Human Rights

Pakistan urged to end faith based killings

Legalbrief Today — Three independent UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to adopt urgent legislation to put an end to faith-based killings and protect the country’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is currently outlawed, the Jurist states. The call follows a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan targeting Ahmadiyya Muslims, which have […]

Who speaks for the voiceless?

By Leonard Pitts Jr., who is a columnist for the Miami Herald Who speaks for Ghanson Debrosse? Before he was born, many people did. Anti-abortion groups did. Churches did. Protesters did. And lawmakers did. Florida, for instance, requires that a woman undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion, and the provider […]

Two cheers for human rights

Continue reading the main story in BBC Should the English have a say on Scottish independence? (Roger Scruton) Why I don’t tweet (Adam Gopnik) Good sport, bad sport (AG) The driverless car (AG) Human rights are important, but they will never be a solution to ending conflict, writes John Gray. […]

আহমদীদের রাষ্ট্রীয় ভাবে অমুসলিম ঘোষণা ও এর পরিণাম-বাস্তবতার নিরীখে : Declaring Ahmadis Non-Muslim by State and Its Consequences – A Reality Study (in Bengali)

Source: Ahoban.org Speech by Ahmad Tabshir Chowdhury during Jalsa Salana Bangladesh, Feb 9, 2014 আহমদীদের রাষ্ট্রীয় ভাবে অমুসলিম ঘোষণা ও এর পরিণামঃ বাস্তবতার নিরীখে আমার বক্তব্য বিষয় “আহমদীদের রাষ্ট্রীয় ভাবে অমুসলিম ঘোষণা ও এর পরিণামঃ বাস্তবতার নিরীখে”। যদিও কোন সরকার বা সংসদ কোন মানুষের ধর্ম নির্ধারণ করার এখতিয়ার রাখেনা, বিশেষতঃ […]

BANGLADESH I am sorry

Courtesy: http://www.thedailystar.net Faheem Younus I was born in Pakistan, a few months before the war which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh on December 16, 1971. And it was only after I moved to the US that I recognised the magnitude of human rights abuses the Pakistani army committed against their […]