Human rights defenders and interim government advisers on Friday said that ensuring trial of the perpetrators of enforced disappearance faced many challenges, particularly created by ousted former...
Human Rights Watch said in a report released Thursday that Israel鈥檚 repeated evacuation orders in Gaza amount to the 鈥榳ar crime of forcible transfer鈥�, and to 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥� in parts of the Palestinian territory...
VICTIMS of gross human rights violation in the hands of the law enforcement agencies who were denied justice during the Awami League regime are now coming forward to seek legal redress. This is a first step towards police reforms. Limon Hossain, a victim of attempted extrajudicial killing, lodged a complaint with the International Crime Tribunal against...
Russian human rights group Memorial has said that Moscow鈥檚 crackdown on dissent since invading Ukraine is vastly underestimated, with thousands of Russian and...
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed and its five members resigned from their respective posts on Thursday.
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Turk on Wednesday laid emphasis on investigating all killings and freedom of assembly and expression.
Police in Mozambique killed at least 11 people and injured more than 50 others in violence after a disputed presidential election this month, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government home adviser Lt Gen, retd, Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said the human rights condition in Bangladesh was much better in comparison with many countries.
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government social welfare adviser Sharmeen S Murshid said an office of the United Nations Human Rights Council would be established in Dhaka soon.
A search committee has been formed to establish the Election Commission, law affairs adviser Asif Nazrul said on Tuesday...
A Denmark-based global fashion company, Bestseller, has identified non-payment of due wages, excessive overtime, unsafe work and transport, and discrimination and...
Human Rights Watch on Monday said Israeli strikes near the main Lebanon-Syria border crossing were putting civilians at 鈥榞rave risk鈥� as they prevented them from fleeing and...
Forty citizens and human rights activists in Bangladesh have issued a statement urging authorities to ensure a safe and peaceful environment for the upcoming Durga Puja celebrations, and legal action against those attempting to create communal unrest through intimidation and incitement...
National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh former member Munira Khan has been appointed as chairperson of the Centre for Governance Studies, said a...
Bangladeshi authorities should allow oppressed Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar to obtain protection and humanitarian assistance, Human Rights Watch said...
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said on Wednesday that his government was committed to upholding human rights and...
THE firing of gunshots from inside Myanmar into Bangladesh at Teknaf is worrying. Officials say that three bullets fired from Myanmar hit a window glass of the land port office, a truck and a tree about 1:30pm on September 18 forced a suspension of activities at the Teknaf land port about half an hour after as people, who became panicked at the happening...
Explosion on the oil tanker MT Suvarna Swarajya on September 7 in Bangladesh exposed the lack of adequate international and national regulations, oversight, and labour rights protection in the shipbreaking industry, said the Human Rights Watch and the NGO Shipbreaking Platform in a press release issued from Brussels on Wednesday...
A United Nations Human Rights Office fact-finding team, which is conducting an independent and impartial investigation into alleged human rights violations that took place in Bangladesh between July 1 and August 15 this year arising from the recent protests, has sought first-hand information from all concerned.
Human rights activists, professionals and leaders at a dialogue on Saturday demanded that all cases of gross human rights violations including torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings should be brought to book.
THE constitution of Bangladesh had been the core legal instrument to provide protection of the fundamental rights of the citizens, and that should have been the primary task, albeit creating institutions to run the state and to set rules for running those institutions. But our constitution at the very outset wrongly attempted to define the ethnic identity of...
Human rights activists on Sunday called for the establishment of hotlines to support victims of custodial torture during the regime of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
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...
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...
