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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

[chottala.com] Whose Care-taker Government ?

Whose Care-taker Government?
Abid Bahar
Bangladesh's CG is not an elected government. It was expected to reform election issues, conduct election and hand over political power to an elected government. However, it turned out to be a military backed CG government. In the name of facilitating the democratic process, it is violating many important rules of the country for which in future it will be held responsible.
Case Against the Controversial Care-taker Goverment:
1. Like most military governments, it used corruption as a slogan to establish a third force which appeared to be a pro-Indian military government headed by General Moyeen U.
2. It is destroying the military institution that is responsible to defend the country. In the name of establishing friendly relations with India, it allowed General Moyeen, a Bangladesh public servant to visit India where he received six horses, the highest honor given to a foreign dignitary.
3. It is responsible for not following the rule of law and killing or crippling many alledged corrupt people without any trial or before they were found guilty by the court.
4.It  began to destry business. In the name of anti-corruption drive, it stunned the Bangladesh business sector that lately created dynamism in the economy. It was done as if the CG acted on behalf of anti-Bangladesh forces. The net result was the price hike of essantial commodities.
5.The CG's unelected chief advisor supposedly allowed permission to foreign governments to survey Bangladesh's ports and terrains.
6. The CG before Bangladesh could have settled its many outstanding issues, was willingness to give transit to India but backtracked at the massive public reaction.
7.The CG shows its unwillingness to give an election date, freed one leader, kept the other one in jail and allowed only local election by facilitating one major political party's victory, therby invalidating the total process.
 It is clear that the pro-Indian Motiur Rahman-Moyeen backed CG is trying to destroy the independent-minded Bangladeshi nationalist forces. If that is not the plan, instead of giving a firm date for election, what is the CG waiting for? Why the local elections?  In this staged confusion, is Bangladesh heading for an Indian predicted "failed state?"Under the circumstances, people wonder whose caretaker government is this?


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[chottala.com] Followup on "Two building structures in the horizon of Dhaka that still stand as

Followup on "Two building structures in the horizon of Dhaka that still stand as a sign of disrespect to rule of law"


First read the following news item from bdnews24.com titled "Tejgaon link road to be opened for traffic on Dec 16: official"


The most likely outcome will be that this particular secretary will not even be there to be held accountable when nothing will be achieved when the time arrives. He will be comfortably transferred to another position. Thats why, they have chosen a secretary to announce this, not the people in RAJUK who aren't likely to be transferred.

Moreover, there is another aspect. The report mentions ""The major portion of the demolition work is done. To expedite the rest of the demolition work, RAJUK has imported machinery."

What machinery? Rajuk high-ups er bank account crook korle tu ei rokom 100 ta building demolish korar taka jogar hobe within a day. Why the delay then?
 
Readers must remember the speed and seemingly inhuman eviction of slum dwellers without proper notification and precautionary measures. If the Cheif Adviser and his collegues still do not understand the reason behind the lapse of performance now and
then, that would be unfortunate. It is the corrupt and morally empty members of police administration, burecrats and most importantly, the so-called professionals (the engineers, the doctors, the lawyers, etc) who have forgot their professional oath and over the time,
they have learned how to co-exists with the corrupt system that our politicians have allowed to grow.
 
These professionals have to be hit very hard, for some of them, it should be so hard that others take a lesson. In our view, RAJUK is an ideal organization to take that exemplary hit. If the government misses this opportunity, it will come back to haunt them, make no
mistake about that. More importantly, if you give a good lesson for those culprits in RAJUK, you will do a big favour to them, to their family and children. So, do not hesitate to make to blow some serious blow if you can identify the reasons behind the difference in speed
between the demolition of slums and demolition of the Rangs Building. Do this favour to the nation.
 

On a sober note, the claim about the machiner import is probably a big lie. The possibility is that the machinery was there from the very beginning, but they are not using it. Another possibility is that a process has just started to import the machinery. However, the report says that the machinery is already "imported". Some journalist might dig into this report. Moreover, if the machinery is already
imported, why not demolish it now. Why you will need to wait "by November"? What does it mean by November? Does it mean before November 1st? OR does it mean before November 30?

If the building is demolished so late, the project will not probably be ready to be opened up by December 16, as the report claims.

More importantly, this declaration is big enough for the people of Bangladesh and for the people living in Dhaka, that this declaration can be done through a big ceremony in Bijoy Soroni by the Cheif Adviser or the other advisors responsible for the ministry. Why can't they do that? You have to ask the bureucrats for that, because it is increasingly becoming clear that the advisers aren't running the show,
its the bureacrats who are running the show. Off course, we could be wrong. Only time will say which take is right and which ones are wrong.


To the BGMEA leaders:
All we can tell you is this: If you think that you can be winner, by making the nation and the people loser, you could not be more wrong. Its not too late yet to correct the wrongs of the past. You are enough media-savvy not to wait for that day to arrive when it would be too late to unwind, we hope.

If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.

Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
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Note: This is a freelance column, published mainly in different internet based forums. This column is open for contribution by the members of new generation, sometimes referred to as Gen 71. If you identify yourself as someone from that age-group and want to contribute to this column, please feel free to contact. Thanks to the group moderator for publishing the article as Creative Commons contents.

Dear readers, also, if you thought the article was important enough so it should come under attention of the head of the government please forward the message to them. Email address for the Chief Advisor: feeedback@pmo.gov.bd_ or at http://www.cao.gov.bd/feedback/comments.php .
 
Send it to BGMEA President and other directors at this link:
 
Also send it to the FBCCI people at this link:
 
Last but not the least, send it to the ACC:

The more of you forward it to them, the less will be the need to go back to street agitation. Use ICT to practice democracy.

