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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Re: [chottala.com] What terrific damage CTG has caused to bangladesh????????

Yes , I am related to Khaleda but noly Khaleda but also hasina. Like crores of people in bangladesh,  both of them are relative of mine. But i am not she, i am He.
 
I  turned my back little bit away from my these two relatives. but these so called inefficient, reactive and puppet CTG( of wordl bank, IMF   and last of all, Army) , have made me sympathetic to  my relatives hasina and Khaleda.
 
 
 
We want them back very soon as prime minister and opposition leader. in spite of Hartal, corruption, they are far more efficient  than these so called caretakers.these so called CTg is neither biasless against corruption nor efficient in curbing corruption and  running country.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mohammad Sobhan <sobhanma_asme@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Sabbir Hossain

You R right ? Please do not lend your ear for
Mahtahir of Bd. She seems to be related to Khaleda,

Our objective is to get a corruption free and
technological advanced Bangladesh.

Thank you for your better thinking about our beloved
country.

Regards.

Mohammed Sobhan

--- Sabbir Hossain <sabbirhs@yahoo.com> wrote:

> in my sense , each former political leaders should
> leave politics right now.
> Cause every former leaders are directly or
> indirectly responsible for corruption.
>
> I thin this is the best political party reforming
> work.
>
> regards
> Sabbir Hossain Tanvir
>
>
> dina khan <dina30_khan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Before conducting Election CTG must
> needs to complete jobs of
> 1) Political party reforming
> works.
> 2) Education Section
> reforming works.
> 3) Corruption trialing
> works.
>
>
> mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com>
> wrote: Before conducting Election CTG must
> needs to complete jobs of
> 1) Political party reforming
> works.
> 2) Education Section
> reforming works.
> 3) Corruption trialing
> works.
> .
>
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Is this CTG better than Ershad  in case of political party reform and anti corruption drive and dealings with teachers and Students ?
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           Alhamdulillah - All praise to be of Allah 
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[chottala.com] VIBRANT Bangladesh (Newsletter from Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC)

Dear All:
 
Please go the following linkage to read Embassy's newly published web-journal VIBRANT BANGLADESH.
 
Thanks.
 
Anis Ahmed,
North Potomac, Maryland
 
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[chottala.com] Re: [Dahuk]: Re: [banglarnari] Is Bangladesh a Sovereign Nation?

CTG requires introducing a system of quality education for learning & doing quality works.
Bangladesh is a water rich country.
1)      The Water flows from the upside as flood water
2)    The Water drops from the sky as rain water
3)    The Water from the sea as high (tidal) wave water.
Bangladesh though a God blessed water rich country is always suffering by water & crisis of water as curse for the people of Bangladesh.
Every year Bangladesh is flooded with water coming from the upside & falling from the sky.
People's houses shops markets roads have gone under water & have damaged their property cattle & corps etc. Every where in Bangladesh is full of water but there is no water for drinking for using for maintaining their life.
Sea water being high wave after every 3 to 4 years enters to the sea side area  of Bangladesh & are damaging people's all property under sea water & are taking away their movable property  houses domestic animals in the deep sea.
Questions are asking to the Government of Bangladesh to the education department of Bangladesh & to the university teachers of Bangladesh.
 
1)      Why are suffering the people of Bangladesh with flood & sea water??
2)    Why are thinking the God blessing water in Bangladesh as curse for the people??
3)    Why is not thinking to get idea how can catch this water how can use this water by making the valuable property for the people??
4)    Is it not only for inefficient activities of Bangladesh Government & education department people are suffering here with flood water with rain water & with sea water??
Whereas all waters is the God blessing resource for the people of the country.
Farmers of Bangladesh are always suffering of fertilizers crisis. The Government is totally & seriously unable to face this fertilizers crisis situation.
All city town people of Bangladesh are suffering in unhygienic & unhealthy weather created by heavy unclean rubbishes which are thrown by the city people on the road sides & filling up the drainages of the city town. These rubbishes are the God blessing natural bio green fertilizers which can be used in corps field to produce more agriculture products.
 
Questions are asking to the Government of Bangladesh to the members of the city councils & to the political party members.
1)      Why are not thinking they to make idea??
2)    How can make city weather healthy
3)     How can clean city town rubbishes??
4)    How can use these rubbishes as fertilizers??
 


Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@yahoo.com> wrote:
Friend Ayubi,

Your apprehension is correct as we know the characteristics Bangladesh Awami League(BAL). They can go to any extent to realise their agenda no matter what is the cost in men and resources  or image of the nation.

Dring the Ist BNP govt. after the greatest "Choritrohin Luichcha" ersaidda was hooted out the BAL resorted to chaos and Jalao porao and continuous Hartal causing immense damage to coiuntries fragile economy. Friends, do you remember that they sprayed "Manab Bishtha(GU)"  infront of the entrances of Secretariat in Topkhana. What a nuisance act in the part of the bloody Chetona.

Their Netri during day time "Chuga Fukai" against lompot ersaidda but at night she goes in "Obhisar" in tintedglass wala  Pajero( re. Moududu Book) with the only the only Luichcha of the millenium ersaidda.

So, when their leader could do unethical acts then why not her able desciples. As the hackers hacks other mails and that is the way these Bongo Sharduls do unethical work to defame others. As the BAL's back stincts  so they think that others back are also same. They are nothing but facists in demo form. Be aware of them.

Faruque Alamgir

Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have not heard anyone writing his own name
incorrectly. This man Arif Ahamed writes the last
part of his name incorrectly. That is reason eneough
to believe that it is a ficticious name. Som4e one
behind the scene possibly bhua engineer is sending
these bhua mails in my name. I would expect the
moderator to take appropriate action against such
unethical and mischivous activities.

Salahuddin Ayubi
--- dina khan wrote:

> It seems
> That
> People are not getting quality education
> So
> CTG needs to provide quality education
> to all
> For making them quality people.
>
> Arif Ahamed wrote:
>
>
>
> Dirty & offensive languages in postings, reply of
> some "Izhar Ahmad /Salahuddin Ahmad/Salahuddin
> Ayubi", having 3 different names (a liar, RAZAKAR,
> stupid, bustard & what not)
>
>
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Shala khanki magir pola
>
> amra shobai jani je tor maa nogor bashi chilo ar
> tor bap desh bideshi orthath tor nidristo kono pitri
> porichoy nai.
> Tor make jiggesh korish to sottikarer bap ke?
> Tor onek baper ekjon."
>
> Salahuddin Ayubi
> -----------------------------
>
> Oi Magi,
>
> Tui je oi haramzadar pokkhe okaloti korli,
> tui ki janish je oi harimr bachcha
> Ami keno oi haramir bachcha ke chere kotha
> bolbo?
>
> You son of a bitch
>
>
> Salahuddin Ayubi
> -----------------------------
>
> Go-Paaal Choragupta,
>
> Tore paaal dewar jonno Shar thik ache
> naki Patha pathabo?
> Bolish to Gadha o patahte pari.
> Tpbe mone rakhish gadhar astro ta kintu
> bhishon boro.
> Bhebe dekhis nite parbi to .
>
>
> Koybar paal dewa hoise?
> mathata je eto gorom hoilo.
> kosto hoese bujhi?
> It should not have hurt you as
> the bulls prick is of small diameter but then its
> penetration is quite deep.
> How did you like it?
>
> You bloody shamless Go-paaal,
>
> You bloody cunt,
> behaya,
> besharam,
> belaza,
> beiman
> malu
> You son of a bitch
>
> you are a bloody manimal and not a human being.
> Lojja, shorom thakle to toke manush bola jeto.
> Hasn't your parents taught etiquette and manners?. I
> do not understand haow junglees like you find a
> place in the blog.
>
> Salahuddin Ayubi
>
>
> -----------------------------------
> Threat
>
> Bloody fool,
>
> During emergency you are inciting rebellion. I
> feel that yourself and the like of yourself should
> be charged with sedition, repatriated home, tried
> and hanged.
>
> Salahuddin Ayubi
>
> ------------------------
>
>
> Manger put Anu Majhi,
>
> Islamer Nur nam niye shala bitlami karchish.
> Khanki magir put nije shamne eshe dara tarpar
> kotha bol haramir bachchca.
>
> tor hajar baper ekjon
>
> You third rate mistri,
>
> You stupid mistri,
>
> Bhua engineer Anu majhi,
>
> "Oh. great mistri sab!!! What are you doing out
> there in New Zealand !!!"
>
> This blighter is a diploma holder from Tejgaon
> polytechnic. He falls under the category of a
> technician and not an engineer. He falsely claims
> himself to be an engineer.
>
>
> "to put the flag pole up your bloody arse hole.
> I have only showed you flagpole not the barge
> pole"
>
> Salahuddin Ayubi
>
>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dear readers,
>
> These types (& many more) wordings, phrase in all
> of his mails, replies & remark demonstrate & proves
> lowest level of moral, educational, political &
> family background of this liar, RAZAKAR , idiot,
> bustard, dull (and what not) 3 named guy.
>
> Supporters of this three dissimilar names liar,
> RAZAKAR "Izhar Ahmad /Salahuddin Ahmad/Salahuddin
> Ayubi" have also the same character & qualities.
>
> And these are the real character, image and
> standard of all (say 95%) noticeable & hidden Paki -
> Jamaat - Razakar - Al Badar activist, supporters &
> their mates.
>
>
>
>
>
> Arif
>
> On 2/1/08, Salahuddin Ayubi
> wrote: Mr. Alamgir,
> I will not blame the foreign missions,
> rather our own politicians race with each other to
> get
> the attention of these foreign missions as if they
> are
> the boss of this country. Our journalists also act
> in
> similar shameless and idiotic fashion. When you
> yourself behave this way , you can not blame the
> foreign high commissioners/Amabassordor poking their
> nose in our internal affairs. Our criticism should
> be
> directed towqards our shameless political leaders
> and
> idotic nitwit journalists.
> One thing that puzzles me is that why did
> Sheikh Mujib dumped Tajuddin who had done an
> excellent
> job during the liberation war in his absence. The
> gossips that prevailed at the time on this issue is
> not credible as I do not believe that the leader
> would
> have taken such a drastic step against his long time
> confidante and ssociate without any serious
> differences between them. Tajuddin also had weakness
> possibly as he did nt speak up against his unfair
> dismissal. Does any one have any idea about this? I
> am
> very curious to know.
> Salahuddin Ayubi
> --- Faruque Alamgir
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Mr. Prodhan and Mr. Asghar
> >
> > It is pity that we have sacrificed ocean of blood
> > for our Bangladesh and snatched our independence
> > from the marauder Pakis but in reality how far we
> > were Sovereign ?
> >
> > This question haunted the sane and patriot since
> > day one we found the domination(black teeth) of
> the
> > friend and looter. They started annexing the
> > disputed landmarks and put barrier on the way road
> > of the "Chit Mahals" but our sole distributor,
> copy
> > writer owner of the history of Muktijudhdha and
> the
>
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[chottala.com] Help a Bangladeshi family in Michigan, USA

