Human Rights
‘Confined’ by parents in Dhaka: Girl now under the care of Canadian embassy
The Canadian girl, who had allegedly been confined by her parents in Dhaka for around 10 months against her wishes, was handed over to the Canadian high commission today.
17 April 2022
Draft regulation for digital, social media, OTTs a threat to freedom of speech: Experts
The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and curb people’s basic rights, experts said today.
16 April 2022
Bangladesh should respond to UN concerns on human rights: HRW
Human Rights Watch today urged the Bangladesh government to meaningfully respond to United Nations' concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.
17 March 2022
Philippines slams ‘unpardonable intrusions’ by UN rights experts
The Philippine government has attacked United Nations human rights experts for "unpardonable intrusions", after a call for an international investigation into killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
8 June 2019
Make sure no innocent harassed
Stressing the importance of upholding human rights in enforcing laws, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Rab members to be careful so that people are not unnecessarily harassed while taking actions against criminals.
28 March 2019
Keep human rights in mind while enforcing laws: PM to Rab
Stressing the importance of upholding human rights in enforcing laws, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks Rab members to be careful so that people are not unnecessarily harassed while taking actions against criminals.
28 March 2019
If human rights shelved in NKorea talks, look at Myanmar: UN
A United Nations investigator voices concern about human rights being sidelined during US and South Korean talks with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, warning on Tuesday: look at what happened in Myanmar.
24 October 2018
Malaysia to abolish death penalty
Malaysia's cabinet agrees to abolish the death penalty, a senior minister says, with more than 1,200 people on death row set to win a reprieve following a groundswell of opposition to capital punishment.
11 October 2018
A denial and the reality
Less than a week ago, on September 20, 2018 the Consideration of the Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Bangladesh was held at the 39th regular session of Human Rights Council.
27 September 2018
Top military men responsible for human rights abuse in Myanmar: US
Mentioning that the findings of a new report indicate widespread human rights abuses by the Myanmar military and its other security forces, the United States says it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the situation.
29 August 2018
BNP for attention of int’l community on rights violations in Bangladesh
BNP presents statistics of gross violation of human rights in Bangladesh to the diplomats of different nations and urges them to take note of this issue in their effort to boost democratic practice in the country.
12 July 2018
A crucial stocktaking
Today, Bangladesh's human rights situation will be reviewed at the United Nations' Human Rights Council in Geneva, under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. The UN Human Rights Council carries out UPR review every four and a half years and this is the third-cycle review for Bangladesh.
13 May 2018
It's far from acceptable
The overall human rights condition of the country's indigenous people remained far from acceptable in the year 2017 and little effort
29 March 2018
Rohingya persecution, a consequence of hate: Amnesty
“The horrific military campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people in Myanmar” is the consequence of “a society encouraged to hate, scapegoat and fear minorities,” Amnesty International (AI) says.
22 February 2018
Govt failing to address rights abuses
Bangladesh authorities failed to respond to repeated and serious allegations of secret detentions, enforced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings, denying the abuses instead of holding perpetrators accountable, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2018.
18 January 2018
Protect human rights of all
Much progress has been made towards economic development in the last year but sadly the same cannot be said about the state of human rights in the country.
1 January 2018
A sense of fear prevails
December 10, 2017 marked the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
10 December 2017
UN calls world to stand up for ensuring human rights
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urges people and leaders everywhere to stand up for all human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural -- and for the values that underpin hopes for a fairer, safer and better world for all.
10 December 2017
Int'l Human Rights Day Today: Crimes grow in state's silence
KM Shamim Akhter was forced into a microbus near his Paltan home on the morning of September 29, 2011 by five to six armed men claiming to be members of a law enforcement agency.
His wife Jhorna Khanam and other family members left no stone unturned to find him out. But he still remains traceless.
9 December 2017
UN expert for restraint in security drives in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
A United Nations human rights expert has expressed deep concern over reports that an army battalion has flown into Rakhine State in western Myanmar to help local authorities boost security in the region.
12 August 2017