Israeli strikes on Yemen port 鈥榩ossible war crime鈥�: HRW
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...
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Israel slaughters Palestinians with western arms
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...
IHRC urges interim govt to take steps for freeing 57 captive Bangladeshis in UAE
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....
Probe into violence against children demanded
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...
Ensuring human rights, freedom of speech prime goal, says Yunus
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....
Ensuring rights in new Bangladesh
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....
Int鈥檒 financial institutions鈥� culpability
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...
Rights orgs demand probe into human rights violations
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...
Law enforcers should protect rights, life: HC
The High Court on Sunday made seven observations stating that law enforcers should protect human lives and human rights while dealing with protests...
EU expresses concern over Bangladesh鈥檚 human rights situation
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...
TIB urges law enforcers to stop harassing people violating human rights
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...
NHRC wants perpetrators of violence during quota protests to be identified
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...
140 int鈥檒 scholars call on UN rights chief for action against repression in Bangladesh
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...
Int鈥檒 pressure needed to protect rights in Bangladesh: HRW
The Bangladeshi government has deployed the army against student protesters, imposed shoot-on-sight curfew orders, and shut down mobile data and internet services...
Rights activists find excessive use of force
Noted human rights activists on Wednesday said that they found that the government applied excessive force to prevent the agitation of unarmed students that started with the demand for reform in the quota system in government jobs...
Attacks on Bangladesh student protesters unacceptable: UN HR chief
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was deeply concerned by this week鈥檚 violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters 鈥榮hocking and unacceptable鈥�...
Security forces target unarmed students: rights groups
The Bangladesh government has deployed the army against the protesting students, imposed shoot-on-sight curfew orders, and shut down mobile data and internet services to target unarmed students in Bangladesh, said the Human Rights Watch on Tuesday...
Israel quietly disappears West Bank land
AS ISRAEL鈥橲 genocide in Gaza enters its tenth month, its settler-colonial project advances relentlessly across historic Palestine...
Int鈥檒 rights bodies call for end to 鈥榡udicial harassment鈥� of Professor Yunus
CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, and the Asian Human Rights Commission have called on Bangladeshi authorities to immediately end the ongoing judicial process, which they...
Ensure proper coordination, adjustment of quota-related issue: NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed on Thursday said that it was important to ensure proper coordination and adjustment of issues related to quota in the government jobs...
Effective steps needed to ensure marginalised people鈥檚 human rights, dignity: NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission chairman Kamal Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday at its thematic committee meeting said that effective steps must be taken to improve the quality of life, social security and dignity of the people of marginalised communities...
UN expert warns of looming 鈥榞enocidal violence鈥� in Myanmar
Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run up to 鈥榞enocidal violence鈥� eight years ago against the persecuted Rohingya minority, a UN expert warned on Thursday...
NHRC demands DMP progress report by July 28
The National Human Rights Commission Bangladesh asked the Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner to submit a progress report on the investigation of the recent rape and torture of a newly married woman in Dhaka by July 28...
New Indian govt should refocus on rights: HRW
India鈥檚 new government should reverse laws and policies that discriminate against religious minorities and other vulnerable populations and end the crackdown on civil society and the media, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday in a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi...
Israel, Russia and int鈥檒 law
INTERNATIONAL law 鈥� the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and treaties, among them the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 鈥� has been agreed upon by large and small nations alike...
Shocking delay in ensuring legal accountability for Nimtali fire
IT HAS been 14 years since a fire at a chemical warehouse at Nimtali in the Old Town of Dhaka killed 124 people, but no action has been taken against those responsible for the fire. On the anniversary of the deadly fire on June 2, the National Human Rights Commission issued a statement expressing frustration at the failure of the police to investigate the fire...
Responsible people evade responsibility, says NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh on Monday said that no actions had been taken against those responsible for the Nimtoli fire incident and responsible individuals had evaded their obligations...
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...