Jallad - Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia

A deep, cutting edge analysis of the politics and state mechanisms that perpetuate human rights abuses in South Asia.

About the author

Tasneem Khalil is an exiled Bangladeshi journalist who previously worked for The Daily Star, CNN, Human Rights Watch and has written for the International Herald Tribune, NPR, Guardian, Washington Post and BBC and is the author of Jallad: Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia (Pluto, 2015). He was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International in 2007, following his detention by the Bangladeshi military intelligence agency. In 2008, Swedish PEN conferred him with an honorary membership for his journalism.

Summary

A deep, cutting edge analysis of the politics and state mechanisms that perpetuate human rights abuses in South Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Tasneem Khalil, Khalil Tasneem
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780745335711
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3571-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / International, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, TRUE CRIME / White Collar Crime, 21st Century, Corporate crime, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, Violence in society, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Violence and abuse in society, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Victimology and victims of crime