#Rohingya crisis: Photo shows Myanmar burnt their houses whether Bangladesh built this rooms for persecuted Rohingya refugees. pic.twitter.com/JX6rfTQ31C

— Dr. Imran H Sarker (@ImranHSarker) September 28, 2017

In this tweet Activist from Bangladesh, Dr. Imran H Sarker has over 350K followers on Twitter. He has consistently been writing and retweeting other blogs and tweets covering the crisis of the Rohingya people. These people have been historically persecuted within Myanmar and the number spilling across the border into Bangladesh have been rising at a staggering rate. Lack of available aid has made the conditions within the camps in Bangladesh increasingly dyer.  By sharing these shocking images with his many followers he’s able to draw greater attention and support for these displaced peoples. It would be interesting to see how much aid these kinds of twitter coverage is able to bring to this crisis or if it is just something that has a voice but no action behind it.

 

The death penalty is a symptom of our culture of violence, it cannot be the solution for violent crimes. https://t.co/1zD8N18FJn via @ThePrintIndia

— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) April 29, 2018

This tweet was written by Taslima Nasreen,  a Feminist Activist from Bangladesh who is taking up a response to an article that addresses capital punishment for the rape of minors as inhumane and ineffective in preventing such crimes. Taslima uses this tweet to imply that such kinds of thinking are part of the problem with the culture of the region and that men need to be reeducated and that there are steps that can be taken to stop rapes from occurring. With 270K followers on Twitter, her voice is being projected to a large audience who is liking and sharing her work all over the world. As a rising voice in Bangladesh, she is able to bring much attention to these topics and push for organization and charge that could really impact the lives of women living in these areas.

Continued protests in Bangladesh over the imprisonment of BNP party Cheif Khaleda Zia.

The widespread protest has spread after a sentence of 5 years was passed down on Thursday in a case of corruption. The case has sparked activists and to take to the street and roads, blocking traffic in many cases as they denounce the court’s decision, in many cases resorting to violence. The police have begun an arrest spree targeting BNP leaders and activists. According to BNP “3,850 leaders and activists of BNP had been arrested across the country over the last week.” Meanwhile, there has been counter movements by the ruling Awami League to celebrate the court’s decision and have organized resistance to stop BNP protests.

With this level of division within the political parties of Bangladesh, it seems quite likely that there will continue to be unrest. My question would be because of the scale of the protests by the BNP, is the Awami league going to begin targeting and oppressing the citizens associated with the BNP especially now that so many of the party leaders activists are imprisoned? What do the coming months have in store for the political climate in Bangladesh?

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