16.12.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Human Rights Watch UPR Submission"

Article on human rights abuses committed by Bangladesh's security forces and on the culture of impunity under which they operate [ID 111510]

12.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Bangladesh poll campaign begins"

Campaigning begins in general elections with the government lifting restrictions on political rallies [ID 111191]

02.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Dhaka exams row sparks violence"

Dhaka: More than a dozen protesters angry at being "dropped" from the civil service are detained [ID 110025]

01.12.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Bangladesh - Tortured Human Rights Defender Facing Imprisonment [ASA 13/007/2008]"

There is a pattern of silencing human rights defenders by bringing contrived criminal charges against them [ID 110044]

28.11.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Further Information on Urgent Action 276/08 (ASA 12/003/2008, 26 September 2008) [ASA 13/010/2008]"

Authorities responsible for the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have written to Amnesty International members, saying that they have noted the organization's concerns about Rang Lai Mro's health, and passed them on to the Inspector General of Prisons [ID 110029]

25.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Gender-based violence still rampant"

Hundreds of thousands of women are the victims of domestic violence each year, say activists; most cases go unreported [ID 109672]

19.11.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Children and women suffer severe malnutrition"

According to health experts, Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child and maternal malnutrition in the world; 8 million or 48 percent of all children under 5 years are underweight [ID 109555]

17.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Bangladeshi 'militant' arrested"

According to the security forces, Mohammed Hanif, a senior commander of the miltant Islamist group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) had been arrested; he is accused of planning attacks during the run-up to general elections [ID 109367]

07.11.2008 - Source:South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre 

" Emergency Treatment: We have the cure, the world sang to Bangladesh [HRF/189/08]"

Article on the political situation following the installation of a military-backed government [ID 109919]

27.10.2008 - Source:Center for Strategic and International Studies 

"Islamic Radical Ideologies and South Asian Security"

Report on Sunni Muslim radicals and ideologies (Jamaat-e Islami, Deoband and Salafism, Tabligh Jamaat, government support for religion, the role of Madrassas, the army and Islam) [ID 109372]

06.10.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Bangladesh: Stop Denying Killings and Torture"

Interim government should address persistent rights abuses rather than deny that they are happening, Human Rights Watch said and remains concerned about continuing reports of torture and extrajudicial killings by state security forces [ID 107166]

26.09.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 276/08 [ASA 12/003/2008]"

Indigenous community leader Rang Lai Mro, who is serving a jail sentence imposed after an unfair trial, is being refused medical treatment for a serious heart condition; he is the head of a community of indigenous Mro people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) [ID 106786]

26.09.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Death in custody under unclear circumstances [BGD 260908]"

Man who reportedly had been involved with Communist Party died in custody under unclear circumstances [ID 106855]

25.09.2008 - Source:Refugees International 

"Maintain Momentum to Guarantee Citizenship Rights"

Brief report on citizenship rights for Urdu speaking minority (voter and ID registration, living conditions in camps, support for integration) [ID 106995]

25.09.2008 - Source:UK Home Office 

"Country of Origin Information Report; Bangladesh"

Country report of September 2008 [ID 107503]

19.09.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"International Religious Freedom Report 2008"

International Religious Freedom Report 2008 [ID 106589]

16.09.2008 - Source:International Federation for Human Rights 

"Child Labour in the Ship Recycling Industry in Bangladesh"

Report on child labour in ship recycling industry (overview on child labour in country, causes of child labour at shipbreaking yards, working and living conditions, hiring process, legal framework and government response) [ID 107192]

09.09.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Khaleda Zia given bail"

High Court in Bangladesh grants bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, her lawyers say [ID 105715]

29.08.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Arson attack on indigenous Jumma community in Sajek Union, the Chittagong Hill Tracts - Bengali settlers, with military support, torch houses of indigenous community [BGD 290808.ESCR]"

Arson attack on indigenous Jumma community: Bengali settlers, with military support, torch houses of indigenous community [ID 105994]

29.08.2008 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

"Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) [A/HRC/9/NGO/16]"

Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) on the human rights situation [ID 107962]

11.08.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"End Wave of Killings by Elite Forces"

HRW urges the government to take action to end unlawful killings; since 1 June 2008, officials from the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the police have killed at least 50 individuals under suspect circumstances [ID 103371]

04.08.2008 - Source:Guardian 

"Bangladesh holds first elections since state of emergency"

Bangladesh held first elections since army seized control of government last year; voting began in local polls; elections part of road map to restore "full democracy" by December this year [ID 102482]

01.08.2008 - Source:Asian Centre for Human Rights 

"South Asia - Human Rights Index 2008"

Report on human rights situation in 2007 (political freedom, human rights violations by security forces, repression on human rights defenders, freedom of the press, violence against women and children, IDPs, violation of the rights of minorities) [ID 102723]

30.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"B'desh sets up 'truth commission'"

The interim government sets up a Truth and Accountability Commission to tackle the country's endemic corruption [ID 102060]

18.07.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Indians 'shoot Bangladesh guards'"

Bangladeshi border forces say 2 of their guards have been shot dead by Indian troops near a frontier post [ID 101011]