Dear all,
Mr. Shah  Md. Hossen from Bangladesh came to visit daughther, Shahzadi Shanaz, and grand daughther, Promi, in Sept 2007.  In November 2007, he fell on sidewalk during snowfall and fractured his hips. After few days of hospital stay he returned home. But got readmitted because of colon mass which was actively bleeding leading to the need for major surgery, ICU stay, etc. After a month of hospital stay he died of liver failure on Feb 2nd (yesterday) (inlilahi waina lilahi rajouna). The family is in need of financial support including up to $11,000 for funeral home and travel related expenses by this Tuesday night (Feb. 5). As of Feb 2nd night (yesterday) we have raised $3,000 with the help of this small Deshi community in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At this time any contribution from anywhere in USA will greatly help this family. Checks can be mailed to the following address, but checks written to "Mohammed Jahan"
 
If wiring/direct deposit using address 53 Bank teller; Bank Name= Fifth Third Bank; Routing # 072400052; Account # 7163548592, Name= Mohammed Jahan

If paying by check, mailed to the address, but checks written to "Mohammed Jahan"
Mailing address- Lincoln, 2851 Brisam St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525; Telephone number: 616-516-9030

If cash/funds may not be available as soon as possible, we can accept pledges now. Please forward this email anyone you wish.

Thank you!
Friends of Shahnaz
 


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[chottala.com] Fake Maulana strikes back, he is now a spell-checker - Is Bangladesh a Sovereign Nation?

Fake Maulana strikes back, he is now a spell-checker -

Is Bangladesh a Sovereign Nation?

