human rights violation in Bangladesh
Opinion / Our civil society needs to do more to challenge power structures
Over the last year, human rights defenders, demonstrators, and dissenters have been met with harassment, physical aggression, detainment, and maltreatment by the authorities.
‘Human rights obligations are not an imposition from the outside’
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression Irene Khan speaks with The Daily Star about the recent general election, shrinking space for dissent, and the pressing need to address human rights concerns in Bangladesh.
Human Rights Day / The National Human Rights Commission has fundamental flaws
The NHRC is riddled with many issues that prevent it from executing its mandated duty of upholding human rights in the country.
2022 proved how far we still are from peace in the CHT
Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated
One Year of US Sanctions: Denial and Defiance
The government has not only curtailed freedom of expression and assembly, but it has also used state institutions to silence its critics and political opponents in a brutal manner.
Are we only paying lip service to human rights?
Bangladesh must improve its human rights record
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
Will ensure trial of all human rights violations: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will establish human rights in the country through ensuring the trial of all the incidents of human rights violation.
ASK for independent commission to probe rights violation
Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, demands an independent inquiry commission to investigate all sorts of rights violation including rape, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance in the country.
Enforced disappearance: Families demand whereabouts of victims
Family members of the victims of “enforced disappearances” organise a mass hearing in Dhaka demanding whereabouts of the dear and near ones.