Why no outrage over persecuted Hindus?
By Richard L. Benkin
Guest Commentary
Published: October 15, 2008
Hindu women celebrate a religious festival inside a tent set up for the occasion in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The number of Hindus has radically decreased in the predominantly Muslim country, with many fleeing to India to escape persecution. (Photo/Kamrul Hasan)
Chicago, IL, United States, — There have been several attempts at genocide since the middle of the last century. European Nazis murdered 6 million Jews in the 1940s. In the1960s Fulani-led Nigerians slaughtered around 1 million ethnic Ibos who formed the Republic of Biafra. Three decades later, majority Hutus murdered almost 1 million Tutsis in Rwanda, and Serbs did the same to about 10,000 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Ethnic Arabs are still killing non-Arab Sudanese; so far over half a million.
These crimes grabbed the world’s attention – albeit too late and only after the bodies were piled too high to ignore. The United Nations issued proclamations and sent aid through its human rights and refugee organizations. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and others loudly condemned the perpetrators, documenting the atrocities and raising money for their aid programs. Several international celebrities took on highly visible roles and massive protests worldwide gave vent to peoples’ outrage.
Yet there is another case of ethnic cleansing in numbers that dwarf these crimes, a-genocide-in-the-making, that has been proceeding for decades with little more than the occasional whimper. When Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in 1971, Hindus made up almost one in five of its citizens. Today, they are less than one in ten. Demographers and others estimate that approximately 20 million Bangladeshi Hindus have disappeared.
Twenty million people are missing, and many more are at risk – but no George Clooney or Angelina Jolie has stood up; no declaration has come from the United Nations, despite its mandate to stop such atrocities. Even the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has done nothing to help the victims, though several organizations have documented their suffering.
The international human rights industry, too, has been silent. Amnesty International has devoted pages upon Web pages to the United States and Guantanamo and spends a high percentage of its resources criticizing Israeli democracy. Its current cover story is about Shia Muslims being “treated like second class citizens.” But to date it has shown no stomach to oppose what could be the worst case of ethnic cleansing in our time. The last time AI or Human Rights Watch gave the Bangladeshi Hindus even passing mention was in 2006.
This is not the first time the world has ignored mass murder in South Asia. Toward the end of the Bangladeshi war of independence, Pakistani troops and their Islamist allies slaughtered between 2 and 3 million mostly Hindu Bangladeshis – noncombatants, women, children and the elderly. All manner of brutality from mutilation to ritualized gang rape accompanied the carnage, but the world still remains silent even when the victims’ descendants cry out for justice.
NATO sent troops into Kosovo when thousands were at risk but did nothing to save millions in East Bengal. Hindu refugees flood West Bengal, India, and live in semi-legal squalor, but the UNHCR refuses to recognize them as refugees. Earlier this year I visited almost two dozen extra-legal camps in West Bengal and saw these people’s need for help.
Several refugees and others attribute this disparity to religious bias. Fear of terrorist reprisals, the lure of petrodollars, and a rigid political correctness prevent many from taking a stand against Islamists, according to one Indian activist. But he and others blame “our own nature” that mitigates against activism and tolerates corruption.
As I told Indian journalists, “Everyone in India seems to know about the Bangladeshi Hindus, but no one is doing anything about it.” The actions of Bangladeshi Islamists, while atrocious, are not unexpected. However, their treatment by Indian Hindus is surprising.
Imagine refugees barely escaping with their lives, leaving murdered loved ones behind. They described crossing into the largest Hindu nation in the world, but found no welcome in the arms of their co-religionists. Instead, they were “treated like trespassers,” and given no aid or shelter. They reported being forced into camps, where their captors took advantage of then no less than did their Islamist tormentors.
In West Bengal, refugees testified that locals let them squat on the land, but in exchange they were forced to attend communist rallies. They received voter’s cards only to be told that officials of the Communist Party of India/Marxist would fill them in for them. But if anyone else desired the land, the refugees would be ejected; something I observed firsthand.
Today an economic and military powerhouse, India has yet to advocate for the thousands of victims streaming across its borders. It has never pressed the case of the Bangladeshi Hindus before any international body. If it has protested the ethnic cleansing to Bangladesh, it has done so meekly.
Moreover, this great nation seems content to cede the integrity of its borders. Several refugees testified that even now Islamists from surrounding villages and from Bangladesh attack them with the knowledge of West Bengal officials.
Once the CPIM got wind of my visits to the camps, we would alter our itinerary to arrive before the local commissar intimidated refugees into silence about anything that might embarrass the communist government. In one camp their tactic appeared to work. We were about to leave when one elderly woman stood up, with a commissar looking on, and said, “I’m not afraid of anybody,” and began to talk about the ongoing attacks.
Is the Indian government’s silence little more than a ploy to keep votes, a reflection of its pseudo-secularist policy? If it is, that does not explain the silence of those parties that have no chance of gaining significant numbers of Muslim or communist votes, such as the Bharatiya Janata Party and other rightwing parties. Why are they not championing the Bangladeshi Hindus, and using this as a rallying point for all Indians who recognize the immorality of remaining silent while others are oppressed?
In my travels in West Bengal, when I offered to act with others to protest what is happening there, the response was almost always, “People are afraid.” That made sense when we were speaking with refugees who have known nothing in the way of protection or the law. But this was the answer of Indian citizens, often people whose organizations claim to be working for the refugees.
In my advocacy for the refugees in the West, I encounter skepticism from those who question India’s silence if things are so dire; who question why there are few public protests; who ask, after hearing about attacks inside India, why none of the 800 million Indian Hindus have traveled to these camps to defend the victims against Islamist aggression.
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(Dr. Richard L. Benkin is vice president of Gallagher Bassett Services in Chicago, Illinois. He is also U.S. correspondent for the “Weekly Blitz,” published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and special advisor on Bangladeshi affairs to the Washington D.C.-based Intelligence Summit. He has written numerous essays and commentaries on the Middle East, Bangladesh and South Asia. He can be contacted at drrbenkin@comcast.net. ©Copyright Richard L. Benkin)
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
தமிழ் நாட்டில் அண்ணா பெரியார் சிலைகளுக்கு இதுதான் கதியாகுமா?
Protest over statues at Bangladesh airport
Updated October 16, 2008 21:33:24
Authorities in Bangladesh have been forced to remove new decorations at the international airport in the capital Dhaka after Muslim protesters threatened to destroy them.
Officials had commissioned the country's best-known sculptor, Mrinal Haq, to produce statues of five local folk singers to cheer up the decidedly drab complex.
But thousands of Muslim hardliners say the sculptures erected outside Zia International airport were idols, which are strictly forbidden in Islam, and had threatened to attack the artwork with power tools.
Authorities say the folk singers will now be replaced by a fountain.
* Tags:
* bangladesh
* religion-and-beliefs
Updated October 16, 2008 21:33:24
Authorities in Bangladesh have been forced to remove new decorations at the international airport in the capital Dhaka after Muslim protesters threatened to destroy them.