Dear All

It is his or her own choice how one wants to spell his name. See below how different people spell differently.  I have been told that  "Ahamed" is more closer to the original pronunciation in Arabic.  Mr. Ayubi, please try debate on real the issues - not slander or name calling. As far as I know slander and gibat is haram in Islam.

By the way are you one of those bhua Maulanas who thrive on religion-trading  or a real scholar in Arabic language and its different variety of dialects, classical and modern?

Arabic question - "insha'allah" vs. "insya'allah"? - Yahoo! Answers
what's important is how it is spelled in the Arabic language.. my name is Ahmad and some people spell my name Ahmed or Ahamed... It's the same meaning, ...
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The World of Ahamed

Canon 5D, 24-70 f/2.8L @70 mm, f/22.0, shutter-1/20 sec, ISO-100 (used tripod) [click photo to enlarge]. posted by Ahamed Iqbal at 1:27 PM 2 comments ...
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The Website of Professor Syed V. Ahamed

This is the website of Dr. Syed V. Ahamed, Professor of Computer Science at CUNY-Graduate Center.
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Resume of Engineer Ahamed Ullah. MCP, CCNA.

Detailed resume or CV of Engineer Ahamed Ullah from Bangladesh. MCP, CCNA. Having Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering. Available for employment.
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Iqbal, Ahamed

Information about Ahamed and things that he is interested in - photography and cars, mostly.
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Profile - ahamed

I am Ahamed from Bangladesh. I have completed my graduation on Computer Engineering in American International University Bangladesh (AIUB). ...
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Welcome to Dr. Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed's Homepage

Munirul M. Haque and Sheikh I Ahamed, "An Impregnable Lightweight Device Discovery (ILDD) Model for Pervasive Computing Environment of Enterprise ...
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[ See more in the web ..]

Syed Aslam


 
On 2/3/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have not heard anyone writing his own name
incorrectly. This man Arif Ahamed  writes the last
part of his name incorrectly. That is reason eneough
to believe that it is a ficticious name. Som4e one
behind the scene possibly bhua engineer  is sending
these bhua mails in my name. I would expect the
moderator to take appropriate action against such
unethical and mischivous activities.

