Ezaz Mamun

Dr Ezaz Mamun is a writer and freelance columnist

November 11, 2026

Trump’s Two Faces: A Letter of Love, an Act of Insurrection

Former US president Joe Biden says Donald Trump should be haunted for the rest of his life by the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, describing his predecessor and successor

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Morocco’s ‘Forever’ Claim: Who Owns Western Sahara?

Morocco has declared that Western Sahara will remain under its sovereignty “until the end of time”, intensifying its confrontation with Algeria and the supporters of Sahrawi independence at the United Nations, just days after a diplomatic deadlock brought an end

November 11, 2026

France’s Presidential Race: 39 Candidates and Counting

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

France’s 2027 presidential election is attracting an extraordinary field of potential candidates, with 39 people having already declared or formalised their ambitions and another

Teenagers Take Porn Industry to Parliament

Editor's Choice/Human Rights

A group of 15 teenage girls in southeast England has taken its campaign against the sexualisation of school uniforms to the British Parliament, calling

Bangladesh’s Prisoners of Politics

October 4, 2026

Columns/Judiciary

Bangladesh has every right to prosecute those responsible for serious crimes, but justice loses its meaning when political identity becomes a substitute for evidence. Mass arrests, restrictions on peaceful political activity, prolonged

The Law That Protects Killers

February 10, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

Bangladesh’s interim government has enacted the July Uprising (Protection and Liability Determination) Ordinance, 2026, which grants legal immunity to individuals involved in the July–August 2024 uprising. The ordinance requires the withdrawal of