Officials had commissioned the country's best-known sculptor, Mrinal Haq, to produce statues of five local folk singers to cheer up the decidedly drab complex.
But thousands of Muslim hardliners say the sculptures erected outside Zia International airport were idols, which are strictly forbidden in Islam, and had threatened to attack the artwork with power tools.
Authorities say the folk singers will now be replaced by a fountain.
* Tags:
* bangladesh
* religion-and-beliefs
Saturday, October 04, 2008
பெண்களுக்கு ஆசிட் ஊற்றி அழகுபடுத்தும் இஸ்லாமிய மார்க்கத்தினர்
Acid, the new weapon for disfiguring women
by Nozrul Islam
Wives, daughters, girls are punished by having acid thrown on them, permanently disfiguring them. The government prohibits the sale of the corrosive liquids, but they are easily found on the market. The phenomenon is spreading. The victims now include children and adult males.
Dhaka (AsiaNews) - Women in Bangladesh suffer marginalization. And the violence against them, at home and outside, continues to grow. Recently, a new weapon has been added: acid, which disfigures their faces and bodies.
Parul's husband is 30 years old. In 2000, he disfigured her by throwing acid into her face, because her relatives had not paid the agreed dowry. The victim's mother presented a charge a few months ago, because until then she was unable to leave her daughter's side, who was always in various hospitals. The husband - who everyone knows to be guilty - is a free man.
Nasima has an 11-year-old mentally retarded daughter who was raped. She accused the attackers two years ago, and since then she has received continual threats. An acid attack left her torso and back devastated. Now she promises that she will not charge her daughter's attackers, and will withdraw her previous accusation.
Domestic and international awareness-raising campaigns led the government to pass, in 2002, a strict law against the custom of throwing acid into the faces of young women for economic reasons, or because of jealousy, or because they resist sexual advances. After a certain reduction in these cases, they are now on the increase again. There were 1,428 from 2002-2007, 116 cases from January to August 2007, which rose to 125 in the same period this year. Since 2002, there have been only 190 trials, in which 254 defendants have been sentenced: 11 to death, 89 to labor camps. Authorities are unable to say how many of the sentences have been carried out, and how many of those sentenced are in fact in prison.
According to the law, acid can be bought only with a license, but anyone is able to procure it on the open market, at a price of about 60 euro cents per kilo: this is enough to disfigure a person, often completely "melting" the throat, trachea, esophagus, with horrible suffering.
Most recently, the victims have not been only young women, but also children, out of vengeance against their parents, and men, especially over land disputes and romantic rivalries.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
பங்களாதேஷில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு கடும் சிறை
பங்களாதேஷ் அரசாங்கம் 2005இல் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடத்திய நாடு முழுவதும் நடந்த பயங்கரவாத குண்டுவெடிப்பில் பலரை கைது செய்து சிலரை தூக்கிலிட்டது.
மீதமுள்ளவர்களுக்கு சிறைதண்டனை வழங்கியுள்ளது.
Bangladesh Court Jails Islamic Militants
4 days ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in northwestern Bangladesh sentenced seven Islamic militants Thursday to life in prison after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of bombings in 2005, a prosecutor said.
The men were involved in five separate attacks on Aug. 17, 2005, in Chapainawabganj, a town 145 miles west of Dhaka, Prosecutor Jahangir Mohammad Selim said, citing the judge's verdict.
No one was injured in the five bombings.
The men belonged to the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group, which wants to establish strict Islamic rule in Bangladesh, a nation of 145 million people governed by secular laws.
The group has been blamed for more than 400 small bombs that exploded the same day across Bangladesh, killing two people and wounding dozens, as well as for a string of bombings since then that killed another 24 people and wounded dozens.
No recent attacks have occurred, however, and the government claims it has neutralized the militant group.
Six top members of Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh were hanged last year, including its leader, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, after they were found guilty of carrying out bombings and killing two judges.
On Thursday, five of the defendants were in court while the two others were tried in absentia, Selim said. All can appeal the verdict.
மீதமுள்ளவர்களுக்கு சிறைதண்டனை வழங்கியுள்ளது.
Bangladesh Court Jails Islamic Militants
4 days ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in northwestern Bangladesh sentenced seven Islamic militants Thursday to life in prison after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of bombings in 2005, a prosecutor said.
The men were involved in five separate attacks on Aug. 17, 2005, in Chapainawabganj, a town 145 miles west of Dhaka, Prosecutor Jahangir Mohammad Selim said, citing the judge's verdict.
No one was injured in the five bombings.
The men belonged to the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group, which wants to establish strict Islamic rule in Bangladesh, a nation of 145 million people governed by secular laws.
The group has been blamed for more than 400 small bombs that exploded the same day across Bangladesh, killing two people and wounding dozens, as well as for a string of bombings since then that killed another 24 people and wounded dozens.
No recent attacks have occurred, however, and the government claims it has neutralized the militant group.
Six top members of Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh were hanged last year, including its leader, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, after they were found guilty of carrying out bombings and killing two judges.
On Thursday, five of the defendants were in court while the two others were tried in absentia, Selim said. All can appeal the verdict.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
பங்களாதேசத்தில் இந்து கோவில் சிலைகள் தொடர்ந்து திருடப்படுகின்றன
இந்து கலாச்சாரம் தொடர்ந்து அழிக்கப்பட்டு, இந்து சிலைகள் திருடப்பட்டு வெளிநாட்டுக்கு கடத்தப்பட்டு விற்கப்படுகின்றன
Rare statues disappear
23/12/2007 14:14 - (SA)
Dhaka - Two rare Hindu statues of a major deity have disappeared from Bangladesh's main airport as they were about to be shipped to Paris for a museum exhibition, police said on Sunday.
The artefacts - two ancient statues of the Hindu god Vishnu - were in a packed carton that went missing from Zia International Airport in the capital Dhaka late on Saturday, deputy commissioner of police Khandaker Rafiqul Islam said.
They were part of 188 rare cultural items being sent to the Guimet Museum in the French capital for a major international exhibition on Bangladesh history and culture, he said.
"We have detained 11 men from the air cargo operator and airport staff for interrogation," he said, adding the authorities have also suspended further shipment of the remaining artefacts.
Majority-Muslim Bangladesh was first created as East Pakistan following the subcontinent's independence from British rule in 1947. It won independence from Pakistan with aid from Hindu-majority India during a war in 1971.
The rare statues represent a deity known as the preserver of the universe and were selected from five state-run museums after an agreement between the French embassy and the government's cultural affairs ministry.
Rare statues disappear
23/12/2007 14:14 - (SA)
Dhaka - Two rare Hindu statues of a major deity have disappeared from Bangladesh's main airport as they were about to be shipped to Paris for a museum exhibition, police said on Sunday.
The artefacts - two ancient statues of the Hindu god Vishnu - were in a packed carton that went missing from Zia International Airport in the capital Dhaka late on Saturday, deputy commissioner of police Khandaker Rafiqul Islam said.
They were part of 188 rare cultural items being sent to the Guimet Museum in the French capital for a major international exhibition on Bangladesh history and culture, he said.
