intérimaire du Bangladesh, dirigé ...
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