3 May 2021 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), AFAD - Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances; et al. (Author)
Bangladesh
Joint letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding crackdown on press freedom and attacks on journalists, including arbitrary detention, torture and judicial harassment
UN: Stand with Bangladeshi Journalists on Press Freedom Day (Appeal or News Release, English)
5 March 2021 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), AFAD - Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances; CIVICUS; et al. (Author)
Bangladesh
Statement by 9 NGOs on demanding an investigation into writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in prison and an end to violent crackdown on peaceful protesters
Bangladesh: International community must respond to the crackdown on freedom of expression (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 December 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission
India
Article on the human rights situation in 2020 (human rights violations against minorities and migrant workers under the pre-text of measures against COVID-19)
INDIA: Democracy detained even as COVID is on a free run (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 December 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), AFAD - Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances; et al. (Author)
Bangladesh
Joint NGO statements on state human rights violations committed in 2020
International Community: Stand against Authoritarian Rule in Bangladesh (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 November 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission
India
Commentary on detention of controversial TV anchor
INDIA: Morning knock at Anchor’s door exposes the rot in justice system (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 October 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission
India
Appeal to release 83-year old Jesuit priest Stan Swamy who is accused of having links to Maoist insurgents
INDIA: Government must release Father Stan Swamy, 83—NOW (Appeal or News Release, English)
6 October 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission
Bangladesh
University teacher dismissed; he had been suspended since 2013 following accusations of having criticised the prime minister and her family
BANGLADESH: Termination of University Teacher Exposes Institutional Collapse (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 September 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission
Bangladesh
Article on blocking of critical websites and other restrictions of freedom of expression and attacks on journalists
BANGLADESH: Freedom is met with rigorous governmental control and violent attacks by people having impunity (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 August 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Advocates for Human Rights; et al. (Author)
Bangladesh
Joint appeal to end enforced disappearances targeting journalists, activists and government critics committed by security forces and law-enforcement agencies
Bangladesh: End Enforced Disappearances (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 June 2020 | AHRC – Asian Human Rights Commission (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), AFAD - Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances; Odhikar; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (Author)
Bangladesh
Joint NGO statement on widespread acts of torture committed by security forces
Bangladesh: Government must end torture and fully implement recommendations made by the UN Committee against Torture (Appeal or News Release, English)