Also send to your favourtie TV channel:
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http://www.bdnews24.com/details.php?cid=2&id=59578


Tejgaon link road to be opened for traffic on Dec 16: official
Tue, Aug 12th, 2008 8:00 pm BdST
 
 
Dhaka, August 12 (bdnews24.com) - The link road connecting Bijoy Swarani with Tejgaon will be opened for traffic on Dec 16, a government official said Tuesday.

"For this, the demolition of Rangs Bhaban will be completed by November," said housing and public works secretary ASM Rashidul Hai.

Hai informed reporters, after visiting the site, about the progress of the demolition work and construction of link road.

"The major portion of the demolition work is done. To expedite the rest of the demolition work, RAJUK has imported machinery."

Rashidul Hai said a total of 23 buildings will have to come down for the construction of the new link road.

"We have already demolished nine buildings. Five more buildings will have to be knocked down by August 20. But there are court cases against demolition of nine others."

"We hope the court will not give any ruling that may hamper the government's good initiative."

He brushed aside any allegations of changing the original plan to save a 'particular building' from demolition.

"This is not true. The plan has been changed to reduce the construction costs, not to favour any special quarter."

"The government has to compensate for demolishing each and every private building. If the road is made on government land then the cost can be reduced," he said.
 
 

 --- On Sat, 8/9/08, Md. Taher@yahoo.com <Md. Taher@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
From: Md. Taher@yahoo.com <Md. Taher@yahoo.com>
Subject: [uttorshuri] Re: Two building structures in the horizon of Dhaka that still stand as a sign of di
To: uttorshuri@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 3:00 AM

Thanks Innovation Line,

Thanks for your courageous stance on corruption and creative ideas about what to do with these symbols of blatant corruption and negligence to public interests. One of my ideas was to turn one of these buildings into a Museum (or Monument of Corruption) for people to trace the details of corruption involved in these and other hogh profile projects. This might help our future generations know and abhor such practices... I could give more details about the project, but there are specialists like you - who can perhaps give more professional inputs in such an enterprise if ever taken up by the right authorities..

I consider these two buildings as symbols (monuments?) of high stake corruption and evil power forces that blatantly dared and defied rule of law. These two buildings; one is half destroyed but the other one is still raising its arrogant head above - and saying loudly to ordinary citizens, "dare touch us!". The other part of the story is - all seem to be waiting for the time to "return to democracy" - and things would again be their way. The half broken building will stay and even demand compensation - which would be duly paid by a clique of corrupt "leaders" and shared between them. I am all for return to a rule by elected representatives and oppose the current extended emergency rule. But how could I not appreciate their 'initiatives' to shake the foundations of some of the corporate corruption houses? Looking at things recently though, my trust on them are shaken. Please refer to the implications of sudden flurry of bails obtained by some high ranking corruption moguls!!! These things make one wonder, would breaking of Rangs building be ever completed? Will Hatirjheel canal and road project remain just a dream!!

I hear political leaders speaking daily against the emergency rule, but not making specific pledges to ensure the public that return to democracy would mean end to corruption and wholesale plunder! I did not hear one political party saying categorically, e.g., BGMEA building will be removed and culprits involved in its authorisation process will be punished. No, they would not say this, because they would use their (such "power houses") support to climb the power ladder... And there we go again, round the vicious cycle. I wish I could offer some creative ideas like yours for a solution. I am sorry, I am too frustrated to do that at the moment.

With apologies,

Taher.

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[chottala.com] Democratic & Human Rights Concern under `State of Emergency - Odhikar

1. Democratic & Human Rights Concern under `State of Emergency':

Odhikar has been monitoring the State of Emergency since its imposition on 11 January 2007. The democratic and human rights concerns Odhikar has been raising since the political, constitutional and human rights crisis started to deepen in Bangladesh, are the following:

  1. Extra-constitutional intervention in the political sphere of Bangladesh to remove Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, two popular leaders of the two major political parties of Bangladesh can not be accepted by human right defenders since it violates the ground rules of democracy, human rights and the sovereignty of the people to decide and elect their own leaders. Their acts of Corruption and that done by their followers or members of the cabinet are urgent and vital issues but should have been undertaken through popular political education, institutional reform, particularly with a strong and non-partisan judiciary and Anti-Corruption Commission. Failure to do so has signalled a wrong message to the people and it is too late for the present unconstitutional regime to revoke and recover.
  2. The military-backed government failed to gain moral, political and constitutional legitimacy and through systematic violations of human rights has aggravated the situation to a point that could become a major threat for the stability and the security of the region.
  1. Extrajudicial Killing has increased recently and the significant shift that has occurred signalled by the killing of Dr. Tutul, Tapan Malitha and others belonging to ultra-left political parties and their political line, has raised serious questions about the political intention of the regime and further alienated them from the people and their role in maintaining law and order is already being questioned.
  2. Militarisation of the vital institutions that could safeguard the constitutional and human rights of Bangladesh in order to achieve a predetermined political goal, as evidenced in various non-transparent and discriminatory judicial process and anti-corruption drives, have left hardly any moral or political ground for the present regime.
  3. The August 4 election took place in this context and seems to be a desperate drive of the regime to organise political support. Instead of creating an enabling political environment for democratic transition and building popular consensus to derive an exit from the present unconstitutional stage without violence, revenge or instability (a major concern of the human rights defenders) such staged acts, irrespective of the quality of the performance of the election, or ignoring the fact that a major political alliances lead by BNP has opposed and refrained from participating, will further divide the country and will alienate the silent majority to a point that will set the ground for long term political and economic instability. Keeping the long term scenario in the context of food, energy, water and livelihood crisis, such alienation of the people of Bangladesh will go against the common global concerns of human rights defenders as well as the interest of the international community for effective and sustainable good governance.
  4. Municipal and Upazilla elections took place before the Parliamentary Election despite protests from the political parties and as a result a major political alliance has been forced to take a position contrary to creating an enabling and democratic environment. This has been expressed in their rejection and non-participation in the 4 August election.
  5. As a human rights and political principle, election under Emergency cannot be accepted. To force the people to express or participate in selecting and electing popular representatives and ensuring that mainly those people coming out victorious are those already part of the existing undemocratic and anti-people regime is contrary to human rights norms and practice. Emergency must be lifted immediately.
  6. It is important to note that as a tradition and the practice of political parties the candidacy in the local election is not articulated through explicit partisan line or party symbols, but local elections are absolutely political elections and assert the political rights of the citizens. Obviously, political parties always participated. The Election Commission has totally failed to understand this basic reality of the political life of a community and political parties are absolutely right in accusing the Election Commission of `depoliticising' politics. It simply signifies the resistance from both the people and the political parties against the depoliticising move of the Election Commission. Failure to conduct elections in a `non-partisan' line seriously questions the authority and credibility of the Election Commission.

