Crime and punishment is not the sole issue here. At stake is Bangladesh’s tradition of cultural diversity, religious tolerance and secular governance. At risk is the future of a moderate Muslim nation battered by a destructive international political cyclone that it alone cannot control.
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Bangladesh: Unless the Hasina government acts, murderous religious fantatics will destroy the moderate Muslim nation | Editorial in The Observer
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During the Spanish Civil War Indians in Solidarity
12 June 2016Political humanitarianism in the 1930s: Indian aid for Republican Spain by Maria Framke in: European Review of History: Revue européenne
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India: My Visit to Bisahra (Dadri)
by , 9 June 2016I never expected villagers to remain insensitive to the agony of lynching of a simple man even after 8 months. Fanatic organizations have got an immense weapon in the issue of cow to humiliate, discriminate and, kill people. It is not a failure of Congress or liberal political parties alone. It is a failure of civil society.
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CNDP Statement: Nuclear deal with the US would mean destruction for people and environment in India (9 June 2016)
by , 9 June 2016The joint declaration issued by India and the United States during the Prime Minister’s visit is shocking as it effectively celebrates the undermining of India’s sovereign Nuclear Liability Act, passed by the parliament in 2010 to ensure justice to the victims in case of an accident.
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Pakistan: Remembering the 1972 workers’ movement in Karachi
8 June 2016Rich tributes were paid to the martyred workers of the labour movement of the early 1970s as the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) observed its anniversary by organising a seminar at PMA House
