C R Abrar

Dr C R Abrar is an academic with an interest in human rights issues. He is the executive director of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU).

Amending MoU on Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi workers can bring a sea change

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia should be able to enjoy the fruits of their hard labour.

10m ago

Dismantling the recruitment syndicate for Malaysian labour market

A classic case of monumental corruption took place in Bangladesh centring the recruitment of workers for the Malaysian labour market.

11m ago

Canards of a prejudiced neighbour

The prejudiced Indian intellectual elite and the media outlets’ hypocrisy is palpable by their collective silence about the atrocities committed by AL and law enforcement agencies.

11m ago

Holding to account the perpetrators of crimes against protesters

The July massacre has brought the credibility of this regime into question.

12m ago

Detention of student coordinators: Was it really for their security?

On that evening, the student activists were scheduled to brief the media about the ongoing movement.

1y ago

Challenges that our migrant workers face

Bangladeshi migrant workers require a range of services and support at both the origin and destination ends.

1y ago

Human rights enjoyment in a red zone?

In almost all cases involving opposition activists, they were found guilty

1y ago

The flipside of the democracy carnival

Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.

1y ago
October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019

Abrar murder and campus violence

Abrar Fahad was made to pay the ultimate penalty for sharing his thoughts. In a Facebook update posted on the eve of his brutal killing Abrar critiqued some of the recently concluded agreements between Bangladesh and India on the use of Mongla port, water sharing and gas export.

March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019

The burden of having eyes in a campus of the blind

There have been some disconcerting developments at Dhaka University following the botched Ducsu election on March 11. The latest

December 26, 2018
December 26, 2018

What do the manifestos contain?

Barring any last-minute glitch, in less than a week the nation goes to the polls. As an integral part of the electoral process political parties and alliances that entered the foray have issued their manifestos.

December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018

Martyrs, conformists 
and the servile

December 14 is a tragic landmark in Bangladesh's struggle for statehood. Only a couple of days prior to the final victory over the

November 26, 2018
November 26, 2018

Are enforcers of law and dispensers of justice beyond accountability?

Rule of law as a principle of governance involves that all persons, institutions and entities, public or private, including the state itself is

November 14, 2018
November 14, 2018

Do the bells toll for Rohingyas?

Mid-November has arrived and insecurity and uncertainty have descended over Rohingya refugees in Ukhia and Teknaf. The impending deadline has also elicited expressions of deep concern from UN independent experts and rights organisations.

September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018

A denial and the reality

Less than a week ago, on September 20, 2018 the Consideration of the Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Bangladesh was held at the 39th regular session of Human Rights Council.

August 9, 2018
August 9, 2018

Could these all have been avoided?

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”, lamented Hamlet. Though the context is different that's the pervasive thought of conscientious Bangladeshis irrespective of their economic status and social standing at the moment.

August 5, 2018
August 5, 2018

Teen upsurge for road safety

Last week the teens of Bangladesh have written a new chapter for the annals of the democratic struggle of the country.

July 19, 2018
July 19, 2018

Hammer, remand, inaction and innuendo

For more than two weeks in campuses across the country students demanding a review of the controversial quota system for appointments to civil bureaucracy experienced brutality of a monumental scale.