Despite our reservation, Odhikar observed the 4 August election closely. It sent Election Observers who covered polling centres in four cities and collected reports from 107 such centres.

Odhikar also analysed other media reports and concluded that as opposed to what the Government, its Advisers and others have claimed, "emergency" failed to provide a fool-proof election, the Election Commission had their fair share of confusion the voters list was not as flawless as propaganda said it would be and the much trumpeted election rules were flouted, casting doubts on claims that elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities were `free' and `fair'.

Odhikar observers and media reports revealed a number of incidents of violation of the electoral laws and rules including the use of illicit amounts of money; campaign by the candidates; campaigners, law enforcers and even the election officials inside 400 yards of the polling centres and even in the polling centres; and providing voters with vehicles by the candidates. All these practices are forbidden by election rules.

2. Experience of Election Observers:

Election observers, in a number of centres across the four major cities, were harassed, ousted, and not allowed to inspect beyond a certain period of time. In a number of centres many voters were ill-treated or harassed, were not guided by the poling officers with regard to which booth to vote in, while in a number of centres, officials bore a lacklustre attitude starting the poll centres late, causing unnecessary delay and on one occasion, closing down the poling centre for an hour.

The police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) baton-charged the voters in many centres, while in another centre, a RAB member assaulted a university teacher. In Some centres, there were reports of fake voters, despite the assurance of a photo ID voter list when a number of voters found that their votes had already been cast.

The lengthy process of checking the electoral roll and confusion over the use of national identity cards tested the voters' patience at some places, indicating that the Commission's preparation, in terms of personnel and logistics, was not foolproof. The Chief Election Commissioner's late assurance that the national ID was not required for voting appears to have caused a lot of confusion. In some centres, people who had national IDs did not find their name on the electoral roll. In some centres, people without national IDs were not allowed to enter. It appears the Election Commission never thought about the use of a national ID cards vis-à-vis elections thus undermining claims of the government on the fairness of the election during a state of emergency. Odhikar has consistently maintained that any election must be free, fair and participatory. Explicit failure of the regime to create the so called `level playing field' for all political parties, lines and shades undermined the democratic and human rights of the people.  

3. Neither truth nor justice:

The government, on July 29, formed the Truth and Accountability Commission to let people voluntarily admit to their corruption, deposit ill-gotten wealth to the state exchequer, and get mercy. The idea of establishing such a Commission was first touted by this regime several months ago in response to the decrease in business following the declaration of Emergency in January 2007. Investments, both local and foreign, have dwindled in the past eighteen months, partly due to the fact that the declaration of Emergency signalled to foreign investors that the country was going through an unstable political situation and partly because the fear of coming under the Anti-Corruption Commission's radar acted as a deterrent for potential investors within the country.

The regime formed the so-called Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC), aiming at restoration of business confidence, a concept that was seriously flawed. Although in some parts of the world, variations of a truth commission have been set up, primarily to "reveal the truth", after massive crimes spanning decades, where victims had no way of knowing about missing persons, how their relatives had disappeared or were killed; who gave the orders; how it was carried out, etc. In other words, the idea behind a `Truth Commission' was to bring out untold facts hidden from victims and societies so that there could be some form of "closure".  At the same time, perpetrators had the opportunity to show their remorse and repentance, and in most cases, victims were compensated.

The TAC, however, is a very different creature. It protects perpetrators of economic crimes by undertaking this `truth telling' process in camera, only before the 3 member Commission. The Commission would keep their identities guarded. In effect, victims of corruption and economic crimes would not know how a person used or abused his office or authorities, his means of accumulating money or even, who were accomplice in this crime. So the truth will be buried in the Truth Commission.

Moreover, there are serious questions about equal treatment under law, a constitutional right. It also violates rights under law to be tried by an independent and competent tribunal for crimes committed. A person before TAC and a person before ACC will be treated differently supposedly for the same crime of corruption. Also, by protecting the identity of the person before TAC, the TAC cannot ensure accountability and justice. Since the process is not public, it is not transparent and fails to meet the minimum standard of administration of justice.    

Because of TAC's non-transparent nature, Odhikar feels that TAC could be used by the Government to let off those loyal to it or those it needs for the implementation of its perceived political agenda while it prosecutes others through the legal channels.

The very idea of the Commission is discriminatory and runs contrary to the rule of law as those who have already been indicted for corruption in the past eighteen months will not be able to avail its services while those still under investigation for similar offences will. If the regime wishes to give clemency for admission of guilt and payment of money to the government, it should apply the same treatment to all and not discriminate against those who were investigated and indicted first by the Anti-Corruption Commission.

There are other serious legal and constitutional questions about the formation of TAC, whether indeed it followed the very laws on TAC while constituting it and the eligibility of its Chairman, a retired Supreme Court Judge, who, after retirement, cannot hold any office of profit. 

