Author: Priya Saha

By S. Binodkumar Singh* On February 2, 2022, an Army soldier and three members of the Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma aka Santu Larma faction of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS-Santu Larma) were killed during an exchange of fire in Ruma Upazila (sub district) of Bandarban District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The Army team recovered one sub machine gun, 254 bullets, three guns, four uniforms and BDT 52,900. On January 3, 2022, a member of PCJSS-Santu Larma was shot dead by gunmen, while visiting his father-in-law’s house in the Lama Upazila of Bandarban District. The deceased was identified as Monkyaching Marma (35). On December…

Pakistan’s leading rights body joined other rights groups in condemning the desecration of 45 gravestones of Ahmadiyya people, allegedly by policemen, calling it a worrying trend that is targeting the minority Islamic sect.The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said it was “appalled to learn” that some police officers allegedly desecrated the graves in Hafizabad district of Punjab province on Feb. 4 and 5.   The desecration followed “complaints from a local resident who objected to the community’s use of holy verses on its tombstones,” the rights commission said in a Feb.7 tweet. “Worryingly, such acts are becoming almost routine, leaving members of the…

Source: www.hra-news.org Translation by Iran Press Watch HRANA News Agency – During the announcement of the results of the candidates applying to a program that needed no nationwide examination requirement at the University of Applied Sciences, Kasra Shoaei, a Baha’i citizen living in Zahedan, was confronted with the message “The results will be announced after the general eligibility status is determined”. According to the HRANA news agency, the news arm of the Human Rights Activists in Iran, the bachelor’s degree exam results of Kasra Shoaei, a Baha’i citizen living in Zahedan, has not been announced on the website of the Comprehensive…

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluate the attitudes of diverse ethnic groups in the United Kingdom towards the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study: The public views of and reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic in England- a qualitative study with diverse ethnicities. Image Credit: Ripio / Shutterstock.com Background The COVID-19-associated mortality rate in the U.K. was relatively higher than in most countries worldwide. According to the Public Health England (PHE) COVID-19 disparities report 2020, the COVID-19-related death rate was high in people aged 80 years or older, residents of deprived areas, and several minority…

Bangladesh has always been a shining example of religious unity and peace. “Secularism” is not only a phrase engraved in Bangladesh’s Constitution as one of the four essential principles of the state, but it is also a force that moulds Bangladeshi people’s social sustenance.However, there has been an increase in the number of tremors in this tranquillity, in the name of terrorism and religious fanaticism. Although Islamist groups were always active in politics, Islamist factions first arose in 1989 in Bangladesh and ran wild in the years that followed, with the sole goal of establishing a Caliphate in the area.…

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sought has asked the parliamentary committee for more time to frame the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), on the grounds that consultation process is on.The Hindu reported earlier that MHA had sought another extension on January 9 from the parliamentary committees on subordinate legislation in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha to frame the rules of the CAA.Besides the consultation process, MHA said that the construction of the rules had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Without the rules being framed, the Act cannot be implemented.A senior government official said that…

Truck and bus maker Ashok Leyland said that it is supplying 200 trucks to the Government of Bangladesh. “These trucks will be a part of a project from India under a $2 billion line of credit announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” according to a statement. Ashok Leyland had won the tender floated by the Bangladesh government for 135 numbers fully-built trucks comprising 3T truck, hydraulic beam lifter and sewerage sucker which have already been handed over from India to the Roads and Highways Department of Bangladesh in the current fiscal. New contract Now they have been awarded another lot of…

Uyghur cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang called it “a huge honor” to light the cauldron for the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony hosted in Beijing on Friday, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. “That moment will encourage me every day for the rest of my life,” the 20-year-old ethnic minority woman from the far-western Xinjiang region told Xinhua on Sunday, with the report making no mention of foreign accusations that the Chinese government is engaged in human rights abuses in her home region. File photo shows Dinigeer Yilamujiang (L) and Zhao Jiawen, the final runners of the torch relay, during…

A recent presidential call to action on cancer screening is drawing praise from the radiology community. The White House announced its relaunch of Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative on Feb. 2, hoping to cut deaths from the disease by 50% over the next 25 years. Imaging will be a key component of the revived effort, with more than 9.5 million missed cancer screenings in the U.S. resulting from the pandemic, the White House said Wednesday. Federal officials hope to catch up by offering new access points and utilizing at-home and mobile cancer screening options, according to a fact sheet. Coinciding…

The murder of a Protestant pastor and continuing attacks on religious minorities in Pakistan has increased Christian insecurity in the Muslim-majority nation, community leaders said at a protest gathering.They were speaking at a peaceful protest staged by a Christian-led rights organization along with several human rights and minority rights groups at the Karachi Press Club on Feb. 6 against the Jan. 30 killing of Christian Pastor Rev. William Siraj, in PeshawarThe Muttahida Masihi Council Pakistan, and other groups also called for an end to what they said were unabated attacks on people belonging to religious minorities. “The feeling of insecurity within…

George H. Stanton, the founding president of Genocide Watch, made an announcement on Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of the Pakistani military’s atrocities against Bangladesh – genocide. Highlighting the 23-year history of exploitation and deprivation of Pakistanis by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the liberation struggle of the people of Bangladesh, the statement said, Genocide Watch acknowledges that the Pakistani army committed crimes against Bengalis during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. Among them were Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes’. Genocide Watch has called on the UN General Assembly to pass a resolution recognising these…

While a large number of Sunni Muslim nations are sympathetic to Iranian mullah regime and Palestinian mega-terror outfit Hamas, which also comprises Sunnis are openly proclaiming itself as proxy of Iran, Sunnis is Iran are likely to face increased intimidation under the cruel regime of mass-murderer Ebrahim Raisi. It may be mentioned here that, Raisi, who came to power through a fake election in August 2021 has filled his Cabinet with members of the institutions that are key in cracking down on the Sunnis, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Ministry of Intelligence. Last year, Iranian mullah…