This human rights monitoring report covers the six-month period from January to June 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: Political violence continues into 2011 Political violence related to elections Extrajudicial killings Death in custody Public lynching Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) in the news The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 and […]
Human rights monitoring report : May 2011
The July 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Extrajudicial killings continue RAB submitted an investigation report accusing Limon and family members University student disappears after being ‘abducted’ by RAB from the jail gate Home Ministry cautions the National Human Rights Commission Killings and […]
Human rights monitoring report : April 2011
The April 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: HSC examinee undergoes amputation after being shot by RAB Deaths in police custody Extrajudicial killings continue Torture of a child at the Khulna Police Station BSF killings at the border continues Hartal Attack on political […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-March 2011
This human rights monitoring report covers the three month period from January to March 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: Reported statistics show that every 3 days 1 person is killed extra-judicially Bangladeshi girl killed and hung on barbed wire fence by BSF Complainant receives threats by the killers […]
Human rights monitoring report : February 2011
The February 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: the Prime Minister’s statement and following extra-judicial killings the whereabouts of a shopkeeper, picked up by RAB, remain unknown the demand for withdrawal of cases against people who demonstrated at Arial Beel arrests under Anti […]
Human rights monitoring report: January 2011
The January 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically covering the following areas and cases: Bangladeshi girl killed and hung on barbed wire fence by the BSF Criminal cases withdrawn out of ‘political’ consideration’ Political violence continues Pourashava (Municipality) Elections 2011 By-elections in two constituencies Meetings of Lamppost, […]
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Members/Partners
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
- CIVICUS
- HURIDOCS
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)