Odhikar therefore demands that rule of law should be established by abolishing the Truth and Accountability Commission so that those who allegedly have breached laws could all be treated equally and fairly.

4. Legislative authority of the Caretaker Government:

The High Court Division in its two recent verdicts has put the Caretaker government's legislative authority at unease. The Court observed that a caretaker government cannot promulgate any Ordinance making provisions not directly related to elections. The present regime has so far made 79 Ordinances including many controversial ones and still mulls over the promulgation some new ones.

The High Court Division, on 13 July 2008 first came up with the observation in its verdict on a writ petition challenging the legality of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Ordinance 2008. The court had also cancelled the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Ordinance, promulgated on 18 February 2008. The same High Court bench on July 24, after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition and a rule issued suo moto by the court asking the government to explain the constitutionality of the Contempt of Courts Ordinance, cancelled the Ordinance with similar observation.

These verdicts have labelled a number of Ordinances so far promulgated, as unconstitutional and without effect, except those related to elections. The High Court has also asked the government to explain the constitutionality of the Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Ordinance; the proclamation of the Emergency, declared on January 11, 2007; two Emergency Powers Orders suspending fundamental rights; Emergency Powers Ordinance and the Emergency Powers Rules; and the Attorney Services Ordinance.

This situation was created because the government over-stretched its reign in office and Odhikar therefore demands that power be handed over to an elected government without further delay. 

5. Government failed to protect its nationals:

Remittance is a key source of national income and it is the duty of the government to care for its migrant workers. Migrant workers rights are recognised under international laws but the government failed to discharge its duties in protecting the interests of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Kuwait. It failed to take up timely measures addressing deprivations and complaints made by the Bangladeshi workers about treatment received at the hands of Kuwaiti employers.

Some workers exercised their rights of association and collective bargaining and protested against mistreatment and inhumane work conditions, which was violently suppressed by Kuwaiti law enforcement agencies causing grievous injuries to some, while others were tortured and beaten up. This was immediately followed by the unceremonious deporting of hundreds of Bangladeshi workers 

Odhikar and UBINIG, a policy research and campaign organisation, protested the lack of proper action by the government to help the hundreds of Bangladeshi workers deported from Kuwait. The government showed reluctance to stand for the workers and thereby demonstrated its contempt for the low skilled workers as `disposable commodity'.

The government should immediately take up the issue of the Bangladeshi workers being tortured and deported back home with its Kuwaiti counterpart, and demand an explanation.

6. Unending torture:

Reports on serious and credible allegations of torture in custody by the law enforcers continued throughout the last 19 months of the Emergency despite criticisms and opposition from different quarters including political parties, rights groups and professional bodies. The people in general, political activists and leaders in particular, across the country were being tortured, either physically or mentally, by the `misrule' of the military-backed interim government. Torture at the hands of law enforcers goes rampant, as the government is yet to amend section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure despite a High Court order issued on April 17, 2003 to reform the law to stop torture in custody in the name of interrogation. Rather, the Emergency Powers Ordinance and the Emergency Powers Rules, enforced in January 2007, contain provisions restricting fundamental rights and human rights making room for the law enforcers to torture suspects.

A number of high-profile corruption suspects, mostly politicians, who were arrested by the army-led joint forces since the declaration of Emergency on January 11, 2007, alleged that they were tortured in custody. Some of them, including former minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, told the courts that they were tortured and even threatened with death in `crossfire' by the law enforcers grilling them in custody.

Tarique Rahman, senior joint secretary general of the BNP, was the first to make a formal allegation of torture against law enforcers. Soon afterwards, allegations of harassment and torture were also made by a Dhaka University teacher who had been detained following the campus protests in August 2007. Detained prime minister Khaleda Zia on June 24 said in a special court that torture in custody led to the worsening health conditions of her two detained sons — Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman. The BNP has demanded international investigation under the United Nations into the allegations of torture on Tarique and Arafat.

As a latest incident, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh leader Mufti Hannan on August 3, in a Dhaka court, stated inhuman torture on him in the custody in the name of interrogation. Filing a petition to retract his `confessional statement' in the August 21 grade attack case, Hannan told the court that he had been inhumanly tortured to sign a statement that was dictated and written by the law enforcers and not voluntarily given by him. According to him he was given electric shocks on his genital region, tongue, and many other parts of his body. Nails were ripped from his fingers and pins were pushed into his fingers and so on. Mufti Hannan's case was only one of many incidents of torture in custody.

At least 267 people were killed by the law enforcers including the army-led joint forces between January 11, 2007 and August 10, 2008. It is reported that allegations of torture and violations of human rights continued under the State of Emergency. Suspects were picked up by the law enforcement agencies; detained, and tortured while they were in custody or during remand in order to extract evidence to use against them or others.

Odhikar demands the immediate cessation of use of torture in custody, an international crime, and the independent investigation of all complaints of torture and that appropriate measures against perpetrators of torture and those in command are taken. Victims of torture must also be compensated.

7. Not cross-fires but killings:

Defying widespread public outrage and the principles of the rule of law, extrajudicial killings at the hands of law-enforcement agencies continue unabated. The number of repeated deaths by `crossfire' – the common term for encounter killings – since the Emergency was proclaimed on January 11, 2007, is 208. The total number of reported extrajudicial killings, including death by torture and custodial deaths, stands at a staggering 267 during the period. The greatest burden of culpability in extrajudicial killings continues to fall on the Rapid Action Battalion, police and the joint forces for `crossfire' deaths which they routinely claim happened when their detainee led them into an ambush in which they were fired upon.