"We have detained 11 men from the air cargo operator and airport staff for interrogation," he said, adding the authorities have also suspended further shipment of the remaining artefacts.
Majority-Muslim Bangladesh was first created as East Pakistan following the subcontinent's independence from British rule in 1947. It won independence from Pakistan with aid from Hindu-majority India during a war in 1971.
The rare statues represent a deity known as the preserver of the universe and were selected from five state-run museums after an agreement between the French embassy and the government's cultural affairs ministry.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
பங்களாதேஷில் முகாம் கொண்டிருக்கும் வடகிழக்கு இந்தியாவின் கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்க்ரவாதிகள் - மேகாலயா முதல்வர்
மேகாலயா முதல்வர் லபாங், வடகிழக்கு இந்திய கிறிஸ்துவ் பயங்கரவாதிகள் பங்களாதேஷிலிருந்து வெளிவந்து கொல்கிறார்கள், மீண்டும் பங்களாதெசிற்கே பாதுகாப்புக்கு செல்கிறார்கள் என்று கூறியுள்ளார்.
NE militants working from Bangladesh: Lapang
Shillong, Nov 08: A day after a Deputy Superintendent of Police was killed in a gunbattle with HNLC militants in the state, Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang on Thursday reiterated that the militant outfits of the North East have their bases in Bangladesh and were operating from there.
"It cannot be denied that the militant groups of the North East, be it the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) or any other outfit, have their bases in Bangladesh. We have been asking the Centre to arrange for flushing them out." Lapang told a crowded press conference here.
The DSP of Ri Bhoi district RP Diengdoh and an HNLC militant were killed in an early morning gun battle between security forces and militants in a remote village at Nongpoh, which is the Chief Minister's home constituency.
The Centre has been pressuring Dhaka to demolish the camps of the NE militants, Lapang said. "Unless the government of Bangladesh cooperates, nothing can be done."
Asked whether HNLC was showing signs of resurgence, he said, "the militancy problem has come down, but the police has to remain alert. The recent incidents were a follow-up of constant vigilance."
Before yesterday's encounter, five militants of the HNLC were shot dead by the police in Shillong on October 30.
He appealed to the HNLC cadres to join the mainstream.
Stating that state government had asked the Centre to increase allocation to improve the state's police machinery and to conduct training of the officers outside the state, he underlined the need to raise an all-woman battalion.
A residential complex, equipped with school, health facilities and quarters, for the state's police force were also on the anvil, the Chief Minister said.
Bureau Report
NE militants working from Bangladesh: Lapang
Shillong, Nov 08: A day after a Deputy Superintendent of Police was killed in a gunbattle with HNLC militants in the state, Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang on Thursday reiterated that the militant outfits of the North East have their bases in Bangladesh and were operating from there.
"It cannot be denied that the militant groups of the North East, be it the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) or any other outfit, have their bases in Bangladesh. We have been asking the Centre to arrange for flushing them out." Lapang told a crowded press conference here.
The DSP of Ri Bhoi district RP Diengdoh and an HNLC militant were killed in an early morning gun battle between security forces and militants in a remote village at Nongpoh, which is the Chief Minister's home constituency.
The Centre has been pressuring Dhaka to demolish the camps of the NE militants, Lapang said. "Unless the government of Bangladesh cooperates, nothing can be done."
Asked whether HNLC was showing signs of resurgence, he said, "the militancy problem has come down, but the police has to remain alert. The recent incidents were a follow-up of constant vigilance."
Before yesterday's encounter, five militants of the HNLC were shot dead by the police in Shillong on October 30.
He appealed to the HNLC cadres to join the mainstream.
Stating that state government had asked the Centre to increase allocation to improve the state's police machinery and to conduct training of the officers outside the state, he underlined the need to raise an all-woman battalion.
A residential complex, equipped with school, health facilities and quarters, for the state's police force were also on the anvil, the Chief Minister said.
Bureau Report
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
பங்களாதேஷிலும் முகம்மது கார்ட்டூன் பிரச்னை.
பங்களாதேஷிலும் முகம்மது கார்ட்டூன் பிரச்னை. பங்களாதேஷ் அமைதியை கெடுத்ததற்காக கார்ட்டூனிஸ்ட் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.
Bangla Cartoonist Jailed For 'hurting Religious Sentiments'
Wednesday 19th of September 2007
A freelance scribe and cartoonist in Bangladesh has been arrested on charges of 'hurting religious sentiments' through a cartoon published in a magazine, copies of which were confiscated after the government called it 'a conspiracy to destabilise the country'.
Arifur Rahman was taken into custody for interrogation, media reports said Wednesday.
Also arrested were the editor of daily Prathom Alo and its magazine Alpin. The newspaper management issued a statement expressing regret and an undertaking that it would not carry any cartoon or writing by Rahman.
Entitled 'Naam' (name), the cartoon reportedly ridiculed the Prophet by adding his name (Mohammad) before an animal, the government said.
The government's action came after a delegation of Muslim clerics and leaders of Islami Oikya Jote (OIJ), a conglomerate of religious parties, met Information Advisor Mainul Hosain to protest against the cartoon.
'It is a conspiracy to destabilise the country. We are very concerned over the issue,' Mainul Hosain told reporters after the meeting.
The conspirators want to throw the country into a chaotic situation, he claimed. He asked everyone to remain alert against the plot so that the conspirators cannot be successful, New Age newspaper quoted him as saying.
Translation:
* Boy, what is your name?
- My name is Babu.
* It is customary to mention Muhammed before the name.
* What is your father’s name?
- Muhammed Abu
* What’s this in your lap?
- Muhammed cat
Bangla Cartoonist Jailed For 'hurting Religious Sentiments'
Wednesday 19th of September 2007
A freelance scribe and cartoonist in Bangladesh has been arrested on charges of 'hurting religious sentiments' through a cartoon published in a magazine, copies of which were confiscated after the government called it 'a conspiracy to destabilise the country'.
Arifur Rahman was taken into custody for interrogation, media reports said Wednesday.
Also arrested were the editor of daily Prathom Alo and its magazine Alpin. The newspaper management issued a statement expressing regret and an undertaking that it would not carry any cartoon or writing by Rahman.
Entitled 'Naam' (name), the cartoon reportedly ridiculed the Prophet by adding his name (Mohammad) before an animal, the government said.
The government's action came after a delegation of Muslim clerics and leaders of Islami Oikya Jote (OIJ), a conglomerate of religious parties, met Information Advisor Mainul Hosain to protest against the cartoon.
'It is a conspiracy to destabilise the country. We are very concerned over the issue,' Mainul Hosain told reporters after the meeting.
The conspirators want to throw the country into a chaotic situation, he claimed. He asked everyone to remain alert against the plot so that the conspirators cannot be successful, New Age newspaper quoted him as saying.
Translation:
* Boy, what is your name?
- My name is Babu.
* It is customary to mention Muhammed before the name.
* What is your father’s name?
- Muhammed Abu
* What’s this in your lap?
