Human Rights Violation

Human Rights Violation
Information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud

Rights situation in Bangladesh better than US: Hasan Mahmud

Hardinge Bridge is only a railway bridge but Padma Bridge is a multipurpose one having four-lane road on top and single track dual-gauge rail on the bottom as well as gas line and fiber optic cable

Peter Haas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh

Many people ‘over-exaggerating’ impact of sanctions: US ambassador

The US envoy also said over the past few months the two countries had partnership dialogue, security dialogue, military partnership and high level economic dialogue

Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on 25 June 2022

Roe v. Wade case Fresh protests as new US abortion reality takes shape

The deeply polarised country grappled with a new level of division: between states that will now or soon deny the right to abortion, enshrined since 1973, and those that still allow it

Police tortured Rajib Kar

Torture and custodial death Plaintiff on the run after filing case against police

Rajib Kar said he has been receiving calls from two phone numbers where the callers have been insisting that he compromise. The callers are even warning him that police can do many things if they want

The US Embassy in Dhaka

People should be free to promote human rights without fear: US Embassy

The US embassy in Dhaka has said the rule of law, free and fair elections, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press are cornerstones of a healthy democracy and the right of all

Member of US house of representatives Jamie Raskin

Human rights protection US congress member calls for standing by the people of Bangladesh

Member of US house of representatives, Jamie Raskin, has urged his colleagues to join him in standing with the people of Bangladesh, especially those bravest and most vulnerable

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Bangladesh cancels top human rights body's licence

Bangladesh has cancelled the operating licence of its top human rights group and accused it of tarnishing the country's image, the organisation said Monday -- prompting a chorus of condemnation from ...

This combination photo created on 3 June 2022 shows undated handout photographs released by Myanmar's Military Information Team on 21 January 2022 of democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy', who rose to prominence during Myanmar's 1988 student uprising and was arrested in an overnight raid in October 2021 (L) and former lawmaker Maung Kyaw, who also goes by the name Phyo Zeya Thaw, who has been accused of orchestrating several attacks on regime forces

Myanmar junta to carry out first judicial executions in decades

The junta has sentenced dozens of anti-coup activists to death as part of its crackdown on dissent after seizing power last year, but Myanmar has not carried out an execution for decades

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, hosts a private sector roundtable on humanitarian assistance in Ukraine at the Lotte New York Hotel, in New York city, on 19 May, 2022.

US 'concerned' after UN human rights chief visits China

The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN human rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a ...

Adiba Islam Hridi breaks into tears while asking for her father Parvez Hossain, to be returned. Mayer Daak, a platform of the families of the people who fell victim to enforced disappearance, organised an event where relatives of disappeared people joined at Shahbagh intersection, Dhaka on 29 August 2020

UN working group against enforced disappearances Info provided by Bangladesh inadequate

The UN report reminded the Bangladesh government of its obligation to locate the missing persons or their bodies

Bangladesh and the EU delegates held their 10th Joint Commission meeting in Brussels on 20 May 2022

10th Joint Commission meeting EU raises concerns regarding rights situation, issues of civic space

The EU also raised concerns regarding the issue of freedom of expression offline and online, notably in the framework of the Digital Security Act

Ismail Ferdous in front of award-winning photographs

Interview: Ismail Ferdous, award-wining photojournalist 'It's essential to be curious, limitless, and unstoppable'

Ismail Ferdous, Bangladeshi photojurnalist living in New York, speaks about his award-winning photo documentary

Editorial

Unfortunate that police allegedly file cases to collect money

It cannot be accepted that an innocent person who leaves home for workplace in the morning, suddenly turns into a criminal after facing police

Taliban delegates speak during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar on 12 September 2020

Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission deeming them unnecessary in the face of a ...

Gunfight

Deaths in ‘gunfight’, custodial deaths increase in April: MSF

The report has been prepared on the basis of the events that took place from 1 to 30 April this year

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