       Salahuddin Ayubi
--- dina khan <dina30_khan@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It seems
>   That
>   People are not getting quality education
>   So
>   CTG needs to provide quality education
>   to all
>   For making them quality people.
>
> Arif Ahamed <ahamed.ahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>   Dirty & offensive languages in postings, reply of
> some "Izhar Ahmad /Salahuddin Ahmad/Salahuddin
> Ayubi", having 3 different names (a liar, RAZAKAR,
> stupid, bustard & what not)
>
>
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Shala khanki magir pola
>
>   amra shobai jani je tor maa nogor bashi chilo ar
> tor bap desh bideshi orthath tor nidristo kono pitri
> porichoy nai.
>   Tor make jiggesh korish to sottikarer bap ke?
>   Tor onek baper ekjon."
>
>   Salahuddin Ayubi
>   -----------------------------
>
>   Oi Magi,
>
>   Tui  je  oi  haramzadar  pokkhe  okaloti  korli,
> tui  ki  janish  je  oi  harimr bachcha
>   Ami  keno  oi  haramir  bachcha  ke  chere  kotha
> bolbo?
>
>   You son of a bitch
>
>
>   Salahuddin Ayubi
>   -----------------------------
>
>   Go-Paaal  Choragupta,
>
>   Tore  paaal  dewar  jonno  Shar  thik  ache
>   naki  Patha  pathabo?
>   Bolish  to  Gadha  o  patahte  pari.
>   Tpbe  mone  rakhish  gadhar  astro  ta  kintu
> bhishon  boro.
>   Bhebe  dekhis  nite  parbi  to .
>
>
>   Koybar  paal  dewa  hoise?
>   mathata  je  eto  gorom  hoilo.
>   kosto  hoese  bujhi?
>   It should not have hurt you as
>   the bulls prick is of small diameter but then its
> penetration is quite deep.
>   How did you like it?
>
>   You bloody shamless Go-paaal,
>
>   You bloody cunt,
>   behaya,
>   besharam,
>   belaza,
>   beiman
>   malu
>   You son of a bitch
>
>   you are a bloody manimal and not a human being.
> Lojja, shorom thakle to toke manush bola jeto.
> Hasn't your parents taught etiquette and manners?. I
> do not understand haow junglees like you find a
> place in the blog.
>
>   Salahuddin Ayubi
>
>
>   -----------------------------------
>   Threat
>
>   Bloody fool,
>
>   During emergency you are inciting rebellion. I
> feel that yourself and the like of yourself should
> be charged with sedition, repatriated home, tried
> and hanged.
>
>   Salahuddin Ayubi
>
>   ------------------------
>
>
>   Manger  put  Anu  Majhi,
>
>   Islamer  Nur  nam  niye  shala  bitlami  karchish.
>   Khanki magir put  nije  shamne  eshe  dara  tarpar
>  kotha  bol  haramir bachchca.
>
>   tor  hajar  baper  ekjon
>
>   You third rate mistri,
>
>   You stupid mistri,
>
>   Bhua engineer Anu majhi,
>
>   "Oh. great mistri sab!!! What are you doing out
> there in New Zealand !!!"
>
>   This blighter is a diploma holder from Tejgaon
> polytechnic. He falls under the category of a
> technician and not an engineer. He falsely claims
> himself to be an engineer.
>
>
>   "to put the flag pole up your bloody arse hole.
>   I have only showed you flagpole not the barge
> pole"
>
>   Salahuddin Ayubi
>
>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Dear readers,
>
>   These types (& many more) wordings, phrase in all
> of his mails, replies & remark demonstrate & proves
> lowest level of moral, educational, political &
> family background of this liar, RAZAKAR , idiot,
> bustard, dull (and what not) 3 named guy.
>
>   Supporters of this three dissimilar names liar,
> RAZAKAR "Izhar Ahmad /Salahuddin Ahmad/Salahuddin
> Ayubi" have also the same character & qualities.
>
>   And these are the real character, image and
> standard of all (say 95%) noticeable & hidden Paki -
> Jamaat - Razakar - Al Badar activist, supporters &
> their mates.
>
>
>
>
>
>   Arif
>
>   On 2/1/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com>
> wrote:             Mr. Alamgir,
> I will not blame the foreign missions,
> rather our own politicians race with each other to
> get
> the attention of these foreign missions as if they
> are
> the boss of this country. Our journalists also act
> in
> similar shameless and idiotic fashion. When you
> yourself behave this way , you can not blame the
> foreign high commissioners/Amabassordor poking their
> nose in our internal affairs. Our criticism should
> be
> directed towqards our shameless political leaders
> and
> idotic nitwit journalists.
> One thing that puzzles me is that why did
> Sheikh Mujib dumped Tajuddin who had done an
> excellent
> job during the liberation war in his absence. The
> gossips that prevailed at the time on this issue is
> not credible as I do not believe that the leader
> would
> have taken such a drastic step against his long time
> confidante and ssociate without any serious
> differences between them. Tajuddin also had weakness
> possibly as he did nt speak up against his unfair
> dismissal. Does any one have any idea about this? I
> am
> very curious to know.
> Salahuddin Ayubi
> --- Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Mr. Prodhan and Mr. Asghar
> >
> > It is pity that we have sacrificed ocean of blood
> > for our Bangladesh and snatched our independence
> > from the marauder Pakis but in reality how far we
> > were Sovereign ?
> >
> > This question haunted the sane and patriot since
> > day one we found the domination(black teeth) of
> the
> > friend and looter. They started annexing the
> > disputed landmarks and put barrier on the way road
> > of the "Chit Mahals" but our sole distributor,
> copy
> > writer owner of the history of Muktijudhdha and
> the
>
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[chottala.com] Of Mayors and Mice - Shahidul News

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Afghanistan's Ahmed Karzai (left), Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf (centre) and Bangladesh's Fakhruddin Ahmed at the World Economic Forum at Davos. © AFP
 
