TEA workers, the most exploited section of the labour force, in Moulavibazar have taken to the streets, demanding their unpaid wages. About 1,500 workers of the state-owned National Tea Company Ltd on September 6 rallied demanding their wages unpaid for three weeks. Workers at the rally said that their families were starving as the company has...
BANGLADESH has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. A commission led by Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury was formed earlier to investigate each case of enforced disappearance and provide recommendations for future prevention. It has been asked the commission to investigate every...
Venezuelan authorities are committing 鈥榳idespread human rights violations鈥� against protesters, bystanders, and opponents in the aftermath of presidential elections the opposition says were stolen, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday...
THE labour unrest in the apparel sector that began on September 2, which continued on September 3, and forced a few dozen units to suspend operation, warrants early attention and a logical solution. The joint operation that the government initiated on September 3 appears a flawed approach and is unlikely to result in long-term stability. Apparel workers...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused both sides in Sudan鈥檚 more than 16-month conflict of committing war crimes including summary executions, torture and...
THE question of the economy, the economic development path to be followed and who is best suited to lead the country at this time are the most discussed issues now. But another important issue that has contributed to the economic and other problems the country faces and which has proved difficult to resolve will soon intrude on the discussion...
Rights groups criticised Cambodian authorities on Wednesday for the arrests of 94 people in a 鈥榟eavy-handed鈥� crackdown on critics of a regional economic development plan with Laos and Vietnam...
IN A democracy, the judiciary is more than a mechanism for resolving disputes 鈥� it is a pillar that upholds the rule of law, safeguards human rights and ensures that every citizen is treated with fairness and dignity. The courts, as symbols of justice, are meant to be sanctuaries where the truth is sought and justice is served impartially...
The United Nations said on Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was...
A team of the United Nations on Thursday arrived in Dhaka on an eight-day visit to discuss the process for investigating human rights violations in light of the...
The United Nations has reiterated its call for accountability for the recent violence, loss of life and human rights violations in Bangladesh...
The Human Rights Support Society, a non-government human rights organisation, said in a report that at least 819 people were killed during student protests and its aftermath across the country between July 16 and August 18...
BUSINESS syndication and extortion on the road and at markets have for long been identified as major reasons for price increase of essentials. While consumer rights campaigners have continuously asked the government to address the issues, the authorities have failed to stop the menaces. The failure has had negative implications on consumers, small farmers...
An Israeli air raid last month on a key Yemeni rebel-held port was a 鈥榩ossible war crime鈥� that has threatened food and aid supply for millions, Human Rights Watch said...
WHILE many are earnestly pointing at the devastation of war, the rampant human rights violations and the deliberate relegation of international and humanitarian law, there are those who see war from an entirely different perspective: profits...
Speakers, including rights activists, on Sunday called for a UN investigation into each violation of rights against national minorities...
International Human Rights Commission鈥檚 Bangladesh chapter has urged the interim government to take urgent effective steps to free 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced in the United Arab Emirates....
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that the prime goal of the interim government was ensuring human rights and freedom of speech for all the citizens in Bangladesh....
IndustriALL, a global union federation representing over 50 million workers across 140 countries, has urged Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel manufacturers to ensure the protection of workers鈥� rights and wages during the recent unrest and curfew period in the country...
IN BANGLADESH, if there is anything the last 15 years under an increasingly repressive, corrupt and divisive regime have highlighted, it is the importance of human rights and what happens when a nation that is not at war or under occupation is persistently deprived of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights....
THE International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh. They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations 鈥� such as forced disappearances and tortures...
The Amnesty International and Human Rights Development Centre on Tuesday urged the authority to investigate into all the alleged violation of human rights issues during the student protest that killed over 300 students and people...
The High Court on Sunday made seven observations stating that law enforcers should protect human lives and human rights while dealing with protests...
The European Union has conveyed its grave concern to Bangladesh at the announcement of a 鈥榮hoot on sight鈥� policy and 鈥榰nlawful killings鈥� perpetrated in recent days by the authorities in Bangladesh...
In order to justify human rights violations such as large-scale killings, detentions, and unjust actions carried out by law enforcement agencies, as well as to suppress the movement, the government, ruling party, state-run institutions, and the Detective Branch have employed false narratives that are self-destructive, anti-people, and cruel theatrics which people have no reason to trust, the Transparency International Bangladesh has said...
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a call for the identification and prosecution of perpetrators involved in recent violence surrounding the quota reform movement in government jobs, emphasising that this process should be based solely on reliable and specific information...
One hundred and forty scholars, writers and public intellectuals from across the globe in an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Volker T眉rk have requested immediate action against...
The Bangladeshi government has deployed the army against student protesters, imposed shoot-on-sight curfew orders, and shut down mobile data and internet services...
