On The Listening Post this week: protests in Dhaka are about more than road safety, but the government will not let that message air. Plus, how the late Tom Wolfe inspires journalists today. Speaking the unspeakable in Bangladesh It is rare for traffic accidents to result in international headlines. But that is what happened in…… Read More
In January 2018, seven-year-old Zainab Ansari was raped and murdered. Her body was discovered on a rubbish heap in Kasur, Pakistan’s “child abuse capital”, sparking national outrage that reverberated across the world. Zainab’s father, Amin, channelled his grief into a fight for justice and demanded systemic change. Two years later, the government of Pakistan passed…… Read More
A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has been shot and seriously injured. Two gunmen attacked Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in front of his son. Police have arrested 3 men in connection with the shooting. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find…… Read More
Rights groups are calling for an investigation into the killing of a prominent Rohingya leader at the world’s largest refugee camp. The shooting of refugee advocate Mohibullah happened at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury has been speaking to people there, who say they are devastated and fearful. – Subscribe to our channel:…… Read More
Thousands of supporters of the main opposition party have held a rally in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and that new elections be held. The protesters say the government has failed to curb rising prices and that authorities have tried to suppress…… Read More
Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters clashed with police this week after a video of a woman being attacked was posted online. Human rights groups say abuses against women are only getting worse in the country. Al Jazeera’s Leah Harding reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on…… Read More
October 20th 2011, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dragged from a drain pipe, tortured and killed. Libya’s self-proclaimed ‘Brother Leader, the one-time revolutionary who overthrew a king and promised a country governed by the people, met his end at the hands of a new generation of revolutionaries, Libyans seeking an end to Gaddafi’s often brutal 42-year…… Read More
Attackers have killed at least seven people in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the Bangladeshi police said. The attackers shot dead some victims and stabbed others with knives, a regional police chief told the AFP news agency on Friday. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe…… Read More
The United Nations has said that information it had gathered showed that the shots that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 was fired by Israeli forces. “All information we have gathered … is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Sammoudi came…… Read More
Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, promised the conflict in Tigray would be quick and easy. But a year on, the fighting is intensifying, with reports of torture, rape and other atrocities. The UN has approved an independent investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, but Ethiopia says it won’t co-operate.…… Read More
An elite police unit in Bangladesh is being accused of hundreds of extrajudicial killings, over several years. It has drawn international concern, including calls from US senators for sanctions. People who say their loved ones are missing, tortured or killed are desperate for answers. Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from Dhaka. – Subscribe to our…… Read More