Dr Seema Shekhawat
Dr Seema Shekhawat is a Florida based social scientist with specialisation on gender in South Asia. She is the author of Gender, Conflict and Peace in Kashmir (Cambridge University Press) and editor of Female Combatants in Conflict and Peace (Palgrave Macmillan). She is currently working on a book on sexual violence.
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Bangladesh: a New Venue For Totalitarianism (article by Paulo Casaca)
This paper has been written as a basis for a series of interventions on the political and human rights situation in Bangladesh, starting with the virtual conference organised by 71@heart in London on 17 January 2026.
https://paulocasaca.substack.com/p/bangladesh-a-new-venue-for-totalitarianism
Summary
On 12 February, one and a half years after the insurrectional takeover of the...
SADF Condemns Bangladesh’s Descent into Mob Rule; Denounces “Operation Devil Hunt 2”
PRESS NOTE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brussels, Belgium – December 20, 2025
SADF Condemns Bangladesh’s Descent into Mob Rule; Denounces “Operation Devil Hunt 2” and State-Sanctioned Dehumanization of Political Opposition
The South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) expresses its profound outrage over the catastrophic collapse of the rule of law in Bangladesh during the night...
Urgent Appeal Regarding the Arrest of Journalist Anis Alamgir and Escalating Threats to Press...
17.12.2025
Ms. Irene Khan
UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations.
Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding the Arrest of Journalist Anis Alamgir and Escalating Threats to Press Freedom in Bangladesh
Dear Ms. Khan,
On behalf of the...