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BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu, among others, at a discussion organised by Jatiyatabadi Desh Banchao, Manush Banchao Andolon at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday demanding release of BNP Vice-Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu.

4 Aug 2017, 12:00 am0

Egypt’s long road to recovery

Rayhan Ahmed Topader :President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government maintained its zero-tolerance policy towards dissent, introducing repressive legislation, notably a nongovernmental organization (NGO) law that may end independent associations, reinstating a state of emergency and continuing near-absolute impunity for abuses by security forces under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Security forces rounded up hundreds of dissidents, mainly targeting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The Ministry of Interior’s National Security Agency arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and tortured people. There were numerous incidents of what...

13 Dec 2018, 12:00 am