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OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
12 February 2025
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Summary
At the invitation of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, OHCHR conducted an independent fact-finding inquiry into alleged human rights violations and abuses that occurred between 1 July and 15 August 2024, in the context of the widespread protests roiling the country, and in (…)

This is the draft of a guest lecture by Jairus Banaji for UCL

The Editors Guild of India is deeply shocked by the recent blocking of the Tamil magazine web portal Vikatan.Com, without any prior due process, by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) over the publication of a cartoon depicting the prime minister.

This is a recorded discussion with Jairus Banaji, a Marxist historian known for his work on merchant capitalism and agrarian history. His book "Theory as History" is a key contribution to historical materialism. In this discussion we have covered topics ranging from the labour movement, its history, India

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