Archive - 2015
March 12th
Journey towards “Happy Arabia”
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It was about 10:30 pm. I reached Sana’a, the capital city of Yemen. The whole country is surrounded by hills. In Arabic, Yemen means South Arabia. It was the center of civilization and wealth on the Arabian Peninsula for centuries. That’s why the Romans referred to the area as "Happy Arabia".
March 2nd
February 28th
ICSF statement on the assassination of Avijit Roy, a fellow comrade
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February 12th
The Other Consequence of Clicks
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“All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”― Susan Sontag (On Photography)
January 13th
Brad Adams and HRW: Who Watches the Human Rights Watch(Men)?
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On January 8th, 2015, the prominent human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement criticizing the Awami League government of Bangladesh for what it deemed as excessive use of force against the opposition as well as imposing censorship on the media. The release can be found here.