Bøger af Zaglul Haider

This book deals with the citizenship status of the Biharis in Bangladesh and their ability to access rights associated with citizenship. The main argument of the book is that although legally the Biharis are citizens of Bangladesh, they still do not have access to many important rights of citizenship that can make their citizenship meaningful. Their inability to access many important citizenship rights made them de facto stateless, although they are de-jure citizens. Taking a law and society approach this book examines both legal and non-legal factors behind the deplorable conditions of the Biharis in Bangladesh. Based on fieldwork, this book analyses that the Biharis¿ inability to access citizenship rights is inconsistent with citizenship theory, citizenship laws, and the Constitution of Bangladesh. To make the Biharis citizenship effective or meaningful the author suggests some recommendations for policy changes that would enable Biharis to access rights associated with citizenship.

Back in 1924 U.S. Secretary of the State Charles Hughes stated:¿ Foreign Policies are not built upon abstractions. They are the results of national interest arising from some immediate exigency or standing out vividly in historical perspective¿ Canadian policy towards the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 was not an isolated issue rather it was the product of its well-defined national interest. Against the backdrop of the outbreak of the Civil war and Pakistan army¿s wanton genocide in former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Canadian Government observed studied silence and followed a policy of non-interference in the internal matters of other state. At this point Canadian government refused to take any public position and was totally reluctant to involve in this kind of civil conflict. The government of Canada also perceived that pious declaration against war would not achieve any thing.