- Muhammed cat
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
பங்களாதேஷில் பெரும் மாணவர் கலவரம்!
பங்களாதேஷ் மீண்டும் ஜனநாயகத்துக்கு திரும்பவேண்டும் என்றும், பங்களாதேஷின் ராணுவ சர்வாதிகாரி மொய்ன் யூ அகமதுக்கு எதிராகவும் பெரும் மாணவர் கலவரம் வெடித்துள்ளது.
சர்வாதிகாரி மொய்ன் யூ அகமதுவின் உருவப்பொம்மைகள் எரிக்கப்பட்டன.
பங்களாதேஷ் மீண்டும் ஜனநாயக நாடாக ஆக விரும்புவோம்.
Bangladesh hit by student riots
Student protests quickly turned into a full-scale riot
Dozens of students and police have been injured in two days of rioting on university campuses in Bangladesh.
Correspondents say the unrest is the most serious challenge yet to the military-backed emergency government.
The violence took place in three universities in or near the capital, Dhaka, as well as in the southern city of Chittagong and Kushtia in the west.
Late on Tuesday, officials said troops would withdraw from Dhaka university, one of the students' main demands.
Protests are banned in Bangladesh under a state of emergency announced by the military-backed caretaker government which took power six months ago.
'Troublemakers'
Many of the demonstrators called for the country to return to democracy, which the government has promised to restore by the end of next year.
The army has kept a low profile during the protests
In the worst clashes at Dhaka University, students threw stones and lit fires across the campus. Police responded with batons and tear gas.
The students burnt an effigy of the army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, and tried to assault the vice chancellor, police said.
Dozens of vehicles were set on fire, including an army jeep.
The BBC's Waliur Rahman in Dhaka says that two other military governments in the past - that of Ziaur Rahman and Muhammad Ershad - were both brought down in protests that were started by students.
The army is reported to be keeping a low profile in the clashes, leaving the job of confronting the students to the police.
But the government has said that action will be taken against troublemakers, who it says will be removed from campuses if necessary.
Late on Tuesday the authorities offered to remove the contentious army camp in Dhaka. They also announced a judicial inquiry into the riots and said soldiers could face prosecution.
The protesters called on the military government to go
Troops are accused of triggering the violence at Dhaka University by picking a fight with students.
Students in Dhaka told the BBC that they wanted the army not only to leave the university but also to withdraw from politics.
There was widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power in January, vowing to stamp out corruption before returning the country to democracy.
But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over with the rapidly rising cost of living.
சர்வாதிகாரி மொய்ன் யூ அகமதுவின் உருவப்பொம்மைகள் எரிக்கப்பட்டன.
பங்களாதேஷ் மீண்டும் ஜனநாயக நாடாக ஆக விரும்புவோம்.
Bangladesh hit by student riots
Student protests quickly turned into a full-scale riot
Dozens of students and police have been injured in two days of rioting on university campuses in Bangladesh.
Correspondents say the unrest is the most serious challenge yet to the military-backed emergency government.
The violence took place in three universities in or near the capital, Dhaka, as well as in the southern city of Chittagong and Kushtia in the west.
Late on Tuesday, officials said troops would withdraw from Dhaka university, one of the students' main demands.
Protests are banned in Bangladesh under a state of emergency announced by the military-backed caretaker government which took power six months ago.
'Troublemakers'
Many of the demonstrators called for the country to return to democracy, which the government has promised to restore by the end of next year.
The army has kept a low profile during the protests
In the worst clashes at Dhaka University, students threw stones and lit fires across the campus. Police responded with batons and tear gas.
The students burnt an effigy of the army chief, Moeen U Ahmed, and tried to assault the vice chancellor, police said.
Dozens of vehicles were set on fire, including an army jeep.
The BBC's Waliur Rahman in Dhaka says that two other military governments in the past - that of Ziaur Rahman and Muhammad Ershad - were both brought down in protests that were started by students.
The army is reported to be keeping a low profile in the clashes, leaving the job of confronting the students to the police.
But the government has said that action will be taken against troublemakers, who it says will be removed from campuses if necessary.
Late on Tuesday the authorities offered to remove the contentious army camp in Dhaka. They also announced a judicial inquiry into the riots and said soldiers could face prosecution.
The protesters called on the military government to go
Troops are accused of triggering the violence at Dhaka University by picking a fight with students.
Students in Dhaka told the BBC that they wanted the army not only to leave the university but also to withdraw from politics.
There was widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power in January, vowing to stamp out corruption before returning the country to democracy.
But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over with the rapidly rising cost of living.
Friday, July 27, 2007
பங்களாதேஷ்:முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு உதவிய மந்திரிக்கு 31 வருட சிறை
முன்னாள் பங்களாதேஷ் மந்திரியான அமீனுல் ஹக் என்ற தொலைத்தொடர்பு மந்திரி முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு உதவியதற்காக அவருக்கு 31 வருட சிறைதண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது
மார்ச்சில் பங்களாதேஷ் அரசு ஆறு முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு தூக்கு தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றியது.
இந்த பயங்கரவாதிகள் ஆகஸ்ட் 2005இல் நாடெங்கும் ஒரே நேரத்தில் 400 வெடிகுண்டுகளை வெடித்தார்கள்.
ஏற்கெனவே முஸ்லீம் ஷாரியாவை சட்டமாக வைத்திருக்கும் பங்களாதேஷ் இன்னும் கடுமையான முஸ்லீம் ஷாரியா சட்டத்தை கொண்டு வரவேண்டும் என்று கோரி இந்த வெடிகுண்டுகள் வெடிக்கப்பட்டன. நீதிபதிகள் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள்.
Ex-Bangladesh minister gets 31 years for helping militants
Posted Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:00pm AEST
A former Bangladeshi minister has been jailed for 31 years for aiding Islamic militants who were hanged for murdering two judges in a nationwide terror campaign to impose Sharia law, police said.
Aminul Huq, telecommunications minister in the emergency-ruled country's most recent elected government, was convicted and sentenced by a court in the northwestern town of Rajshahi.
Bangladesh executed six Islamic militant leaders convicted of the murder of the two judges in March.
The extremists were also accused of masterminding a country-wide wave of bomb attacks that shook the Muslim nation of 144 million people.
The attacks included 400 almost simultaneous blasts in almost every main town on August 17, 2005.
The attacks were part of a campaign aimed at forcing Bangladesh to replace its Muslim but secular legal system, which dates from the British colonial period, with traditional Islamic law.
At least 28 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the attacks, and an ensuing crackdown saw some 1,000 members of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh group arrested.
The blasts forced the then-prime minister Khaleda Zia, of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to admit that the government had underestimated the threat from Islamists.
The Islamist-allied government had earlier denied claims that senior members of the government had turned a blind eye to the activities of the extremists for political gain.
- AFP
மார்ச்சில் பங்களாதேஷ் அரசு ஆறு முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகளுக்கு தூக்கு தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றியது.
