Mass Arrests in Bangladesh Yield Scores of Militants, the Police Say Julfikar Ali Manik and Ellen Barry, The New York Times  21 June 2016  Image: Activists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, held portraits on Wednesday of people who were among those killed in recent years in attacks claimed by Islamist militants. CreditAssociated Press  DHAKA, Bangladesh — The Bangladeshi police on Friday ended a week of mass arrests in response to the three-year campaign

Militant Islamists Are Suspected in Slaying of Hindu Priest in Bangladesh JULFIKAR ALI MANIK and NIDA NAJAR, The New York Times JUNE 7 2016 Image: The Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly and his wife, Shefali Ganguly, in an undated photograph taken at their house in Jhenidah, Bangladesh. Credit European Pressphoto Agency DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Tuesday morning in southwestern Bangladesh in what the police

Bangladesh Says It Now Knows Who’s Killing the Bloggers Geeta Anand and Julfikar Ali Manik, The Washington Post   June 8, 2016 Image: Worshipers in March at the Hatembagh Jame Masjid in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the spiritual leader of Ansar al-Islam used to lead prayers. CreditAllison Joyce/Getty Images DHAKA, Bangladesh — The young man, inching past a crowded checkpoint near a truck stand in Bangladesh’s capital, caught the attention of

Hindu Priest Is Killed in Bangladesh, and Militant Islamists Are Suspected Julfikar Ali Manik and Nida Najar 7 June 2016 Image: The Hindu priest Anando Gopal Ganguly and his wife, Shefali Ganguly, at their house in Jhenidah, Bangladesh. Credit European Press photo Agency DHAKA, Bangladesh — A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Tuesday morning in southwestern Bangladesh, in what the police suspected was the latest in a series of killings by Islamist

One by One, Bangladesh's Activists Are Being Hacked to Death Siobhan O'Grady, Foreign Policy 25 April 2016     Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images   In 2014, Bangladeshi writer and editor Xulhaz Mannan helped organize dozens of people to  march in the “Rainbow Rally,” a  parade on the Bengali New Year designed to spread acceptance of gay rights in the conservative, Muslim country. This year, police banned him from organizing the rally,

Thailand: Human Trafficking Case Obstructed, Chief Investigator in Hiding Thailand Should Reopen Inquiry into Human Trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshis Fortify Rights 9 December 2015   (Washington, D.C., December 9, 2015)—The chief investigator and key witness in a high-profile, mass criminal trial of alleged human traffickers in Thailand has left the country following threats against his life, Fortify Rights said today. High-ranking

ISIS Claims It Struck Police in Bangladesh By Nida  Najar and Julifikar Ali Manikov, New York Times 5 November 2015   NEW DELHI — The Islamic State, in statements attributed to it, claimed responsibility for an attack near the Bangladeshi capital that left one police officer dead and another wounded, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist activity online. The attack took place Wednesday morning at a checkpoint

The Next Genocide Timothy Snyder, New York Times 12 September,  2015    Image: In Sudan, drought led to conflict and the displacement of many civilians. Credit Lynsey Addario for The New York Times New Haven — BEFORE he fired the shot, the Einsatzgruppe commander lifted the Jewish child in the air and said, “You must die so that we can live.” As the killing proceeded, other Germans rationalized the murder of Jewish children in the same way:

The South Asia Daily: News brief from the South Asia Channel Foreign Policy 08 June 2015   India and Bangladesh Sign Agreement to Swap Border Enclves; Taliban Overrun District in Northeastern Afghanistan; 19 Militants, 7 Pakistani Military Members Killed in Clash   India Bonus: "Bangladesh and India finally give people a nation," Syed Tashfeen Chowdhury (Al-Jazeera) India and Bangladesh sign agreement to swap border enclaves India and Bangladesh

Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader for 1971 war crimes Serajul Quadir, Reuters 12 April 2015   (Reuters) - Bangladesh hanged Islamist opposition leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman on Saturday for war crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, a move met with an angry reaction from his supporters who called for a protest strike. Kamaruzzaman, 63, of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail after the Supreme