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		<title>Who’s Afraid of Sarmila Bose?</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/chrisblackburn/who%e2%80%99s-afraid-of-sarmila-bose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Blackburn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarmila Bose has been invited to key international policy talks on Pakistan over the last few years. This article looks at her connections to various think-tanks and policy groups in both UK and USA which possibly explains her research.  <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/chrisblackburn/who%e2%80%99s-afraid-of-sarmila-bose/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarmila Bose, a dedicated advocate for a genocidal regime</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/jhasan1971/sarmila-bose-a-dedicated-advocate-for-a-genocidal-regime/</link>
		<comments>http://icsforum.org/blog/jhasan1971/sarmila-bose-a-dedicated-advocate-for-a-genocidal-regime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamal Hasan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://icsforum.org/blog/?p=559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She came like a whirlwind causing a little tsunami in the US capital. The day was March 15, 2011 and the place of occurrence was the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars. <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/jhasan1971/sarmila-bose-a-dedicated-advocate-for-a-genocidal-regime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>If You Say So Ms Bose!!</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/sarmila-bose-cartoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click the link to view the Cartoon... <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/sarmila-bose-cartoon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Please Deselect International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) from the List of Honourees for 1971</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/honouringicj/</link>
		<comments>http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/honouringicj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rayhan Rashid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to media reports, the Government of Bangladesh, at its 40th anniversary of national independence, has taken the initiative to honour a number of individuals and organisations for their contributions during the Liberation War of 1971. While it is indeed a commendable move on the part of the government, attention of the concerned authorities also needs to be drawn urgently in respect of one particular organisation (ie, Geneva based International Commission of Jurists - ICJ) chosen for this unique honour. It is not clear what considerations prompted the government to select ICJ, but based on the review of one of ICJ's widely quoted Report on 1971, the decision to honour ICJ appears to be an ill-advised and ill-judged one.

Briefly, ICSF's review found the ICJ-report heavily biased and problematic on a number of aspects, such as legal, factual, strategic and diplomatic. For example, it concludes that the then leadership in 1971 were “not entitled in international law” to declare independence, effectively nullifying the legitimacy of Bangladesh's birth. Moreover, the Report unfairly equated crimes committed by the Pakistani army and local collaborators against the people of Bangladesh with that of sufferings of the Biharis. Grossly distorting the facts, the Report categorically stated that both sides in the war committed similar "international crimes". These are but a few of the problematic findings of this Report among many, and ICJ has never retracted its position publicly. It is our understanding that honouring ICJ would tantamount to endorsement of its findings on the part of the Government.  Therefore, it is our humble request that the Government review its decision and deselect ICJ from the list of honourees. There may still be time to take rectifying measures, before the nation is left with an irrevocable bestowal of gratitude to an entity which did not deserve it in the first place... <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/honouringicj/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pieces of History</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/icsf-e-book-1971-dispatches-us-electronic-media/</link>
		<comments>http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/icsf-e-book-1971-dispatches-us-electronic-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rayhan Rashid</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://icsforum.org/blog/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How would one make a choice, a correct one,  without an all round appreciation of one's own history? How can one find his own place in the handed down history and determine steps of the future without actually breathing and living it? Compilations like this, at least to an extent, are expected to facilitate that process of reckoning while the facts are still verifiable [...]
 <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/icsf-e-book-1971-dispatches-us-electronic-media/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected move for political asylum in UK by Golam Azam: awaiting Visa after winning immigration appeal</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/golam-azam-escape/</link>
		<comments>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/golam-azam-escape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wcsf.info/blog/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Golam Azam, the ex-Amir and one of the notorious alleged war criminals of Liberation War is trying to secretly flee from Bangladesh. (Translated by Hillol Dutta from the news item originally published in Daily Kaler Kantha on 21 June.) Golam &#8230; <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/golam-azam-escape/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Things Lord Avebury Failed to Mention and Clarify</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/things-lord-avebury-failed-to-mention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wcsf.info/blog/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A response to Lord Eric Avebury's press statement issued in relation to Justice Concern (a Jamat front) backed House of Lords Seminar [..]  <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/things-lord-avebury-failed-to-mention/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial House of Lords Seminar Sponsored by War Criminal Lobbies</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/war-criminals-and-house-of-lords/</link>
		<comments>http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/war-criminals-and-house-of-lords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wcsf.info/blog/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An  attempt to make the ongoing trial of war criminals in Bangladesh  questionable in international arena has been wasted. One makeshift  organisation called 'Justice Concern' tried to arrange this with the  help of All-party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (APPGHR) of UK. The  role of Lord Avebury, the vice Chairman of APPGHR has also been  questioned by different quarters. <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/admin/war-criminals-and-house-of-lords/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do we really need another indemnity law for the Freedom Fighters?</title>
		<link>http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/do-we-really-need-another-indemnity-law-for-the-freedom-fighters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rayhan Rashid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible that the “legal experts” advising the government are oblivious to the obvious existence of a law that already covers this area? Or is it to create and indemnify a new class of individuals based on considerations that have very little to do with law or justice? <a href="http://icsforum.org/blog/rayhanrashid/do-we-really-need-another-indemnity-law-for-the-freedom-fighters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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