இந்த பயங்கரவாதிகள் ஆகஸ்ட் 2005இல் நாடெங்கும் ஒரே நேரத்தில் 400 வெடிகுண்டுகளை வெடித்தார்கள்.
ஏற்கெனவே முஸ்லீம் ஷாரியாவை சட்டமாக வைத்திருக்கும் பங்களாதேஷ் இன்னும் கடுமையான முஸ்லீம் ஷாரியா சட்டத்தை கொண்டு வரவேண்டும் என்று கோரி இந்த வெடிகுண்டுகள் வெடிக்கப்பட்டன. நீதிபதிகள் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள்.
Ex-Bangladesh minister gets 31 years for helping militants
Posted Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:00pm AEST
A former Bangladeshi minister has been jailed for 31 years for aiding Islamic militants who were hanged for murdering two judges in a nationwide terror campaign to impose Sharia law, police said.
Aminul Huq, telecommunications minister in the emergency-ruled country's most recent elected government, was convicted and sentenced by a court in the northwestern town of Rajshahi.
Bangladesh executed six Islamic militant leaders convicted of the murder of the two judges in March.
The extremists were also accused of masterminding a country-wide wave of bomb attacks that shook the Muslim nation of 144 million people.
The attacks included 400 almost simultaneous blasts in almost every main town on August 17, 2005.
The attacks were part of a campaign aimed at forcing Bangladesh to replace its Muslim but secular legal system, which dates from the British colonial period, with traditional Islamic law.
At least 28 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the attacks, and an ensuing crackdown saw some 1,000 members of the Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh group arrested.
The blasts forced the then-prime minister Khaleda Zia, of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to admit that the government had underestimated the threat from Islamists.
The Islamist-allied government had earlier denied claims that senior members of the government had turned a blind eye to the activities of the extremists for political gain.
- AFP
Thursday, July 26, 2007
ஜூலை 30, 31 பங்களாதேஷ் சிறுபான்மையினர் பற்றிய கண்காட்சி
அனைவரும் வருக
ஆதரவு தருக
http://www.factusa.org/bdesh/teaser/
Welcome to a short preview of the Asru Exhibit. Jointly organized by Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) and Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism (FACT), the traveling exhibit will open at the Rayburn House Office Building at The US Capitol on July 30 & July 31, 2007. The exhibit looks at the history, politics and social parameters of the region, with specific focus on Bangladesh. Our goal is to create awareness and activism in order to alleviate the plight of Hindus and other religious minorities in that region. We look forward to your support and active participation in this effort.
Monday, July 30, 2007
(Open to public)
Inauguration: 11:00 AM
Seminar: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Media/Press Interaction: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Reception: 4:30 – 5:15 PM
Guided Tour: 5:15 – 5:45 PM
Presentations: 5:45 – 7:30 PM
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
(Open to public)
Guided tours: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Press invitation and guest/speaker lists
For more information about the organizers, visit FACT.
Travel information to the venue, click here.
There are a total of 28 exhibit panels. Click on thumbnails to see a few sample panels
ஆதரவு தருக
http://www.factusa.org/bdesh/teaser/
Welcome to a short preview of the Asru Exhibit. Jointly organized by Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) and Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism (FACT), the traveling exhibit will open at the Rayburn House Office Building at The US Capitol on July 30 & July 31, 2007. The exhibit looks at the history, politics and social parameters of the region, with specific focus on Bangladesh. Our goal is to create awareness and activism in order to alleviate the plight of Hindus and other religious minorities in that region. We look forward to your support and active participation in this effort.
Monday, July 30, 2007
(Open to public)
Inauguration: 11:00 AM
Seminar: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Media/Press Interaction: 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Reception: 4:30 – 5:15 PM
Guided Tour: 5:15 – 5:45 PM
Presentations: 5:45 – 7:30 PM
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
(Open to public)
Guided tours: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Press invitation and guest/speaker lists
For more information about the organizers, visit FACT.
Travel information to the venue, click here.
There are a total of 28 exhibit panels. Click on thumbnails to see a few sample panels
Friday, July 20, 2007
ஏராளமான வெடிமருந்துகளுடன் பங்களாதேஷ் பயங்கரவாதிகள் கைது
பங்களாதேஷ் துருப்புகள் நான்கு இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகளை ஏராளமான ஆயுதங்கள் வெடிகுண்டுகளுடன் கைது செய்தனர்.
ஜமாத்துல் முஜாஹிதீன் பங்களாதேஷ் என்ற இந்த அமைப்பு நாடெங்கும் வெடிகுண்டு வைத்து நீதிபதிகளை கொல்வது, இந்துக்களை கொல்வது பொதுமக்களை கொல்வது என்று பல பயங்கரவாத செயல்களில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது.
கைது செய்யப்பட்டவர்களில் சதுரா ஜூமா மசூதியின் இமாமான தீன் இஸ்லாம் என்பவரும் அடக்கம்.
இவர்கள் தங்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தை விட்டு அமைதி அன்பு வழி மார்க்கத்துக்கு வருவார்கள் என்று விரும்புவோம்
Militants nabbed in B'desh, explosives seizedAds
Dhaka, July 19, 2007
First Published: 12:35 IST(19/7/2007)
Last Updated: 15:21 IST(19/7/2007)
Bangladesh security forces nabbed four militants and recovered 15 hand grenades during a special campaign to check the regrouping of the extremists.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four cadres of the banned terror outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recovered 5 kg power gel and 15 high power hand grenade at Satuta under Bajitpur in Kishoreganj district, 150 km northwest of the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
The arrested extremists have been identified as Deen Islam, 50, an Imam of Satura Jama Masjid, Harun, 21, Abdul Hannan, 22, and Mohammod Hossain, 25. All are residents of Satura village of Bajitpur upazila.
Based on information given by JMB cadre arrested last week from Mymensingh, a RAB-9 team led by Lieutenant Commander Majharul Huq arrested the JMB cadres and recovered the power gel and the hand grenades from Hilochia Shakua village under Bajitpur upazila, ASP Ashraf of the RAB was quoted as saying by The Daily Star on Thursday.
Hundreds of activists of different militant outfits, especially operatives of JMB, who went into hiding following the arrest, trial and execution of its top leaders on March 30, 2007, were trying to regroup under the supervision of the seven majlish-e-shura (highest policy-making body) members.
Security forces have been put on high-alert after intelligence agencies feared suicide attacks targeting political leaders and key strategic installations by the banned terror outfit JMB.
JMB has stepped up efforts to recruit new members under the cover of religious activities, reports have said
ஜமாத்துல் முஜாஹிதீன் பங்களாதேஷ் என்ற இந்த அமைப்பு நாடெங்கும் வெடிகுண்டு வைத்து நீதிபதிகளை கொல்வது, இந்துக்களை கொல்வது பொதுமக்களை கொல்வது என்று பல பயங்கரவாத செயல்களில் ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது.
கைது செய்யப்பட்டவர்களில் சதுரா ஜூமா மசூதியின் இமாமான தீன் இஸ்லாம் என்பவரும் அடக்கம்.