In fact, it would appear that the law enforcers' (including the RAB and joint-forces) impunity now extends to the Home Adviser's office. On January 29 this year, the Home Adviser, MA Matin, reportedly flagged the issue of extrajudicial deaths in a meeting he chaired, instructing the highest officials within the police and the Rapid Action Battalion to ensure that `such incidents do not take place further'. Those instructions seem to have fallen on deaf ears. In this year, there have reportedly been 92 extrajudicial killings, defying an order by the highest executive authority in the Home Ministry. These figures are a damning indictment of a government that assumed power last year promising to restore `decency' and `accountability' to governance.

Odhikar's fact finding investigated a number of incidents of so-called `crossfire' incidents and revealed that the victims were not killed in encounters, but the killings were pre-planned and politically motivated.

8. Universal Periodic Review Report must state facts:

The Bangladesh Report under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the United National Human Rights Council, of which Bangladesh is a member, must reflect the true prevailing status of human rights situations, without distortion or half truths. Next year, the Bangladesh report will be discussed by the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Odhikar believes that the imposition and continuation of State of Emergency is the single most important incident of human rights violation. Emergency collectively deprives people of fundamental rights and the government that runs under Emergency has no moral authority to report on human rights.

Recommendations:

  1. Elections under Emergency are contradictory to the principle of democracy and human rights and alienate people to participate and consequently fail to create an enabling democratic environment. The experience of August 4 election demonstrates a failure to offer a flaw-less and orderly election. Odhikar would like to remind all stakeholders that the concern of the human rights defenders is not merely the formal performance of a managed event, but finding a democratic, popular, non-violent transition from the present unconstitutional state to an enabling environment to resolve political difference through participation, dialogue and positive and as such, the State of Emergency must be lifted forthwith to ensure fairness and legitimacy of the Parliamentary Election.
  2. The Truth and Accountability Commission should be scrapped as it negates rule of law.
  3. The government should stop promulgating further Ordinances, other than those related to election, in accordance with the High Court Division's verdict.
  4. The government must adequately compensate deported migrant works from Kuwait that it failed to protect and take the matter up in earnest with the government of Kuwait and the international community.
  5. Odhikar demands that all forms of torture, widely practiced with impunity, must immediately end. Incidents of torture must be investigated and victims compensated.
  6. The Universal Periodic Review Report must reflect the appalling human rights violations and denial of rights under the State of Emergency
Courtesy: medhadps
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Re: [notun_bangladesh] Re: FW: [ALOCHONA] Re: [chottala.com] Ph.D.

Dear Syed Aslam,
 
May peace be on you.
 
here the main thing is how much money Shekh Hasina spend to get those honourary Degree.
 
Do you really think Hasina is qualified as Nelson Mendala, Dr. Mahathir Mohammad and
Dr. Yunus.?
 
and what kind of wellfare hasina did to the society and the country of Bangladesh?
Can you mention some of her work which gave her the qualification for Ph. D?
 
ok let me list some here..
 
1. Lagatar Hortal
2. Using some special language(Like "Shudkhor")
3. Defining the government house as her pwn house(as a Banga Konna).
 
so please go on .. 
 
regards
Sabbir
Freelance Web Programmer 
 

Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Mr. Ayubi
 
On a point of order:
 
Besides many prizes and awards Nelson Mandela has received about 41 honorary doctorates from various Universities around the world.
 
Matahir Mohammad has also received a few honorary doctorates from
his native Malayasia & abroad.

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad received
Honorary Doctorate of Knowledge Science from Syiah Kuala University (Unsyiah) ,

By the way, please do not confuse between an earned  PhD and an honorary
doctorate.
 
Syed Aslam

 
On 8/9/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@yahoo.com> wrote:
If the PhD s are distributed free than why is it not conferred to other leader of the world. There had been some very cometent lesaders E.G Mr. Lee Kuan  Yew, Mahathir Mohammad, Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyreri, Ben Bella, Park Chung Hee only to metion a few. Can he explain as to why these leaders were not conferred with doctorates? Hasinas status is that of a pygmy in fronot of those leaders.
                 Ayubi

--- On Fri, 8/8/08, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com> wrote:
 
From: Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@gmail.com>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Re: FW: [ALOCHONA] Re: [chottala.com] Ph.D.
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com, "notun Bangladesh" <notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com>, "dahuk dahuk" <dahuk@yahoogroups.com>, dhakamails@yahoogroups.com, diagnose@yahoogroups.com, "Biplob Kuddus" <vinnomot@yahoogroups.com>, "wideminds" <WideMinds@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 3:53 PM

Friends

Is there is any sane person other than die hard supporter of Sheik Hasina who supports the statement as stated by one of her supporter :
Quote :

(16) I am absolutely not the member of any political parties, and certainly not, of Awwami League. But I am sure, Sheikh Hasina did not have to pay any money to earn all these honorary Ph. D. Degrees. She must have some qualities, political or otherwise, that became evident to these University administrations, and thus she were awarded these Ph. D. Degrees. IT SHOULD BE GREETED RATHER THAN DENOUNCE, BY ALL (FRIENDS & FOES).

from a child to adult who are concerned with Bangladesh knows that she spent million in Dollar to organize these degrees. Plus it reminds me a joke of the witty Dhakai Garwans on the Point
"She(Hasina) must have some qualities, political or otherwise"

Once a Garwan(Ghora Gari wala) was bargaining with a passenger just arrived from village. The Garwan asked for an exhorbitant fare and in reply the would be passenger told a price which made the Garwan immediately make remarks that " Oi Sab ashtey koien aponar kotha hunley Ghora bhi hasbo". Had that garwan was alive today and heard or read the red marked comments then probably he would have repeated the same comments as above.

Faruque Alamgir



On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Kajimel Raisuddin <Kraisuddin@hotmail. com> wrote:

This issue has really gone too far. Is there really any merits of all talks (good or bad) about someone's (Netri or whatever) honorary Ph. D. degree? How we are contributing in nation building being engaged in such low issues.
 
