The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first nine months of 2009, specifically describing the following areas:
- Despite the Government’s declaration of zero tolerance, 97 have been killed extrajudicially in the past 9 nine months
- Torturing of BDR members in custody must stop
- Odhikar torture prevention programme has been stopped by the Government
- Odhikar condemns the police attacks at a procession of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports
- Police attacks on the procession against the Tipaimukh Dam
- Attacks and cases against journalists continue
- Barriers to political activities and arrests
- Political violence
- A Human Rights Commission obedient to the Government can not protect human rights
- Anti-terrorism law is a tool for committing human rights abuses
- Violence along the India-Bangladesh border
- Conditions of workers in the ready-made garments sector
- Violence against women (rape, dowry-related attacks, acid violence)
The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 8 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh.
human rights monitoring-report-Jan Sep 2009-eng (full text in English, PDF)
human rights monitoring-report-Jan Sep 2009-ben (full text in Bangla, PDF)