இவர்கள் தங்கள் வன்முறை மார்க்கத்தை விட்டு அமைதி அன்பு வழி மார்க்கத்துக்கு வருவார்கள் என்று விரும்புவோம்
Militants nabbed in B'desh, explosives seizedAds
Dhaka, July 19, 2007
First Published: 12:35 IST(19/7/2007)
Last Updated: 15:21 IST(19/7/2007)
Bangladesh security forces nabbed four militants and recovered 15 hand grenades during a special campaign to check the regrouping of the extremists.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four cadres of the banned terror outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and recovered 5 kg power gel and 15 high power hand grenade at Satuta under Bajitpur in Kishoreganj district, 150 km northwest of the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
The arrested extremists have been identified as Deen Islam, 50, an Imam of Satura Jama Masjid, Harun, 21, Abdul Hannan, 22, and Mohammod Hossain, 25. All are residents of Satura village of Bajitpur upazila.
Based on information given by JMB cadre arrested last week from Mymensingh, a RAB-9 team led by Lieutenant Commander Majharul Huq arrested the JMB cadres and recovered the power gel and the hand grenades from Hilochia Shakua village under Bajitpur upazila, ASP Ashraf of the RAB was quoted as saying by The Daily Star on Thursday.
Hundreds of activists of different militant outfits, especially operatives of JMB, who went into hiding following the arrest, trial and execution of its top leaders on March 30, 2007, were trying to regroup under the supervision of the seven majlish-e-shura (highest policy-making body) members.
Security forces have been put on high-alert after intelligence agencies feared suicide attacks targeting political leaders and key strategic installations by the banned terror outfit JMB.
JMB has stepped up efforts to recruit new members under the cover of religious activities, reports have said
Monday, July 16, 2007
பங்களாதேஷ் முன்னாள் பிரதமர் சேக் அசீனா கைது
பங்களாதேஷ் முன்னாள் பிரதமர் சேக் அசீனா கைது செய்யப்பட்டார்
1996இலிருந்து 2001வரை இவர் நடத்திய ஆட்சியில் ஊழல் நடந்திருக்கிறது என்று தற்போது பங்களாதேசத்தை நிர்வகித்து வரும் ராணுவ ஆட்சி நிச்சயித்திருக்கிறது.
சேக் அசீனாவின் அரசியல் எதிரிகள் 4 பேரை இவர் கொலை செய்திருக்கிறார் என்றும் இவர் மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இவர் பங்களாதேசத்தின் தந்தை என்று கூறப்படும் சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானின் புதல்வி. சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானுக்கு எதிராக நடந்த ராணுவ ஆட்சிக்கவிழ்ப்பில் சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானின் குடும்பம் கொல்லப்பட இவர் மட்டும் வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்ததால் தப்பித்தவர்.
Police arrest Bangladeshi ex-PM
What the arrest means
Police in Bangladesh have arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a raid on her house in Dhaka.
She was later brought to a court in the capital amid heavy security.
Sheikh Hasina faces corruption charges relating to her time in office from 1996 to 2001. She is also an accused in the killings of four political rivals.
Sheikh Hasina has denied any crime and says the arrest is a "conspiracy to expel her from politics". The arrest sparked angry protests from supporters.
"Neither myself nor my family were ever involved in any sort of corruption," a lawyer quoted Hasina as telling the court.
Her lawyers said the court had turned down their submissions not to detain her, a move which they said was "unlawful and untenable".
"We will come out soon with all the details," one lawyer told reporters.
Bangladesh crisis Q&A
The military-backed government has barred her from leaving the country.
Sheikh Hasina was arrested after a two-and-a-half hour raid on her house, involving about 1,000 policemen, the BBC's Abdullah Muyid in Dhaka reports.
Police later used batons and rubber bullets to drive away protesters chanting "release Hasina, release Hasina". At least eight protesters were injured, witnesses say.
Protests also broke out at Tungipara, Sheikh Hasina's ancestral home in the south-west, and in other places across the country, reports say.
Khaleda Zia case
The head of Bangladesh's military-backed caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, said after the arrest that no-one in the country was above law.
"Anyone involved in corruption will be tracked down and prosecuted," he said.
Police filed two cases against Sheikh Hasina in June for extorting 80 million taka ($1.16 million) from two businessmen. Monday's arrest was related to one of those cases.
Sheikh Hasina leads the Awami League Party
"The court has ordered Sheikh Hasina detained for one month," Begum Motia Chowdhury, a senior leader of her Awami League Party, told Reuters news agency.
The former prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told Reuters from his home in the US that the law enforcement agencies were "going beyond their limits", but that he had "no plan to return to Bangladesh immediately but will try to organise a protest worldwide".
Sheikh Hasina, who leads the Awami League, is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Her bitter rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, Khaleda Zia, also faces criminal charges and has been ordered to appear before a court by 26 August over tax evasion allegations.
Since January this year, Bangladesh has been governed by a military-backed emergency government, which has promised to root out corruption.
More than 150 prominent politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been arrested.
The government says elections will be held before the end of 2008.
1996இலிருந்து 2001வரை இவர் நடத்திய ஆட்சியில் ஊழல் நடந்திருக்கிறது என்று தற்போது பங்களாதேசத்தை நிர்வகித்து வரும் ராணுவ ஆட்சி நிச்சயித்திருக்கிறது.
சேக் அசீனாவின் அரசியல் எதிரிகள் 4 பேரை இவர் கொலை செய்திருக்கிறார் என்றும் இவர் மீது குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இவர் பங்களாதேசத்தின் தந்தை என்று கூறப்படும் சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானின் புதல்வி. சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானுக்கு எதிராக நடந்த ராணுவ ஆட்சிக்கவிழ்ப்பில் சேக் முஜிபுர் ரஹ்மானின் குடும்பம் கொல்லப்பட இவர் மட்டும் வெளிநாட்டில் இருந்ததால் தப்பித்தவர்.
Police arrest Bangladeshi ex-PM
What the arrest means
Police in Bangladesh have arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a raid on her house in Dhaka.
She was later brought to a court in the capital amid heavy security.
Sheikh Hasina faces corruption charges relating to her time in office from 1996 to 2001. She is also an accused in the killings of four political rivals.
Sheikh Hasina has denied any crime and says the arrest is a "conspiracy to expel her from politics". The arrest sparked angry protests from supporters.
"Neither myself nor my family were ever involved in any sort of corruption," a lawyer quoted Hasina as telling the court.
Her lawyers said the court had turned down their submissions not to detain her, a move which they said was "unlawful and untenable".
"We will come out soon with all the details," one lawyer told reporters.
Bangladesh crisis Q&A
The military-backed government has barred her from leaving the country.
Sheikh Hasina was arrested after a two-and-a-half hour raid on her house, involving about 1,000 policemen, the BBC's Abdullah Muyid in Dhaka reports.
Police later used batons and rubber bullets to drive away protesters chanting "release Hasina, release Hasina". At least eight protesters were injured, witnesses say.
