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par j.james | Juin 13, 2016 | Bangladesh
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Une très importante vague d’arrestations a visé les milieux extrémistes. Selon l’opposition, le gouvernement en profite pour faire taire toute contestation.
La police du Bangladesh a annoncé samedi avoir arrêté plus de 3 000 personnes, dont 37 islamistes présumés et des centaines de suspects de droit commun, dans le cadre d’une vaste opération après une série d’assassinats de membres de minorités religieuses et d’intellectuels laïques.
« Nous avons arrêté 3 155 personnes dont 37 militants islamistes, parmi lesquels 27 membres du Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), » a précisé A.K.M Shahidur Rahman, inspecteur général adjoint de la police, à l’AFP.
« La police a également saisi une arme, des explosifs et des munitions en leur possession », a-t-il ajouté.
Le JMB, groupe interdit, est accusé par les autorités de dizaines de meurtres de membres de minorités religieuses, d’intellectuels et de défenseurs de la laïcité.
La police a lancé cette semaine une série d’opérations pour tenter d’endiguer ces meurtres, tuant lors de fusillades cinq membres du JMB. [/su_column] [/su_row]
Une cinquantaine d’assassinats.
Une cinquantaine d’assassinats ont été commis en trois ans au Bangladesh, la plupart revendiqués par l’organisation État islamique (EI) ou par la branche d’Al-Qaida en Asie du Sud.
Le gouvernement de Sheikh Hasina, soumis à une pression croissante de la communauté internationale pour mettre fin à cette vague de violences, impute ces assassinats à des islamistes locaux, rejetant les revendications des deux groupes djihadistes.
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par j.james | Juin 13, 2016 | Divers
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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to bring an end to a wave of targeted killings of minorities and secular citizens in the country.
She said her government would do whatever it took to stop the attacks.
Security has been stepped up since the wave of attacks began.
Her comments came a day after police launched a concerted drive against Islamists, arresting more than 3,000 people.
The opposition has accused the government of using the operation to target political opponents. [/su_column] [/su_row]
'Opposition activists held'
"It may take time, but God willing, we will be able to bring [the perpetrators] under control," Ms Hasina said at a meeting of her ruling Awami League party on Saturday.
"Where will the criminals hide? Each and every killer will be brought to book," she added.
Police launched the week-long campaign on Friday, saying they were focused on arresting Islamist militants.
However, critics say many ordinary criminals were among those held. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Juin 8, 2016 | Myanmar
The news that Ma Ba Tha is opening a private high school on the outskirts of Yangon somewhat troubles me.
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I am a Buddhist myself; however, monks getting closely involved in the education system to build children’s morals and their devotion to be Buddhists, in my opinion, feels too much like pushing an agenda of protecting “race and religion”.
I am not against teaching religion as part of an education curriculum. But religious teaching could, and in my opinion should, still be done in monasteries, as currently practised in Myanmar culture, where young boys are expected to be novices. [/su_column] [/su_row]
Alternately, the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion – as Ma Ba Tha is formally called in English – can offer courses on the essence of Buddhism during school holidays for example. They could even open Sunday schools like in the West.
I believe moral education begins at home. It is not the responsibility of an institution or a specific religious group to impart morality. Families, especially parents, have an important role to play here. Schools can fine-tune these moral values, but it is parents who, as children’s role models, have direct influence on their child’s character. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Mai 7, 2016 | Ethnic issues, Myanmar
Why were Kaman Muslim deaths ignored?
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My error was that, like everyone else who wrote about this, I misidentified the people who died when a boat making one such journey from the Sin Tet Maw camp in Pauktaw township sank on April 19. I said they were Rohingya: the stateless group of people denied citizenship by Myanmar authorities who have sanctioned serious rights abuses against them.
This week I visited Sin Tet Maw. Community leaders there and relatives of the dead told me that the majority of those on board, including the estimated 21 who died, were in fact Kaman Muslims originally from Kyaukphyu. They are one of the country’s 135 recognised ethnic groups and most are legally entitled to citizenship rights of some sort. [/su_column] [/su_row]
This tragedy highlights the fact that thousands of Kaman people remain trapped in IDP camps and villages facing the same restrictions as the Rohingya. It points to the lie behind the message consistently cited by many of those with power in Myanmar that what is happening in Rakhine is principally about illegal immigration.
The truth that is too often skirted round by international organisations and governments is that people are being kept in camps and denied rights not because they are illegal immigrants, but because they are Muslim. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Mai 5, 2016 | Myanmar
’Rohingya’ ferry victims not Rohingya.