Folks, please take a minute and go through my list below:
 
(1) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) degrees are not all alike.
(2) In American and Canada, a graduate students have to pass graduate level courses (core & optional) worth 100 or more credits (again different for semester and quarter systems).
(3) To pass qualifying examinations.
(4) To do research and write a dissertation.
(5) A committee approves the Ph. D. degree upon fulfillment of all requirements. It takes usually 4 to 5 years to complete the degree.
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _______
(6) In England, Europe, Australia, and in many other countries, passing graduate level courses are not required.
(7) They just do research and write the dissertation or doctoral thesis.
(8) Ph. D. Degree is awarded upon acceptance of the the dissertation or doctoral thesis.
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _______
(9) These are some of the processes how Ph. D. Degree is awarded to the STUDENTS.
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _______
(10) However, many universities around the world, in almost all countries, the Ph. D. degree is awarded as honorarium too.
(11) These are not real degree, these are honorary degrees only.
(12) In all Universities, the professors have to have a Ph. D. Degree in order to teach higher level courses, and to be tenured in the tenure track positions, towards going to be the full professor.
(13) However, honorary Ph. D. degree holders are not considered in any Universities to do professorship, in the subject, to which Ph. D. degree is awarded.
(14) Honorary Ph. D. Degree can not be pursued, passed, asked for, or bought (as some people suspect).
(15) This is entirely on the evaluation of the University, based on some remarkable and observable merits of the candidate, on which he/she is honored by awarding a honorary Ph. D. degree.
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
(16) I am absolutely not the member of any political parties, and certainly not, of Awwami League. But I am sure, Sheikh Hasina did not have to pay any money to earn all these honorary Ph. D. Degrees. She must have some qualities, political or otherwise, that became evident to these University administrations, and thus she were awarded these Ph. D. Degrees. IT SHOULD BE GREETED RATHER THAN DENOUNCE, BY ALL (FRIENDS & FOES).
____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _
(17) I just don't understand, why we are crying so much, with some false reasoning. WE MUST HAVE BEEN BAFLED SOMEWAY.
(18) We had better be educated, before opening our mouths, and to cause sore of this immense measure.
 
Thanks for the patience.
 
Best Regards,
K. Raisuddin




 


To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
From: imaamc@gmail. com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:12:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: [chottala.com] Ph.D.


Her name should be included in Guinness World Records ( http://www.guinness worldrecords. com/ ).
Another thing: Govt. should form an Inquiry Committee about the public money misuse for Ph.D. degrees purchase.
 


 
On 8/1/08, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@ gmail.com> wrote:
In fact Hasina got(managed/ bought ????) in all 13 Ph.D's. The octogenarian sub assistant leader of BAL Zillur
Rahman
once said boasting in the Mohan(?) Shangshad that his netri is so busy in the welfare of the "Apamor Jonoshadharan" so she refused many many dozens of  offer of Ph.D to her . 

Bangladesh is the luckiest country to have had such  a erudite,prudent, knowlesgable, highly educated,dozens of Ph.D holders leader. The other countries must be jelous not to have such PM. As some of the PM's great great grand grandma or grandpa was Thief,begger(the Austrailian PM),or even one could not cross high school and was bus conductor (John Major,UK).

GOODS LUCK  BANGLADESH.

JUGEY JUGEY JENO EROKOM KANDARI POW TAHOLEY AR  1/11 ER OBHABH HOBEY NA !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!


Faruque Alamgir

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM, shahid <shahid@merimo. net> wrote:


Subject: Ph.D.

FYI:

"Many Universities are offering Ph. D. degree to me but I could not
avail
these because I have shortage of time" said by ex-Prime Minister of
Bangladesh and Bangakaonna Sheikh Hasina. During her 5 years reign, she
obtained nine Ph.
D. degrees from various universities of the world. In fact, by obtaining
nine Ph. D. degree, she set up an world record. It is believed that
there
is no such person in the world who could be able to obtain nine Ph. D.
degree in his life time. Sheikh Hasina, who is a graduate of Dhaka
University, didn't complete her Masters degree but now she became the
richest person in the world in context of having Ph. D.

Last two years, a team of the Government officials was assigned to
contact
various universities of the world for finding any scopes to obtain Ph.
D.
degree for Sheikh Hasina. Thanks to almighty, they were able to manage
following degrees for her:

1. Doctor of Science: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman Agricultural
University, Bangladesh.
2. Doctor of Laws: Boston University, USA.
3. Doctor of Laws: Waseda University, Japan.
4. Doctor of Liberal Arts: University of Albertay, Scotland.
5. Doctor of Literature (Deshikottom) : Bishwabharati, India.
6. Doctor of Laws: National University, Australia.
7. Doctor of Laws: Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
8. Doctor of Laws: Catholic University, Belgium.
9. Doctor of Human Letters: Bridgeport University, USA.

Sheikh Hasina somehow managed nine Ph. D. degrees without suitable
academic
background but she spent millions of poor people's money for traveling
various countries to collect her degrees. It is also rumored that she
spent
huge public money for purchasing most of the Ph. D. degree she obtained.
Wastage of poor people's money for obtaining useless degrees is not
acceptable. We demand proper investigation of such unethical activities of
the past Awami League Government.



 

 


 




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[chottala.com] Cambodian tribunal indicts Khmer Rouge jailer

Duch, pictured in court on 20 November 2007
Duch ran a Khmer Rouge prison where almost all inmates were killed
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Cambodian tribunal indicts Khmer Rouge jailer

By KER MUNTHIT Tue Aug 12, 7:11 AM ET

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's genocide tribunal formally indicted a former prison chief of the country's notorious Khmer Rouge on Tuesday, paving the way for a historic trial.

The U.N.-assisted tribunal said in a statement Tuesday that its investigating judges issued the indictment upon ending their investigation of Kaing Guek Eav — also known as Duch — whose Phnom Penh prison was used as a torture center.

