In recent years, the media has covered a number of incidents of intimate partner or domestic violence, which is a common occurrence in Bangladesh.
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The Enemy At Home
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India: Eminent writer, feminist activist, Maitreyi Chatterjee passes away
18 January 2012Her passing leaves a void in the women’s movement and her voice against State Oppression will be sorely missed.
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Blocking Rushdie shameful (Editorial in Deccan Chronicle)
18 January 2012By objecting to Salman Rushdie’s participation in the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Darul Uloom of Deoband has not covered itself in glory. That the country’s premier body of Islamic learning has seen it fit to get involved in petty sectarian matters is shameful and shocking.
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India: PMANE Condemns the Dinamalam Viewspaper for Anti-Christian Innuendos, Lies and Propaganda
by , 17 January 2012The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) condemns the Dinamalam viewspaper for printing baseless, tasteless and crooked views as news reports. This yellow daily has no p
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Bangladesh: Statement by Rights activists against arrest for owning a book by Taslima Nasreen
17 January 2012We, the undersigned strongly protest the arrest of Mr. Yunus Ali, the Head Teacher of KC Technical and Business Management College of Pirojpur, on 4 January, 2012. Mr. Ali was arrested or having allegedly kept a copy of writer Taslima Nasreen’s novel "Lajja" ("Shame") in the college library. This arrest is a clear breach of the right to freedom of speech and shows the presence of a broad range of communal and generally reactionary forces in our society.