The smile would warm the cockles of your heart. Especially if you were a CIA agent. This was exactly what was wanted. Happy obedient leaders. Democracy simply got in the way. Karzai, Musharraf, Fakhruddin. The new alliance. One new poodle.
It was summer 2006. The Talibans were getting ever closer to Kabul. Sitting in the Aina office in Choroi Malek Asghar, I was listening to Reza, founder of the Afghan media organisation. The recent anti-drug campaign was bound to have failed he claimed. Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's younger brother was the chief beneficiary of the drug trade. The US $ 500 million or so spent on combating drugs, was more likely to have been spent on the now famous 'corrupto mansions' than on alternative livelihood for opium farmers.
I had felt at ease walking the streets of Kabul. My Arafat scarf and beard also helped. It was different for the 'saviours' of Afghanistan. They stepped from their secure offices into their secure vehicles and went to their secure homes. The saviours spend a lot of time in secure cars. The Lexus car that took me to the Serena hotel had five television sets. My Afghan friends call Karzai "The Mayor of Central Kabul."
A month later I was across the border, in the earthquake zone in Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. I spotted flags with Iqbal, Jinnah and Mickey Mouse flying above one of the refugee camps. The significance of the cartoon character had escaped me. Chatting with my friend Zaheer back in Karachi, I brought up the subject. "Mushy Mouse" was his smiling reply.
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Mushy had come into power through a military coup, ousting an elected prime minister. He had suspended the constitution twice and arrested the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. On 3rd November 2007, days before a bench of the Supreme Court was to decide on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of his re-election as president, he had shut down all private television channels. He had also failed to protect the life of his chief political opponent, Benazir. The real Mickey might have run the country better.
There seemed to be no malice or sense of competition between the three US stooges in Davos. Emerging out of the darkness, hands held together in their solidarity of servitude, they positively glowed. Mushy was candid and genuine when he advised his peer Fakhruddin, the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh. "I think you are doing a great job. Carry on doing it no matter what anyone thinks, irrespective of human rights."
This comedy of errors is a tragedy in the making and our adviser is being true to his script. Mushy would have been proud of Fakhruddin's human rights record. The ban on media coverage of indigenous rights groups. The more recent ban on the outspoken journalist Nurul Kabir from TV talk shows and the written ban on the popular live programmes on Ekushey TV, neatly slot in with the suppression of free media that both Mushy and Karzai have practiced. Like most other bans, Kabir's had no paper trails. No written instructions to deny. Just the phone calls from Uttor Para (the cantonment) that we have come to recognise. Our Chief Adviser might even be trying to get ahead of his senior poodles by teaming up with the Myanmar generals.
But Mushy Mouse and the mayor of central Kabul have already staged their sham elections. Our adviser's play is yet to be played out.
 
 
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[chottala.com] Ending the downward spiral in Bangladesh by Irene Khan,

Ending the downward spiral in Bangladesh

23 January 2008

by Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International
 

As British Airways flight BA144 takes off from Zia International Airport in the darkness of the night, I look out of the window of the airplane and think of the metaphorical darkness from which the people of this country are seeking to escape.

For decades, Bangladesh has been caught in a downward spiral of corruption, insecurity, political violence and organized crime in which human rights and the rule of law have been the first casualties. Political leaders have shown more interest in abuse of power for personal gains than in poverty eradication. The powerful and the privileged have acted with impunity, with no fear of being called to account by weak and ineffective state institutions.

Repressive laws, including laws granting special or emergency powers, have been used and abused by successive governments. Police and other state officials have sided with the affluent and the influential, so that the most vulnerable – women, minorities, the poor and the marginalized – have been the least protected.  

The declaration of the state of emergency and the installation of a Caretaker Government (CTG) in January 2007 were desperate measures to save the country from ever-increasing levels of insecurity and political violence, further bloodshed and mayhem, and set on track free and fair elections for a democratic government.

During the Amnesty International visit to Bangladesh, journalists constantly asked if the human rights situation in 2007 was better than that in 2006. They were disappointed when I refused to give a simple "yes" or "no" answer. And so, sitting on the plane, I turn on my laptop in the hope of penning a more satisfactory response than I have given so far.

Of course there has been an improvement in physical security and a dramatic decline in human rights violations related to political violence in 2007 as compared to previous years. Government figures also show a fall in the number of extra-judicial killings by RAB and other security forces from 195 in 2006 to 93 in 2007.

These developments are welcome but it would be wrong to endorse them as indicators of improvement in the human rights situation without probing more deeply into what is being done – and what more needs to be done - to ensure that these positive trends will endure beyond the life of the CTG.

We need to analyse more carefully the quality of change being brought by the CTG to ensure that they are not merely cosmetic. And we need to ask – indeed demand – that the political parties will uphold human rights and the rule of law when they come to power so that what is being done now is not undone in the future.  