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The loss of life in rough seas on April 19 after the sinking of a boat carrying 40 to 60 people from Sin Tet Maw in Pauktaw township soon hit social media and then international headlines. A US embassy statement expressed deep concern, using the controversial name Rohingya to describe the victims.
That wording prompted protests outside the US embassy in Yangon on April 28 from nationalists who vehemently object to the term and insist that they be called by their official label of “Bengalis”. [/su_column] [/su_row]
But a Myanmar Times investigation reveals that most on board were internally displaced persons – IDPs – who originally came from Kyaukphyu and were of Kaman ethnicity. Their families and community are angry that more people, locally and internationally, do not defend their rights and recognise they are different from the Rohingya.
“People should not call us Rohingya. We are Kaman and we have rights,” said U Khin Maung Hla, leader at Sin Tet Maw IDP camp. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Mai 5, 2016 | Bangladesh, Religious fundamentalism
Secular state and free speech .
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The recent wave of murders in Bangladesh and government’s reactions in such issue has already made a shadow of trouble and it can be more colossal in near future.
The question aroused with key words –secular state and free speech.
Recently, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh denounced anyone who criticised religion or expressed their own lack of religious faith in striking terms: “I don’t consider such writings as freethinking but filthy words.
Why would anyone write such words? It’s not at all acceptable if anyone writes against our prophet or other religions.” [/su_column] [/su_row]So does she mean that it’s all right to kill people who write such words? Hack them to death with machetes, usually?An opinion published in the The Japan Times saying Bangladesh prime minister did not say “yes,” but she didn’t exactly say “no” either. And this is regrettable, because quite a few people are being hacked to death in Bangladesh these days. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Mai 4, 2016 | Divers
Analysts : ETHNIC reconciliation Suu Kyi’s biggest challenge
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The biggest challenge for the new Myanmar government is to end ethnic conflict and establish peace inside the country, political analysts have said.
Nobel laureate Aung Sun Suu Kyi’s party National League for Democracy (NLD) – which assumed power on April 1 – is trying to hold a peace conference known as Panglong Conference next month to have reconciliation among all citizens.
Han Thar Myint, one of the 13 Central Executive Committee members of the NLD, said: “We are trying to hold the Panglong Conference next month. Lets see if we can hold the conference.” [/su_column] [/su_row]
However, experts believe that it would be very difficult to bring everyone under one umbrella.
Nyunt Maung Shein, a former ambassador and the incumbent chairman of Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies, said reaching a peace accord with the ethnic groups was the new government’s biggest challenge. Continue Reading …
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par j.james | Mai 1, 2016 | Divers
If carbon emissions continue unabated, expanding oceans and massive ice melt would threaten global coastal communities, according to new projections.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.washingtonpost.com
par j.james | Avr 28, 2016 | Bangladesh, Religious fundamentalism
Why Bangladesh may be the next proving ground for global jihadist groups
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Even for Bangladesh, where gruesome killings of secular writers and liberal activists have become all too common, back-to-back slayings in recent days seemed to mark a troubling new turn.
The killings of an LGBT activist and U.S. government employee, along with a friend, in the capital on Monday were claimed by the South Asian affiliate of Al Qaeda. Two days earlier, Islamic State said it was responsible for the death of a low-key university professor who was hacked with machetes in the northern city of Rajshahi. [/su_column] [/su_row]
The claims have puzzled terrorism analysts, who say there is little concrete proof of the rival militant organizations’ strength in Bangladesh. But Al Qaeda and Islamic State have both sought to gain a foothold in this predominantly Muslim nation of 160 million people, and experts worry that Bangladesh is ill equipped to respond if it becomes a battleground for global jihad.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has cracked down on Islamist political parties and been accused of silencing critics in the media and civil society. The prime minister initially deflected blame for the deteriorating security situation and accused her political opposition, including the Jamaat-e-Islami party, of being behind Monday’s killings. Continue Reading …
par j.james | Avr 27, 2016 | Bangladesh
Speakers : Population growth the foremost cause of environmental problems in Dhaka.
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Rapid population growth, migration, urbanisation, and other demographic trends impact people’s vulnerability to the negative consequences of climate change. These trends also affect patterns of energy use, health outcomes, and greenhouse gas emissions, speakers said.
The view was exchanged yesterday on the second day of 10th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation organised jointly by the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), the Independent University, Bangladesh and the Bangladesh government. [/su_column] [/su_row]
Yesterday’s panel discussion was on “Population Dynamics, Urban Health and Resilience” which emphasised on the two big components of population dynamics – healthcare and gender equity.
A presentation was displayed on the topic which focused on the rapid growth of population in Dhaka city and an interactive question and answer session was also held with the participants in the conference. Continue Reading …
