Impunity

Animal cruelty is often dismissed as a minor offence. Criminological research, however, tells a very different story, increasingly identifying it as a warning sign of violent and antisocial behaviour. Bangladesh’s legal framework has yet to catch up with that reality. Although the Animal Welfare Act 2019 criminalizes the killing, poisoning, and mistreatment of stray animals […]

A world that can write rights but cannot restrain power has not built justice; it has built theatre. The present time is full of treaties, conventions, and declarations, and none of them can be more utopian than SDG 16, the promise of peace, justice, and strong institutions. However, for the people who live in the […]