Tags : Human rights
UN warns of further 鈥榓trocities鈥� in Myanmar
The UN human rights chief said on Sunday he is 鈥榙eeply alarmed鈥� by a resurgence of violence in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state and warned of further 鈥榓trocities鈥�...
Surge in activist repression in Thailand, HRW warns
Activists and dissidents seeking refuge in Thailand are being subjected to harassment, surveillance and physical violence, often with the cooperation of...
Bureaucrats dominate NHRC, legal aid committee: CJ聽聽
The chief justice Obaidul Hassan said on Tuesday said that bureaucrats were dominating the National Human Rights Commission and the National Legal Aid Services Organisation, instead of the judicial officers...
UN rights chief urges all to protect Gaza crossings
The UN human rights chief on Friday pleaded with the Gaza war rivals to ensure the territory鈥檚 border crossings, vital for humanitarian aid, are not...
US, Europe need to do more to protect HR of citizens: Hasan
Bangladesh foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said that there was a necessity for all the countries to work together to improve human rights records, including in the United States and Europe.....
Paramilitary attacks in Darfur possibly genocide: HRW
A series of attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in the western region of Darfur raise the possibility of 鈥榞enocide鈥� against non-Arab ethnic communities, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...
NHRC asks home ministry to investigate reports of abuses during anti-KNF drives
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the home ministry to initiate an inquiry into the allegations of human rights abuses taken place during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Writ petition seeks directives to prevent tree felling
A writ petition was on Sunday filed in public interest, seeking directive to the authorities concerned to form committees at the district and upazila levels to prevent tree felling across the country indiscriminately...
38 citizens protest at `harassment鈥� for standing by woman victim
Thirty-eight citizens in a statement have protested against alleged attempts to harass human rights activist, a lawyer and a journalist for standing by a...
5 Israeli military units committed abuses in West Bank: US
The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the...
No escape from international human rights scrutiny
IN MARCH 2020, the Sri Lankan government believed that the massive mandate president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had received gave it a licence to get out of the cycle of UN Human Rights Council resolutions by unilaterally opting...
Rights group demands probe into harassment
Human Rights Forum Bangladesh members on Monday called on the government to launch independent inquiry into the allegation of harassing ordinary people during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Khaleda not under 鈥榟ouse arrest鈥�: govt
The government said on Thursday that the United States鈥� State Department report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh was prepared...
Khaleda confined to home: US
The United States Department of State in its annual report on human rights has said that Bangladesh former prime minister and chairperson of the lead opposition...
US Human Rights Report exposes govt鈥檚 injustice, brutality: Rizvi
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said that the 2023 Human Rights Report released by the US had exposed the 鈥榠njustice and brutality鈥� of Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh...
Bangladesh rights situation unchanged
The annual human rights report of the United States Department of State has said they found no significant changes in the overall rights situation in...
HC asks govt, NHRC to frame guidelines
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to explain in four weeks why Section 19 (b) of the Guardian and Ward Act, 1890 that allows the father only as the guardian of a minor child would not be declared as unconstitutional being 鈥榙iscriminatory鈥�...
Political freedom, democracy and prosperity at stake
THE recent Global Freedom and Prosperity Report once again shows the alarming state of political and economic freedom and adherence to the rule of law and human rights in Bangladesh. The report, prepared by the...
China using 鈥榗ollective punishment鈥� against activists鈥� families
The children of human rights advocates in China are being punished for their parents鈥� activism as Beijing intensifies a crackdown on civil society, a rights group warned...
Military forcibly recruiting Rohingyas in Mayanmar: HRW
The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024, Human Rights Watch has said in a statement....