In a country where the state machinery – courts, police and military – not only fails to deliver justice and security but is often the instrument of persecution, institutional reform is necessary to convert perpetrators into protectors. The CTG must be commended for taking some much-needed, long-awaited reform measures but it needs to undertake or at least set in motion some other measures to ensure that the reforms are truly effective.

Guaranteeing the independence of the judiciary requires not only separation from the executive but also other measures to ensure proper recruitment, appointment and security of tenure of judges without political interference. A new Police Ordinance will not end police brutality and inefficiency unless it includes clear provisions for independent scrutiny and greater accountability, for instance through the establishment of an independent police complaints mechanism.

The National Human Rights Commission must be given real teeth to investigate and take action against all organs of the state, including the Joint Forces and RAB. The CTG must appoint individuals to the National Human Rights Commission who are not only competent and qualified but command such a high degree respect and credibility that no future government will dare to sideline or undermine their work.   

These institutional changes, if carried out properly, will make a real difference to the range of human rights violations, from police brutality to gender violence, that plague the lives of ordinary people.

There are two key factors that will determine the ultimate success or failure of the human rights reform agenda: first, the CTG's willingness to close its credibility gap on human rights, and second, the readiness of the main political parties to embrace the changes and commit themselves to upholding human rights and the rule of law.  

How can the CTG's initiative to separate the judiciary from the executive be taken as a true commitment to creating an independent judiciary when there is widespread perception that the same government is manipulating the criminal justice system to deliver some pre-ordained outcomes in high profile political cases?

When I stressed the need for the government to be seen to be respecting due process, the Chief Advisor responded that this government is using existing laws and existing courts. Surely, that is not a satisfactory answer when it is well-known that these same laws and courts have been subject to substantial political interference in the past and so open to the same level of interference now. A government committed to the rule of law must show scrupulous regard for due process.  

How can the government's commitment to freedom of information be taken seriously when overt and covert pressure is exerted on the media? The government was keen to point out to me that although the emergency rules impose far-reaching restrictions, they are not being enforced rigorously. So, why leave them hanging like Damocles' sword over the heads of media, creating uncertainty and encouraging self-censorship?

With such emergency regulations in existence, the chilling effect of a telephone call from a  Directorate of General Forces Intelligence (DGFI) official to a TV station owner, or from the local RAB commander to a district correspondent should not be underestimated. Add to that a case like that of Jahangir Alam Akash, who claims to have been detained and tortured by RAB and charged in 2007 with extortion allegedly committed in 2004, days after he reported an incident implicating local RAB officials in an attempted extra-judicial killing.

Democratic institutions cannot develop in a climate of self-censorship. A period of transition and change must be informed by a diversity of views. That is why the government must immediately lift the restrictions on freedom of expression, assembly and association, including restrictions on the media.

How can people have confidence in the CTG's drive to create a culture of transparency and accountability when the government has failed to be transparent and accountable about investigating reports of serious human rights violations by RAB and the Joint Forces? Torture allegations made by Rang Lai Mro, a prominent leader from  the Chittagong Hill Tracts remain uninvestigated, as do the allegations by Jahangir Alam Akash, or the death of Dulal in Bhola reportedly at the hands of the Navy.

After much adverse publicity, the government set up a one-man judicial commission to investigate the death of Cholesh Richil, a Garo leader, allegedly tortured by a Joint Forces unit in March 2007, but has so far failed to publish the report or open any criminal prosecution. I welcome the statement by the Chief Advisor that the NHRC should have the power to investigate human rights complaints against military and security officials, including RAB, in the future. But justice delayed is justice denied.

The Richil case cannot wait. Only by publishing the report of the judicial commission and by following it up with criminal investigation and prosecution in an open court of law can this government show that it is determined to end the culture of impunity that has hamstrung the rule of law in this country.

The past year has been marked by a creeping expansion of the role of the armed forces in activities that should rightly be carried out by a civilian administration, from law enforcement to electoral registration and investigation of extortion cases. I was told by the Army Chief that this is because of the lack of capacity and competency in the civilian administration. Be that as it may, principles of transparency and accountability, which lie at the core of human rights, require that all activities by the armed forces should be circumscribed by law and put under civilian scrutiny and accountability.

If the CTG has the courage to confront and close these credibility gaps, then it will go a long way in creating public confidence in the human rights reforms agenda that no future government will be able to undo.  
Turning now to the political parties, I fully agreed with the Chief Advisor when he said to me during our meeting that institutional change is a long term process and its success depends not only on the CTG but on the commitment of future governments.

