The January-June 2009 six-monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:
- State Minister’s comment on ‘crossfire’ is a cause for concern
- Torture in custody must be stopped
- BDR revolt and human rights violations
- Political violence
- Repression on the ethnic minority people
- Violation of religious minority rights
- Bar on political activities and arrests
- Increase in incidents relating to illegal ‘fatwas’
- Violence at the Bangladesh-India border
- Freedom of the press
- Unnatural deaths of migrant Bangladeshi workers
- Ready-made garment (RMG) workers’ situation
- Other forms of human rights violations
The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 7 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh.
human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jan Jun 2009-eng (full text in English, PDF)
human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jan Jun 2009-ben (full text in Bangla, PDF)
