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Human rights monitoring report : July 2009

The July 2009 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:

  • Repression and Police brutality on anti-Tipaimukh Dam procession
  • ‘Criminalisation’ of Bangladeshi citizens by BSF Chief Mahendro Lal Kumawat
  • A Human Rights Commission subservient to the Government will fail to protect human rights
  • Harassment and human rights violations committed upon the ethnic minority of Rangamati by the Bangladesh Army
  • Unnatural deaths of overseas labourers from Bangladesh are on the rise
  • Three women arrested on suspicion under Section 54 and taken into remand
  • Other forms of human rights violations

The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 6 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh.

human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jul 2009-eng (full text in English, PDF)

human rights monitoring-monthly report-Jul 2009-ben (full text in Bangla, PDF)

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