Duch, charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes, is the first suspect to be indicted by the tribunal. He and four other former senior members of the Khmer Rouge, who held power in the late 1970s, were taken into custody last year.

The radical policies of the communist group are considered responsible for the deaths of some 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, overwork and execution. No senior member of the group has ever stood trial for the atrocities.

The tribunal's announcement marks another "important moment in the history of the court," said Peter Foster, a spokesman for the U.N.-assisted tribunal.

He said the indictment sets the stage for the first trial of the tribunal, which began its work in early 2006. No date has yet been set for a trial, but tribunal officials have previously said it was expected to begin in late September.

Duch, 66, headed S-21 prison, the Khmer Rouge's largest torture facility, which used to be a school and is now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. About 16,000 men, women and children are believed to have been held there. Only 14 are thought to have survived.

When Duch was detained by the tribunal in July last year, he was charged only with crimes against humanity, with the war crimes charge being added with the end of the investigation against him.

Duch will be tried by a panel of five judges — three Cambodian, one French and one New Zealander — according to a 2003 pact between Cambodia and the United Nations establishing the tribunal.

The other four suspects being held by the tribunal are former top lieutenants of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, who died in 1998. They are former head of state Khieu Samphan, former chief ideologist Nuon Chea, ex-Foreign Minister Ieng Sary, and his wife Ieng Thirith, who served as the Khmer Rouge social affairs minister.

They also face charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Cambodian politics and disagreements between the government and the U.N. delayed the establishment of the tribunal for years. Its work was further delayed by disagreements among judges over the procedural rules and controversies involving allegations of kickbacks among Cambodian staffers.

The tribunal, which is mostly funded by donations from foreign donors, is facing a budget crunch. The $56.3 million that was originally earmarked proved inadequate because the tribunal has had to recruit more staff and expand its work.

A revised budget estimated the cost of carrying out the tribunal's work through 2010 to be $143 million. The tribunal is $86.7 million short of that goal.

 


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[chottala.com] Re: [khabor.com] How Bangladesh exposed to Merina(daughter of Dr Mohathir by a vested quarter ?


 Well sensed people never says weak points of their family to other people.  Only insane and people  disrespectul  to the family can make comments against family  to outsider.
 
 
I can guess , the barrister is , Tania Amir, some people say, she is an agent of Musad, Daughter of  Amirul.
 
 
 It reveals that  She can not think all people in Bangladesh as his countrymen. It also reveals his family culture and level of  education .
 
 
 Mrina will just feel pity for her , seeing her narrowness, senselessness.
 
  I 
আল্লাহ যাকে যখন ইচ্ছা ক্ষমতা দান করেন,মাইনাস টু ফরমুলায় তাই হাসেন
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From: Md. Aminul Islam <aminul_islam_raj@yahoo.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] How Bangladesh exposed to Merina(daughter of Dr Mohathir by a vested quarter ?
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com, sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, WideMinds@yahoogroups.com, notun_bangladesh@yahoogroups.com, banglarnari@yahoogroups.com, dahuk@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, chottala@yahoogroups.com, vinnomot@yahoogroups.com, notunbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, faruquealamgir@yahoo.com, ayubi_s786@yahoo.com, javediqbalkaleem@yahoo.com, dreamer_hillol@yahoo.com, chena_kew@yahoo.com, bdmailer@gmail.com, diagnose@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 11:52 PM

Dear all,
Marina,daughter of Dr Mohathir is visiting Bangladesh.The pro Indians in Bangladesh is trying to give her a bad idea about our country. They 'inform' her that there has been a big triump of  fundamentalists Bangladesh and National mosque Baitul Mukarram is a hub of  millitants.. .... in front of journalists.

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[chottala.com] Suggestions for Improving Transport in Dhaka

Suggestions for Improving Transport in Dhaka
1. Maintain the use of rickshaws by
a) Canceling all planned bans on rickshaws from different roads;
b) Creating rickshaw-only lanes on major streets (including those that currently ban rickshaws), and
c) Considering a gradual shift to improved rickshaws that are easier to maneuver and more comfortable for passengers. If the rickshaw licensing system is to be maintained, set a higher level for the number of rickshaws, and base it on research into which all citizens can have input.
2. Cancel all plans for future flyovers, and use transportation budgets to improve public transit and conditions for NMT.
3. Make cars less affordable and available through reducing import of cars, raising registration fees and taxes, and restricting licenses.
4. Ban cars from small streets and lanes and from congested areas, and greatly reduce parking. Enforce a ban on parking on footpaths and on major streets.
5. Make cycling more safe and attractive by providing separate bicycle lanes on all major roads (creating a continuous cycle lane throughout the city) and by giving bicycles priority at traffic signals so they aren't in danger by motorized vehicles.
6. Make cycling more affordable by greatly reducing the tariff on imported bicycles.
7. Create more places to park bicycles.
8. Increase bus use by creating special lanes for buses on major streets, banning all motorized vehicles except buses and emergency vehicles in congested areas, and considering other benefits to buses.
9. Ensure conducive environment for walking by a) creating pedestrian-only zones in the central shopping and business districts, b) reducing motorized transport (Pedestrians will naturally walk farther when the streets are quieter), c) cleaning up footpaths from construction debris and car parking (vendors actually attract Pedestrians, and should be allowed to stay, though not to block entire footpaths), and d) making footpaths more comfortable by planting more trees along them.
10. Carry out public education campaigns through the mass media and other means (e.g. through leaflets given to school children) to encourage parents to walk or cycle rather than drive their children to school, and to consider more environmentally-friendly and social means of transport, e.g. public transit and walking/cycling rather than cars/auto-rickshaws.
11. Support community programs to convert underutilized streets into children's playgrounds for a couple hours each day, thereby making better use of roads in quieter neighborhoods, and allowing children play space, as is currently happening in various areas as a citizen initiative.
Source: Improving Dhaka's Traffic Situation: Lessons from Mirpur Road


Syed Siful Alam Shovan
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[chottala.com] Moti -Mahfuz must be "minus"ed

 
 
 Moti and mahfuz have brought the  kelus CTG to power  .. They claimed it boastfully.
 
