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Saturday, January 14, 2006 - Posts

• Discrimination keeps tea garden kids out of school

  The study titled 'Out of School Children in the Tea Gardens and Ethnic Minority Communities,' found that one in every five ethnic minority children of the country is out of school, which is double in case of children living in the tea gardens where in some remote areas over 90 percent children are out of school. Read More posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:37 PM by Administrator | 0 Comments

• UK minister worried over Bangladesh's HR situation

  British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Dr Kim Howells expressed concern that the human rights situation in Bangladesh appears to be deteriorating. "The human rights situation in Bangladesh is not good and appears to be deteriorating. We have serious concerns about reports of extra-judicial killings and torture by the Rapid Action Battalion and the civilian police. The persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, including the Ahmadiyyas, Hindus and Christians and indigenous groups is also a serious issue," Howells said. Read More posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 7:35 PM by Administrator | 0 Comments

• Brandywine Week-in-Review: Terror in Bangladesh (Election 2001 related)

  "Nearly 200 women, ranging in age from 8 to 70 were raped in one night in Char Fashion in Bhola," writes Sandip Roy of the Pacific News Service.1 This statement, halfway down the page of an article on Alternet.org first drew my attention to the current conflict in Bangladesh. Read More posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 5:25 AM by Administrator | 0 Comments