That is why Amnesty International's recommendations on human rights reform are addressed not just to the CTG but also to political parties. That is why we asked all political parties represented in the previous parliament to meet with us, and the Awami League, one faction of the BNP (the other one led by Saifur Rahman did not return our call for a meeting) and Jamaat agreed to do so.

In these meetings, my colleagues emphasized our call for political parties to include a human rights agenda in their manifesto, and to support human rights reforms when they are in parliament. The test of the commitments which they declared to have for human rights will be in what they will say publically and will do in Parliament.

Regrettably, human rights have yet to enter the lexicon of political parties. They have little understanding about the relationship of human rights to democracy and good governance, and even less of their role as political leaders in upholding human rights and the rule of law. They are primarily preoccupied with protecting the human rights of their leaders who are feeling the brunt of the law.

They are yet to fully appreciate the irony that they themselves created and nurtured the laws, systems and practices of which they are now complaining. Now that they are at the receiving end of these repressive laws, policies and practices, let us hope that they will take more seriously Amnesty's oft-reiterated recommendations, including repeal of the Special Powers Act and the introduction of basic safeguards against torture and ill treatment of detainees.

Knowing the role that democratically elected governments played in the past in undermining the rule of law and human rights, civil society must be vigorous in demanding that political parties demonstrate a clear commitment to human rights. They must call on the political parties to set out their vision on human rights and to insert clear commitments in their electoral manifesto. In the run up to the elections, there is an opportunity to educate the political leaders on human rights as a means of good governance, and I believe the more astute and progressive leaders are ready to learn.  

So, the right question is not whether the human rights situation today is better or worse than last year. It is whether one should be more hopeful or less that this country will turn a corner on human rights.

And there I am optimistic. The public today is more aware of human rights than ever before. Civil society is more determined than ever to hold their political leaders to account. The call for democracy is not simply for free and fair elections but for a new style of governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs, demands and rights of the people.

I leave Bangladesh with a sense of hope, not because of what the CTG has done, or what political parties promise to do, nor even what civil society is determined to do,  but because of the growing realisation and determination of ordinary people to stand up for their rights.

The day labourers in my ancestral village in Sylhet, the women in the legal literacy projects in the village in Tangail, the fruit seller from whom I bought oranges on the street corner in Gulshan, the CNG driver who drove me to the market – they spoke to me frankly and simply with no sophisticated understanding of law or politics. But in their voices I heard the uncompromising demand for justice, equality and a decent life and livelihood for all. No government, caretaker or democratic, no leader, elected or unelected, can afford to ignore that call.  

The flight is about to land at Heathrow and I must turn off my laptop. But before I do that, I remember the words of the man guarding the door of the passenger terminal at Dhaka airport. As I entered the building with my luggage trolley, he recognised my face from TV and newspaper pages, and came running after me. "You have said what many of us want to say," he said. "We all want to see change in Bangladesh." Then, as I waved goodbye, he called out, "Apa, please do not forget us."

How can I ever forget people like him who give me hope that the struggle for human rights in Bangladesh will endure!
 
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Amnesty International visits Bangladesh
A mother and child at a BRAC Microfinance Village Organization meeting in Tangail

A mother and child at a BRAC Microfinance Village Organization meeting in Tangail

© Amin/Drik/Amnesty International


Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh

© Amin/Drik/Amnesty International


BRAC Human Rights and Legal Education class in Tangail

BRAC Human Rights and Legal Education class in Tangail

© Amin/Drik/Amnesty International


Children at a BRAC primary school in Elenga.
A woman seeks help at a BRAC legal aid clinic in Elenga.
Asif Saleh, Shahidul Alam and Irene Khan at a seminar on Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka
Irene Khan participates in BBC Bengali's Sanglap programme.
Amnesty International calls for end to impunity for abuses committed in 1971 at seminar organized by Ain o Salish Kendro
Irene Khan meets Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Adviser on Foreign Affairs
Irene Khan speaks to the media after her meeting with the Foreign Adviser Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Irene Khan meets with the Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed
Amnesty International's delegation presents a memorandum to the government and political parties at a press conference in Dhaka
Amnesty International's delegation presents a memorandum to the government and political parties at a press conference in Dhaka

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