BD Alert July 17 2012

If you care for the third largest Muslim country in the world, Bangladesh and want to help Muslims there, you can do so by sparing 10 minutes today! Tomorrow might be too late.

Finally the bi-partisan Congressional Human Rights Commission will be holding a hearing tomorrow on the worsening human rights in Bangladesh. They are talking about all appropriate issues except the human rights of the Islamic opposition leaders who are subject to unfair trials...

This is an urgent call for intervention for the protection of Human Rights defenders in Bangladesh.

Human Rights Watch issued a report about torture in Bangladesh reporting 47 people killed in the custody of Bangaldesh government. Now Bangladesh government is retaliating by arresting Human Rights activists in Bangladesh.

The Asian Human Rights Commission has issued an alert which says that these people will be charged with treason, sedition and other criminal charges.

Reporting on hum...