The January-June 2010 six-monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:
- Extrajudicial killings continue
- Crossfire/encounter/gun fight
- Death caused by torture
- Government shuts down photo-exhibition on ‘crossfire’
- Torture while detained in Police Station
- Death in jail/Court Hajat/ RAB Custody
- Government imposes ban on media
- Channel 1 closes down
- Government blocks Facebook
- Journalists under attack
- Disappearances after arrests by law enforcement agencies
- Political violence continues
- Local government infrastructure
- Chittagong City Corporation Election observed
- Bhola-3 by-election
- Post-election violence
- Human rights violations by BSF: India’s unwillingness to implement the 1974 Agreement
- Arrests under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2009
- Anti-Corruption Commission under government’s control
- Arrest of leaders who are struggling for self-determination
- Violence against women
- Human rights violations on minority communities
- Readymade garments sector
- Government declines Odhikar’s application for programme extension
- Sons of BDR jawans cannot be admitted to the BDR College
- Updates on BDR mutiny cases
The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 12 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh.
human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jan Jun 2010-eng (full text in English, PDF)
human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jan Jun 2010-ben (full text in Bangla, PDF)
