The April 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:
- Political violence continues
- Meetings and assemblies barred
- Imposition of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Allegations of enforced disappearance after making arrests by law enforcement agencies
- Many workers and others die due to building collapse in Savar
- Extrajudicial killings continue
- Torture in custody
- Arrest and torture of the Acting Editor of the daily Amar Desh; government shuts down the newspaper
- Freedom of the media
- Human Rights situation of the religious minority communities
- Human rights violations along the border by BSF
- Violence against women
- Public lynching continues
- Government bars fund clearance of Odhikar’s ‘Human Rights Research and Advocacy’ programme
human-rights-monitoring-monthly-report-april-2013 (full text in English, PDF)
human-rights-monitoring-monthly-report-april-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)
