Global Bangladeshis Alliance for Human Rights (GBAHR)
GBAHR has recently added a feature to its website through which UK residents can request their respective MPs to ensure that the UK government does not grant political asylum to perpetrators involved in the massacres that took place during the Bangladeshi student movement in July 2024. The feature lets anyone find their MP and write …
On August 21st 2024, GBAHR in association with Weekly Surma organised a press conference on Student Movement & aftermaths at the National Press Club in Dhaka. The press conference was intended to express views on the recent student revolution and its aftermaths, and to declare the issues of Bangladeshi diaspora. GBAHR’s convener and weekly Surma …
Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina from the post of Prime Minister and her departure from the country in the face of the student movement, the UK-based Global Bangladeshi Alliance for Human Rights (GBAHR) organized a press conference with 5-point demands in the post-revolution situation. The press conference was held at the GBAHR office in …
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Press Note: The Dawn of a New Bangladesh Under Interim Leadership Date: August 12, 2024 Issued by: Global Bangladeshis’ Alliance for Human Rights (GBAHR), London. The Rebirth of Bangladesh: A New Era of Hope and Justice Bangladesh is experiencing a historic transformation, following a mass upheaval and student-led protests that have reshaped the nation’s political …
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On 29 July 2024, Ms Rupa Huq MP hosted a symposium at the Palace of Westminster to discuss about the recent student movement in Bangladesh and the crime against humanities committed by the current regime. The symposium was held at the initiative of Global Bangladeshis’ Alliance on Human Rights (GBAHR). Speakers included Mr A K …
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GBAHR’s Statement Condemning Violence by Law Enforcement Agencies and Ruling Party Student Thugs Against Student Protests in Bangladesh Against the backdrop of the galloping cost of living, widening inequality, and worsening opportunities, university students in Bangladesh have been waging a peaceful movement demanding reform of quotas for public sector employment. Instead of addressing the students’ …
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GBAHR’s protest rally yesterday (20th August, 2024) was spontaneously attended by a significant number of expatriate Bangladeshis at Altab Ali Park in London. They protested and raised their own voices. In the rally, GBAHR convener and editor of weekly Surma newspaper Shamsul Alam Liton said, Awami League has become a public enemy now. The massacre …
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On Tuesday 15th July 2024, Abu Sayeed, 25, a coordinator of the ongoing quota reform movement at Begum Rokeya University (BRUR), was shot to death by the Bangladesh police when police fired rubber bullets at him from a very close range. On that noon, the students participating in the quota movement at BRUR marched from …
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The Global Bangladeshi Alliance for Human Rights (GBAHR) organized a symposium titled “15th Anniversary of BDR Massacre: Context of Security and Democracy in South Asia” at the Whitechapel Centre in East London, UK on Sunday (February 25). Eminent educationist Hasanat M Hossain MBE was present as the chief guest in the meeting chaired by GBAHR …
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A Dhaka court has sentenced Adilur Rahman Khan, the secretary of the human rights organization Odhikar, to two years in prison. He was convicted of disseminating false information regarding an operation against Hefazat-e-Islam members at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka a decade ago. ASM Nasiruddin, the director of Odhikar, also received a two-year prison sentence in …