Event
Webinar on “Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh”
Monday 21 March, 2022 at 10.00 A.M. Key note Speaker Dr. Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor, Illinois State University, USA and a member of the advisory board…
Research report
Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh
Analysis
Webinar on “Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh”
Enforced Disappearance has become widespread in Bangladesh over the last decade. There were instances where involvement of state agency was found to be the cause of…
Republished
Can the Unity and Sanctions Against Russia Last?
The world has banded together to defend Ukraine. But will we keep the pressure on Putin—and live with higher gas prices—once the shock of the invasion…
Republished
It’s Time to Expand the G-20
The United States should help the body finally live up to its promise. A war in a former Soviet republic, the ruble crashing, and the bottom…
Republished
War-Fueled Surge in Food Prices to Hit Poorer Nations Hardest
Global food prices are poised to keep climbing even after jumping to a record in February, placing the heaviest burden on vulnerable populations while adding to…
Analysis
Another COVID Wave Is Looming
About three weeks ago, COVID case rates in the United Kingdom made an abrupt about-face, spurred on by a more transmissible Omicron subvariant called BA.2. (So…
Analysis
An Insurgency Restructured
ACTS of terrorism by Baloch insurgent groups have increased. A new wave of high-impact terrorist attacks in Balochistan started on Jan 26 with the Balochistan Liberation…
Analysis
Will Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy survive the war in Ukraine?
As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia, Indo-Pacific countries are increasingly concerned about the long-term implications of the Ukraine crisis for…
Republished
Dhaka’s Abstention in Ukraine Vote is an Anomaly
Bangladesh's abstention in the vote on the Ukraine crisis at the United Nations' emergency special session on March 3, 2022 deserves much more scrutiny than it…
Webinar
Webinar Report on “Execution at Will? Extrajudicial Killings by State Actors in Bangladesh”
Extrajudicial killing is a type of arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life that constitutes a serious breach of human rights. Over the previous decade, this has…
Analysis
Digital Human Rights Need a Single Home in U.S. Government
If everybody is responsible for countering digital authoritarianism, no one is responsible. Digital authoritarianism—the use of information technology by authoritarian regimes to surveil, repress, and manipulate…