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Sunil Tripathi, wrongly linked to Boston attack, died in river: autopsy report New America Media, Commentary, Hana Baba by Uttara Choudhury New York: The body found in a river in Providence two days ago has been positively identified by the Rhode Island State Health Department on Thursday as Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who had been missing since March. The medical examiner reportedly used dental records to identify the 22-year-old Indian American Ivy League student mistakenly linked with the Boston bombings last week. A cause of Continued on page
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The Humanitarian of Iran Sanctions New America M e d i a , C o m m e n t a r y, Maziar Shirazi PHILADELPHIA -It’s not every day that an American physician gets asked to function as an international pharmaceutical supplier, but for some, it’s becoming a regular occurrence. A doctor I know told of a patient getting ready for a trip to Istanbul, where he would
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The Other Tahrir
Bangladeshi Youth Take Protest Global New America Media, Commentary, Ashfaque Swapan Long seen as avowedly apolitical, youth in Bangladesh today are cleansing the nation of the sins of their forebears stemming from the country’s genocidal 1971 war for independence from Pakistan. And they are taking their movement global. On March 24, people will gather in 40 cities -- including 20 in the United States -- spread across 11 countries around the world in solidarity with a cause you’ve probable never heard of. From Helsinki to Sydney, Los Angeles to New York, Cape Town to Fukuoka, this is a rare simultaneous show of support by a single ethnic group. But first, some background. A large, predominantly Muslim country’s youth pours out onto the streets to occupy a public square and make known their demands. The crowd – at times swelling to over 100,000 -- remains for 17 days and nights continuously. There is no violence, as women and men, their toddlers in tow, demonstrate together, rare in a Muslim country. No, this is not Egypt’s Tahrir Square. It all began on Feb. 5 in Shahbag Square, a neighborhood in the capital Dhaka. On that day, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal – set up in 2008 to prosecute those charged with crimes against humanity during the 1971 conflict -convicted longtime politician Abdul Qader Mollahh.Charged with the deaths of 350 people, Mollah was handed a life sentence. Young Bangladeshis, leery of the often-light sentences handed down to convicted political leaders, called for the death penalty. They also demanded that the Islamist Jamaate-Islami party, which opposed Bangladesh’s break from Pakistan, be banned. Mollah served as the party’s assistant secretary general. Many young Bangladeshis today feel the party continues to harbor war criminals such as Mollah. Shahbag leaders have given the government until March 26 to comply with their demands. Aggrieved youth immediately Continued on page
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