Human rights monitoring report : October 2017

The October 2017 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:

PART I: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
– Genocide against Rohingyas in Myanmar continues
– Aggressive policy of India government towards Bangladesh

PART II: NATIONAL ISSUES
– Independence of the Judiciary under further threat
– Extrajudicial killings
– Deaths in jail
– Torture, inhuman treatment and lack of accountability
– Enforced disappearances
– Public lynching
– Criminalization of politics and violence
– Arrest and suppression on opposition party activists
– Hindrance to freedom of assembly
– Interference on freedom of expression and the media
– Workers’ rights
– Human rights of religious minority communities
– Violence against Women
– Election Commission excludes Odhikar from a meeting with election observers
– Activities of Odhikar hindered