BNP claims 4,500 killed in crossfire, 700 disappeared during AL era
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has reiterated long-standing claims of large-scale extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances targeting its leaders, activists,…
JS Caucus on Human Rights and Peace holds first meeting
The first meeting of the newly formed Parliamentary Caucus on Human Rights and Peace of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad was…
HRSS: October violence claims dozens of lives amid political clashes and mob attacks
Political and other forms of violence left dozens dead and hundreds injured across Bangladesh in October. At least 12 people…
Sheikh Hasina condemns political persecution, measles deaths, extremism via Finland seminar
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sharply criticised the post-August 2024 situation in Bangladesh, highlighting political persecution, a measles outbreak…
Amnesty flags human rights risks in 3 Bangladesh laws, calls for withdrawal and amendments
London-based Amnesty International has urged Bangladesh’s government to withdraw a proposed cyber law amendment and revise two recently enacted statutes…
October 29, 2024: Volker Turk urges end to impunity, Yunus provokes annihilation
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, during his October 2024 visit, had asked the Yunus-led interim government…
JMBF condemns mass arrest of 2,774 children in one month
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has released a monitoring report documenting the arrest or detention of 2,774 children and adolescents…
Arafat says Irene Khan deserved human rights award for violations
Former state minister Mohammad Ali Arafat has sarcastically claimed that Irene Khan, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, “deserves…