Category: Commentary
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Queer Asylum and Manufactured Doubt: The Politics Behind the BBC Investigation
In April 2026, a BBC News investigation reported that UK-based legal advisers are allegedly coaching migrants, many from Bangladesh and Pakistan, to fabricate LGBTQ+ asylum claims. Based on undercover reporting, the article describes how applicants are guided to construct false narratives, stage photographs, obtain medical documentation, and secure letters claiming same-sex relationships, often for fees…
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Child Marriage Is Not Tradition, It Is State Enabled Violence
Child marriage in Bangladesh continues to be framed as a “social problem,” but this language hides what it truly is: a systematic form of gendered violence sustained by law, economy, and silence. When families marry off girls under pressure, it is not simply “culture” at work, it is a structure that normalizes the disposal of…
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Independence Day is Not a Party Property
This Independence Day, 26 March 2026, the struggle is no longer only about remembering 1971; it is about who gets to define it. Across Bangladesh, the Liberation War is being pulled apart, not in search of truth, but in the service of power. For years, it was claimed, polished, and weaponized by those in authority.…