Shamim Chowdhury

1 week ago | english.alaraby.co.uk | Shamim Chowdhury

Nahid Islam, the young leader of Bangladesh’s newest political party, has experienced firsthand the brutal tactics for which former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s security forces have become notorious. The 27-year-old former student activist says he was arrested at a friend’s house, tortured and left unconscious by the country’s detective branch in the early hours of July 20 last year, at the height of the student-led protests and the government’s most violent crackdown.

1 week ago | newarab.com | Shamim Chowdhury

Nahid Islam, the young leader of Bangladesh’s newest political party, has experienced firsthand the brutal tactics for which former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s security forces have become notorious. The 27-year-old former student activist says he was arrested at a friend’s house, tortured and left unconscious by the country’s detective branch in the early hours of July 20 last year, at the height of the student-led protests and the government’s most violent crackdown.

1 month ago | trt.global | Shamim Chowdhury

The young children’s eyes give it away: vacant; encased in dark cavities that should otherwise be fleshy and plump. There are other signs too — heads slightly too large for their bodies, arms and legs reduced to spindles. These are the unmistakable signs of chronic malnutrition. In the sprawling, makeshift settlements of Cox’s Bazar, southern Bangladesh — home to one of the — these signs are heartbreakingly common. More than 1 million Rohingya refugees live in 33 camps across Ukhiya and Teknaf.

1 month ago | kpbs.org | Shamim Chowdhury

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Last summer, 26-year-old Bangladeshi student activist Nahid Islam did the unthinkable. Along with a few companions, he set the stage to bring down the authoritarian Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government. It sparked Bangladesh's first ever Gen-Z uprising and concluded with Hasina hastily fleeing to India in a helicopter.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Shamim Chowdhury

UN investigation reveals most victims of deadly protests in Bangladesh were childrenA United Nations investigation released this month into last year’s deadly student-led protests in Bangladesh found that up to 13% of the victims were children, with most deaths likely caused by security forces. It also said that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government may have committed crimes against humanity. Shamim Chowdhury reports. This segment airs on February 28, 2025.