Protests also broke out at Tungipara, Sheikh Hasina's ancestral home in the south-west, and in other places across the country, reports say.
Khaleda Zia case
The head of Bangladesh's military-backed caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, said after the arrest that no-one in the country was above law.
"Anyone involved in corruption will be tracked down and prosecuted," he said.
Police filed two cases against Sheikh Hasina in June for extorting 80 million taka ($1.16 million) from two businessmen. Monday's arrest was related to one of those cases.
Sheikh Hasina leads the Awami League Party
"The court has ordered Sheikh Hasina detained for one month," Begum Motia Chowdhury, a senior leader of her Awami League Party, told Reuters news agency.
The former prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, told Reuters from his home in the US that the law enforcement agencies were "going beyond their limits", but that he had "no plan to return to Bangladesh immediately but will try to organise a protest worldwide".
Sheikh Hasina, who leads the Awami League, is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led Bangladesh to independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Her bitter rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, Khaleda Zia, also faces criminal charges and has been ordered to appear before a court by 26 August over tax evasion allegations.
Since January this year, Bangladesh has been governed by a military-backed emergency government, which has promised to root out corruption.
More than 150 prominent politicians, civil servants and businessmen have been arrested.
The government says elections will be held before the end of 2008.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
இந்திய பங்களாதேஷ் எல்லையில் ஏராளமான புதிய மதரஸாக்கள்
இந்திய பங்களாதேஷ் எல்லையில் இந்திய பகுதியில் ஏராளமான புதிய மதரஸாக்கள் உருவாகியிருப்பது இந்திய எல்லைக்காவல் படையை கவலைக்குள்ளாக்கியிருக்கிறது.
BSF keeping eye on madrassas
Silchar (Assam), July 5 (PTI): A watch is being kept by the BSF on several new madrassas that have been set up in Assam's Karimganj and Dhubri districts along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a senior official said today.
Though there is no specific allegations against them, BSF's IGP (Assam-Meghalaya sector) P K Misra told reporters: "It must be treated with concern and a strict watch is being kept on their activities."
Speaking about militants, he said a list of militants believed to be sheltering in the neighbouring country has been given to the Bangladesh Rifles several times but no action has been taken by it so far.
The BSF has also initiated special steps to provide security to farmers working at Harinagar on the banks of the Surama river along the border with Bangladesh in Cachar district, he said.
River patrolling by BSF has been intensified and security measures along the river banks have been stepped up.
Misra said said the borders in Mankachar and Karimganj district had been turned into into a "cattle corridor" by criminals who smuggled cows into Bangladesh.
BSF keeping eye on madrassas
Silchar (Assam), July 5 (PTI): A watch is being kept by the BSF on several new madrassas that have been set up in Assam's Karimganj and Dhubri districts along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a senior official said today.
Though there is no specific allegations against them, BSF's IGP (Assam-Meghalaya sector) P K Misra told reporters: "It must be treated with concern and a strict watch is being kept on their activities."
Speaking about militants, he said a list of militants believed to be sheltering in the neighbouring country has been given to the Bangladesh Rifles several times but no action has been taken by it so far.
The BSF has also initiated special steps to provide security to farmers working at Harinagar on the banks of the Surama river along the border with Bangladesh in Cachar district, he said.
River patrolling by BSF has been intensified and security measures along the river banks have been stepped up.
Misra said said the borders in Mankachar and Karimganj district had been turned into into a "cattle corridor" by criminals who smuggled cows into Bangladesh.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
பங்களாதேஷ் தேசிய கட்சி தலைவர்களே இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கு அடைக்கலம் கொடுத்து பாதுகாத்தார்கள் - சாட்சிகள்
பேகம் கலிதா ஜியா (முன்னாள் பங்களாதேஷ் பிரதமர்) நடத்தி வந்த பிஎன்பி என்ற பங்களாதேஷ் தேசிய கட்சி தலைவர்களே பங்களாதேஷில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதத்தை வளர்த்தார்கள். இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கு அடைக்கலம் கொடுத்து பாதுகாத்தார்கள் என்று பலர் பங்களாதேஷ் கோர்ட்டில் சாட்சி சொல்லியிருக்கிறார்கள்
சென்ற ஆட்சியில் பங்களாபாய் என்பவரின் தலைமையில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் பொதுமக்களையும், சிறுபான்மையினரையும் தீவிரமாக தாக்கிவந்தார்கள். இந்துக்களை பங்கலாதேஷிலிருந்து விரட்டவேண்டும் என்று அவர்களது வாழ்விடங்களை தாக்கி அழித்தார்கள்.
இந்த் ஆட்சி கவிழ்க்கப்பட்டு, ராணுவ ஆட்சி வந்ததும், சென்ற மாதம் இந்த பயங்கரவாதிகள் பிடிக்கப்பட்டு அவர்களுக்கு மரண தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டது.
Jmb Patronage Case
Witnesses say BNP bigwigs abetted militants
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
A Rajshahi court yesterday recorded depositions of two witnesses in the case against BNP leaders Aminul Haq, Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu and Nadim Mostafa for aiding the JMB militants.
The witnesses -- Ayub Ali Pramanik, a victim of brutalities by JMB militants at Bagmara, and Abbas Ali -- told the court that militants including Bangla Bhai mentioned the BNP lawmakers as their patrons during their operations.
They claimed that they had seen Bangla Bhai, Jalil Amin and Murshid having talks and receiving directions from the BNP bigwigs frequently over cellphone while torturing Ayub.
JMB Patronage
Witnesses name ex-state minister Alamgir Kabir
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Alamgir Kabir, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader and former state minister for housing and public works, was named one of the patrons of militants by six witnesses of three cases in connection with atrocities by the JMB militants.
The witnesses of the three cases made the accusation on Sunday in separate judicial statements before a court in Naogaon.
In the case filed by torture victim Golam Mostafa Chowdhury of Atrai upazila, statements of three witnesses -- Swapna Choudhury, Abdul Hakim and Abdul Matin Mondol -- were recorded under Section 164 before the court of first class Magistrate Shafikul Islam in Naogaon.
In the second case filed by victim Abdul Bari of Atrai, two witnesses recorded their statements with the same court. They are Jamsed Choukidar and Sujan.
Shamsur Rahman recorded his statement in the third case filed by another torture victim Amin Uddin Sardar of the same upazila.
The witnesses also named former post and telecommunications minister Barrister Aminul Haque, former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu, and former lawmaker Nadim Mostafa as patrons of the militants, said a senior police official quoting the statements.
Kabir was accused in the statements for masterminding various criminal activities by militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh including torture, extortion, collecting ransom and damaging properties, added the police official.
Police sources said, the three cases were filed with a court on December 31, 2006 and the court asked Atrai Police Station to conduct investigation. The investigation into the cases however was stalled at that time due to unavailability of witnesses.
சென்ற ஆட்சியில் பங்களாபாய் என்பவரின் தலைமையில் இஸ்லாமிய தீவிரவாதிகள் பொதுமக்களையும், சிறுபான்மையினரையும் தீவிரமாக தாக்கிவந்தார்கள். இந்துக்களை பங்கலாதேஷிலிருந்து விரட்டவேண்டும் என்று அவர்களது வாழ்விடங்களை தாக்கி அழித்தார்கள்.