 But the kelus CTG has frusted every one
 
 read the link:
 
and
 
 
 So these conspirator editor must be minused from Bangladesh.

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Re: [chottala.com] Who did the comparison ? [PhD/ Honorary Doctorate issue]


Quality less educated leaders  have now made Bangladesh  a quality less labours exporting country in the world.
Quality less leaders in Bangladesh are creating all kind of troubles for the common people.. For saving the common people in Bangldesh it needs now strong minded quality leaders who can form BAKSAL administration to rule the country for building the quality nation by controlling all nonsense talking & nonsense activities.
For getting quality work people nation needs to introduce nation wide a system for providing quality education to all.
--- On Tue, 12/8/08, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] Who did the comparison ? [PhD/ Honorary Doctorate issue]
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 12 August, 2008, 6:26 AM

wrt:
 
Mr. Faruque Alamgir
 
Your parochial  rhetoric and slogan mongering has  not proven anything beyond
focusing your own die-hard anti-BAList position and may have given some complacences
to your fellow Mutual Admiration Club [MAC] members ....
 
Where did you see any comparison in my post?
 
I had very clearly said that, it was on a point of order.....
Hope, you understand that ?
 
My post nullifies abrupt statement by Mr. Salauddin Ayubi who said
" ...... these leaders were not conferred with doctorates? ".
 
[He is the one who has brought Nelson Mandela, Mohathir Mohammed
et. el. out of context and thereby perpetuated a hidden comparison through
his oblique allusion]
 
You have every right to stand by your cohort but distorting my
point to support your friend is totally unwarranted.
 
Tell your copy-cat friend to do some homeworks and have a little reality
check before trying to fodge his position through his stray comments.
 
Thanks for expressing your reactions, anyway.
 
BTW, understanding the contemporary history is a difficult matter, it is
not just one of your holiday rhetorics or sloganeering  .....!
 
Syed Aslam
 
 
Re: [notun_bangladesh] Re: FW: [ALOCHONA] Re: [chottala.com] Ph.D.

Friends

Comparing erudite,prudent, patriot, dignified and successful statesman
like Mohathir Mohammed & Nelson Mendela with
rough,indecent, incapable, rude,corrupt Hasina is nothing but tantamount
to insult the mentioned world leaders.

That reminds the popular saying " Kothai Agartola kothai
chowkirtola".People should stop being blind to the effect to lose ones
own entity.

Faruque Alamgir

On 8/11/08, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@ ...> wrote:
wrt: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/notun_ bangladesh/ message/15969

Mr. Ayubi
 
 *On a point of order:*

*Besides many prizes and awards Nelson Mandela has received about 41
 honorary doctorates from various Universities around the world.*
 **
 *Matahir Mohammad has also received a few honorary doctorates from *
 *his native Malayasia & **abroad.*


 *Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad received*
 Honorary Doctorate of Knowledge Science from Syiah Kuala University
 (Unsyiah) ,

 *By the way, please do not confuse between an earned PhD and an honorary *
 *doctorate.*

 Syed Aslam


On 8/9/08, Salahuddin Ayubi <s_ayubi786@. ..> wrote:

If the *PhD s are distributed free* than why is it not conferred to
other leader of the world. There had been some very cometent lesaders E.G
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, *Mahathir Mohammad*, *Nelson Mandela,* Julius Nyreri,
Ben Bella, Park Chung Hee only to metion a few. Can he explain as to why
these leaders were not conferred with doctorates?
Hasinas status is that
of a pygmy in fronot of those leaders.
Ayubi
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From: Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@ ...>
Subject: [notun_bangladesh] Re: FW: [ALOCHONA] Re: [chottala.com] Ph.D.
To: chottala@yahoogroup s.com, "notun Bangladesh" <
notun_bangladesh@ yahoogroups. com>, "dahuk dahuk" <dahuk@yahoogroups. com>,
  dhakamails@yahoogro ups.com, diagnose@yahoogroup s.com, "Biplob Kuddus" <
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Cc: "bd_nokia_club YG" <bd_nokia_club@ yahoogroups. com>, "
buetian_WDC@ yahoogroups. com" <buetian_wdc@ yahoogroups. com>
Date: Friday, August 8, 2008, 3:53 PM
Friends

Is there is any sane person other than die hard supporter of Sheik Hasina
who supports the statement as stated by one of her supporter :
Quote :

(16) I am absolutely not the member of any political parties, and
certainly not, of Awwami League. But I am sure,* Sheikh Hasina did not have to pay
any money to earn all these honorary Ph. D.* Degrees. *She must have some
qualities, political or otherwise, that became evident to these University
administrations, and thus she were awarded these Ph. D. Degrees.* IT
SHOULD BE GREETED RATHER THAN DENOUNCE, BY ALL (FRIENDS & FOES).

from a child to adult who are concerned with Bangladesh knows that she
spent million in Dollar to organize these degrees. Plus it reminds me a
joke of the witty Dhakai Garwans on the Point *"She(Hasina) must have some
qualities, political or otherwise"*
 
Once a Garwan(Ghora Gari wala) was bargaining with a passenger just
arrived from village. The Garwan asked for an exhorbitant fare and in reply the
would be passenger told a price which made the Garwan immediately make
remarks that *" Oi Sab ashtey koien aponar kotha hunley Ghora bhi
hasbo".*Had that garwan was alive today and heard or read the red marked
comments then probably he would have repeated the same comments as above.

Faruque Alamgir

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