par j.james | Août 17, 2015 | Bangladesh
Seeds of extrmism should not take root in Bangladesh.
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UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire has opined that the seeds of extremism should not take root in Bangladesh.
In a blog titled “Freedom of speech is a right to be defended” posted on Friday, the UK minister also made a call to commend, and protect the “rich tradition of freedom and religious tolerance” in the country.
He wrote the blog following the brutal killing of Bangladeshi blogger Niladri Chatterjee, also known as Niloy Neel.
Terming the murder as “extremism above all,” he wrote: “It shows both extreme cowardice and extreme ignorance. Cowardice because five men with machetes put a single unarmed man to death. And ignorance because if you have good enough arguments, you really don’t need to resort to murder. Read More … [/su_column] [/su_row]
par j.james | Août 15, 2015 | Bangladesh
Bloggers say they can hardly trust police.
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Several bloggers say they can hardly trust police for security after receiving death threats.
They say they have lost faith in police for delivering on investigations of murdered fellow bloggers.
Four secular bloggers have been murdered in the past six months and police has failed to crack any of these cases.
After the murder of Niladri Chatterjee Niloy this month, bdnews24.com received a letter from ‘Ittehadul Mujahideen’ threatening to kill 19 people, which include bloggers, ministers, teachers, and Ganajagaran Mancha organisers.
Police says they have never heard of a radical Islamist group called ‘Ittehadul Mujahideen’
bdnews24.com has spoken to several of those threatened by the group.
Ganajagaran activist Mahmudul Haque Munshi said a police detective wanted addresses of some bloggers after the threat.
“I communicated with those bloggers and explained the matter to them; but none of them agreed to take help from police,” he said.
No one can rely on the police now, he said. Continue Reading … [/su_column] [/su_row]
par j.james | Août 13, 2015 | Bangladesh
Joy: We don't want to jeopardise blogger murder probes
The government has not disclosed much information on the developments on the probe of blogger killings as it does not want to jeopardise the investigations, prime minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said.
The prime minister's son made the statement in a status on his official Facebook page posted on Thursday.
"We have made a few arrests and the investigations are ongoing. We have not disclosed too much information because we do not want to jeopardize the investigations," Joy writes.
Terming the people who demand immediate arrests as ignorant fools, Joy said: "Who are we supposed to arrest? We cannot just arrest anyone at random. We have to arrest the killers. Our investigations are leading us to them and we will arrest them as we locate them."
Addressing the people who blame the government for not doing anything over the killings, Joy asked them to inform police if they know the whereabouts of the killers.
"But if you don’t know who and where they are, leave the job up to the professionals."
Dhaka Tribune – jeudi 13 août 2015 07:49
par j.james | Août 13, 2015 | Bangladesh
Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh to avoid self-censorship
[su_row][su_column size= »1/3″] Read More … [/su_column] [su_column size= »2/3″] Bangladesh authorities should unequivocally declare their commitment to free speech instead of proposing self-censorship, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
The killing of secular blogger Niladri Chatterji on August 7 is a harrowing reminder of the need for Bangladesh to take immediate steps to protect the security of all and end attempts at muzzling independent voices, the rights body said.
Chatterji, who used the pen name Niloy Neel, is the fourth blogger to be murdered in Bangladesh this year for advocating secularism. [/su_column] [/su_row]
par j.james | Août 12, 2015 | Bangladesh
Bangladeshi workers.
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It is disappointing that the updated list of states qualifying for the United States’ duty-free GSP program still excludes Bangladesh, which was suspended in 2013 over concern about workers’ rights issues.
Although RMG exports do not come under this arrangement, re-instating Bangladesh is important as a vote of confidence in the work done to advance labour rights since the Rana Plaza disaster.
This progress and the work done by the government and the brand-led Alliance and Accord stake-holder initiatives on improving factory safety, deserves to be acknowledged.
It is unjust to single Bangladesh out for exclusion, when concerns about labour rights are international, and the new list contains 122 different countries including all other members of SAARC.
The government should renew efforts to persuade the US to allow Bangladesh GSP privileges. At a time when other countries are benefiting from new trade deals, it is vital to ensure that our exporters are not left behind. [/su_column] [/su_row]
par j.james | Août 10, 2015 | Bangladesh
Fondamentalisme religieux.
[su_row][su_column size= »1/3″] [/su_column] [su_column size= »2/3″] L'Assassinat du Blogger Niloy est évoqué dans les journaux français dont Le Monde, la Croix et Libération notamment.
Extrait : «Niloy Neel écrivait pour le droit des femmes et des minorités, il critiquait l’extrémisme religieux de tous bords qui provoque des attentats suicides et tue des milliers de citoyens. Il était la voix de la justice, de la laïcité et des droits de l’homme. Qui sera le suivant ?», résumait vendredi le responsable du Réseau de blogueurs et d’activistes en ligne du Bangladesh, Imran Sarker. Niloy Neel était le nom de plume de Niladri Chatterjee, diplômé en philosophie d'une trentaine d'années. C'est le quatrième blogueur tué dans le pays depuis le début de l’année. Libération du 08/08/2015. [/su_column] [/su_row]
Les autorités accusées de ne rien faire.
Après l’assassinat de Das, le groupe islamiste fondamentaliste Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) avait été interdit par les autorités, qui avaient été accusées de ne rien faire pour empêcher de telles attaques.
Bon nombre de blogueurs qui défendent la laïcité sont passés dans la clandestinité et signent sous des pseudonymes. D’autres ont fui à l’étranger. Les militants laïcs accusent les islamistes d’avoir une liste noire des personnes à abattre. La croix du 09/08/15.
Le Réseau des blogueurs et des militants du Bangladesh, alerté par un témoin, a confirmé à l’AFP qu’un commando d’agresseurs était entré « chez lui, au cinquième étage, (avait) écarté son ami » et l’avait tué « à coups de machette ». Le responsable de ce réseau, Imran H. Sarker, a précisé que Niloy Neel « était sur une liste de cibles établie par les militants islamistes ». Le Monde du 07/08/15
Unanimement, la presse française déplore le laxisme des autorités du Bangladesh devant ces multiples affaires de meurtres de bloggeurs critiquant les dérives extrémistes. Elle regrette la passivité des autorités, le peu de moyen mis pour la protection des bloggeurs et surtout l'action de la justice alors que les meurtriers ne sont toujours pas jugés.
De son coté, Benjamin Ismaïl, le responsable du bureau Asie-Pacifique de Reporters sans frontières déclare :
« Aujourd’hui, nous souhaitons dire aux autorités que, en plus de porter une grande part de responsabilité dans l’assassinat de Niloy Neel, elles devront répondre de leur échec à traduire en justice les meurtriers des blogueurs tués depuis le début de l’année, et que nous continuerons à les interpeller sur cette absence inacceptable de mesures de protection »