இந்த் ஆட்சி கவிழ்க்கப்பட்டு, ராணுவ ஆட்சி வந்ததும், சென்ற மாதம் இந்த பயங்கரவாதிகள் பிடிக்கப்பட்டு அவர்களுக்கு மரண தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றப்பட்டது.
Jmb Patronage Case
Witnesses say BNP bigwigs abetted militants
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
A Rajshahi court yesterday recorded depositions of two witnesses in the case against BNP leaders Aminul Haq, Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu and Nadim Mostafa for aiding the JMB militants.
The witnesses -- Ayub Ali Pramanik, a victim of brutalities by JMB militants at Bagmara, and Abbas Ali -- told the court that militants including Bangla Bhai mentioned the BNP lawmakers as their patrons during their operations.
They claimed that they had seen Bangla Bhai, Jalil Amin and Murshid having talks and receiving directions from the BNP bigwigs frequently over cellphone while torturing Ayub.
JMB Patronage
Witnesses name ex-state minister Alamgir Kabir
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Alamgir Kabir, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader and former state minister for housing and public works, was named one of the patrons of militants by six witnesses of three cases in connection with atrocities by the JMB militants.
The witnesses of the three cases made the accusation on Sunday in separate judicial statements before a court in Naogaon.
In the case filed by torture victim Golam Mostafa Chowdhury of Atrai upazila, statements of three witnesses -- Swapna Choudhury, Abdul Hakim and Abdul Matin Mondol -- were recorded under Section 164 before the court of first class Magistrate Shafikul Islam in Naogaon.
In the second case filed by victim Abdul Bari of Atrai, two witnesses recorded their statements with the same court. They are Jamsed Choukidar and Sujan.
Shamsur Rahman recorded his statement in the third case filed by another torture victim Amin Uddin Sardar of the same upazila.
The witnesses also named former post and telecommunications minister Barrister Aminul Haque, former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu, and former lawmaker Nadim Mostafa as patrons of the militants, said a senior police official quoting the statements.
Kabir was accused in the statements for masterminding various criminal activities by militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh including torture, extortion, collecting ransom and damaging properties, added the police official.
Police sources said, the three cases were filed with a court on December 31, 2006 and the court asked Atrai Police Station to conduct investigation. The investigation into the cases however was stalled at that time due to unavailability of witnesses.
Monday, June 25, 2007
3 ஹர்கத் உல் ஜிகாது அல் இஸ்லாம் உறுப்பினர்கள் லக்னோவில் கைது
3 ஹர்கத் உல் ஜிகாது அல் இஸ்லாம் உறுப்பினர்களை கல்கத்தா போலீஸ் கைது செய்திருக்கிறது.
இந்த பங்களாதேஷ் தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு வாரணாசியில் சங்கத் மோசன் கோவிலில் குண்டு வைத்ததற்கும் பொறுப்பாளி என்று செய்தி கூறுகிறது. இவர்கள் ராய் பர்மன் என்ற தொழிலதிபரை கடத்தி சென்று பணம் பறிப்பதில் இறங்கியிருக்கின்றனர்.
பங்களாதேஷ் தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு உறுப்பினர்கள் இந்துப்பெயர்களிலும் இந்தியாவில் உலவுவதாக வேறு செய்திகள் கூறுகின்றன.
3 HuJI militants arrested in Bengal
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Posted Sunday , June 24, 2007 at 23:56
Updated Monday , June 25, 2007 at 00:17 Email Print
TERROR HUB: The militants were arrested on the basis of information provided by Jalaluddin in Lucknow.
New Delhi: West Bengal's CID on Sunday arrested three accomplices of Harkat-ul-Jehad al-Islam's (HuJI) India chief Jalaluddin, nabbed in Lucknow on Saturday, from districts adjoining this city.
DIG Rajib Kumar of CID told PTI that the three men – Akbar, Azizul Rahman and Mokhtar, who are closely associated with the dreaded terrorist – were arrested on the basis of information provided by Jalaluddin during his interrogation by police in Lucknow.
Jalaluddin is the prime suspect in the abduction of Khadim Shoes chief Partho Roy Burman and the three men nabbed today were also linked to the case, police said.
Kumar said Jalaluddin would be brought to Kolkata in the next few days for interrogation. It might take more than two days because there were some legal formalities to be sorted out. A three-member CID team has gone from here to Lucknow to seek his transit remand.
Sources said the arrested militants be produced in a city court on Monday morning.
Partho Roy Burman was abducted on July 21, 2001 and freed a week later after his family reportedly paid a ransom of Rs five crore.
Police in Lucknow on Saturday arrested Jalaluddin, who allegedly masterminded Roy Burman's abduction and was also involved in a blast on the Shramjeevi train and last year's attack in the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.
இந்த பங்களாதேஷ் தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு வாரணாசியில் சங்கத் மோசன் கோவிலில் குண்டு வைத்ததற்கும் பொறுப்பாளி என்று செய்தி கூறுகிறது. இவர்கள் ராய் பர்மன் என்ற தொழிலதிபரை கடத்தி சென்று பணம் பறிப்பதில் இறங்கியிருக்கின்றனர்.
பங்களாதேஷ் தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு உறுப்பினர்கள் இந்துப்பெயர்களிலும் இந்தியாவில் உலவுவதாக வேறு செய்திகள் கூறுகின்றன.
3 HuJI militants arrested in Bengal
ibnlive.com
Posted Sunday , June 24, 2007 at 23:56
Updated Monday , June 25, 2007 at 00:17 Email Print
TERROR HUB: The militants were arrested on the basis of information provided by Jalaluddin in Lucknow.
New Delhi: West Bengal's CID on Sunday arrested three accomplices of Harkat-ul-Jehad al-Islam's (HuJI) India chief Jalaluddin, nabbed in Lucknow on Saturday, from districts adjoining this city.
DIG Rajib Kumar of CID told PTI that the three men – Akbar, Azizul Rahman and Mokhtar, who are closely associated with the dreaded terrorist – were arrested on the basis of information provided by Jalaluddin during his interrogation by police in Lucknow.
Jalaluddin is the prime suspect in the abduction of Khadim Shoes chief Partho Roy Burman and the three men nabbed today were also linked to the case, police said.
Kumar said Jalaluddin would be brought to Kolkata in the next few days for interrogation. It might take more than two days because there were some legal formalities to be sorted out. A three-member CID team has gone from here to Lucknow to seek his transit remand.
Sources said the arrested militants be produced in a city court on Monday morning.
Partho Roy Burman was abducted on July 21, 2001 and freed a week later after his family reportedly paid a ransom of Rs five crore.
Police in Lucknow on Saturday arrested Jalaluddin, who allegedly masterminded Roy Burman's abduction and was also involved in a blast on the Shramjeevi train and last year's attack in the Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi.
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