Bangladeshi authorities and the wider citizenry must deliver on the promise of a country that functions on the principles of egalitarianism and justice.
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Denmark gave Murshida Aktar refuge. It now has a responsibility not to send her back into danger.
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Bangladesh’s newly elected government has a moral and legal responsibility to bring justice for Avijit Roy and the many others killed, exiled, and silenced at the hands of Islamist extremists who acted with impunity under the Awami League.
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Substandard Subpar Submerge Subtract Substitute Subordinate Subaltern Submarine Subterfuge Subversive Everything seems upside down these days – inverted, degraded, less-than. A decrease in moral standards and values. Compassion is weakness, and etiquette belongs to a bygone era. Standards are diluted to feed the ever-growing hunger of capitalism. What we thought were shared human values are
Private university students played a unique role: with nothing to gain, they joined the July 2024 uprising in solidarity and helped topple the authoritarian regime.
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Afghans have constituted one of the world’s largest and most protracted displaced populations, with many unable to imagine “home.”
In this Shuddhashar Free-thought podcast, we share Flash Interviews with two award-winning writers: Camelia Dewan and Taran Khan, both contributors to our magazine. They speak to Ella Harris Perin, Shuddhashar FreeVoice’s Oslo Scholars Intern. Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist and Associate Senior Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University. Her article, “Climate Refugees or
In this Shuddhashar Free-thought podcast, we share Flash Interviews with two esteemed scholars: Anthony Kwame Harrison and Andrew Fiala, both regular contributors to our magazine. They speak to Ella Harris Perin, Shuddhashar FreeVoice’s Oslo Scholars Intern. Anthony Kwame Harrison is a writer, teacher, skier, and Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. His articleThe Inconvenience of
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In this Shuddhashar Free-thought podcast, we share Flash Interviews with three esteemed writers. Kaniqua Robinson, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Furman University, wrote ‘Except as a Punishment for Crime’: Black Labor and the US Criminal Justice System for issue 39, Labour. Karthick Ram Manoharan, faculty at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, most recently
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Youth activists from Afghanistan and Cambodia join Shuddhashar FreeVoice and Oslo Scholars to discuss diaspora activism, student movements, and the power—and pitfalls—of social media in defending education, democracy, and freedom of expression. In this webinar, “Connected Struggles: Social Media and Youth Movements from Afghanistan to Cambodia,” youth activists Samady Ou and Friba Rezayee and our
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A year ago this month, Bangladesh witnessed its largest student protest movement in history. After the government responded with violent suppression that left hundreds dead and countless more wounded, the protests surged into a mass anti-government, pro-democracy campaign. Students and ordinary citizens from different sectors in society stood together against a repressive regime, and on
