On 23 September 2026, a man identified as Faizan Shan, reportedly a resident of Chak Dhamni in Rawalakot, was killed and another man travelling with him on a motorcycle was reportedly injured following an incident involving Pakistan Rangers personnel near a checkpoint in the Rawalakot area. According to reports, Rangers personnel opened fire during the […]
Regarding interventions against handing over of the administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to the DGFI, mandating the State sponsored vigilante group PCJSS to draft anti-terrorism policy, extending democracy denied for the last 37 years further and continuing acts of racial discrimination by providing free food rations to implanted majority plain settlers in the […]
What is new?On 10 September 2026, the Government of Bangladesh formed three Committees on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs i.e. National Committee[1], Executive Committee[2] and Advisory Committee[3] to formulate the National Strategy on the Chittagong Hill Tracts within the next 90 days. The CHT is the homeland of majority indigenous peoples of Bangladesh. The […]
Today, the 9th September, marks the fall of former Prime Minister KP Oli Sharma’s government in Nepal following massive uprising by the Gen-Z in the country in September 2025. Large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations intensified after the government imposed a nationwide ban on several major social media platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and […]
Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman who was elected President of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session beginning on 8 September 2026 had stated that his presidency would focus on six broad priorities: peace and security; accelerating progress on the SDGs; climate action and environmental protection; human rights; governance of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, […]
On 12 August 2026, Pakistan’s military allegedly carried out an airstrike in Surab’s Gidar Goandhan area in Baluchistan, reportedly killing 30 civilians, including women, children and infants, and injuring dozens of others. Pakistan’s military denied the allegation and stated that the casualties were instead caused by a premature explosion involving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device […]
On 9 July 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on Pakistan to establish a national mechanism to receive and investigate complaints from families of girls from religious minority communities who have been abducted or forcibly converted to Islam. The resolution highlighted the case of a 13-year-old Christian girl Maria Shahbaz and urged the […]
মাননীয় স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী, বাংলাদেশ সরকার, এশিয়ান সেন্টার ফর হিউম্যান রাইটস (ACHR) – জাতিসংঘের অর্থনৈতিক ও সামাজিক পরিষদের (UN ECOSOC) বিশেষ পরামর্শমূলক মর্যাদা সম্পন্ন একটি এনজিও – আপনাকে এই পত্রটি লিখছে। গত ১১ মার্চ ২০২৬ তারিখে “জাতীয় মানবাধিকার কমিশন অধ্যাদেশ, ২০২৫ এবং নতুন সংসদের কাছে প্রত্যাশা” শীর্ষক সেমিনারে আপনার দেওয়া বক্তব্যে বিষয়ে আমাদের বিস্ময় প্রকাশ করছি। উক্ত […]
Dear Hon’ble Home Minister of Bangladesh, The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), a NGO having Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, is writing to express our dismay with your statement on 11 March 2026 at a seminar on “National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025 and Expectations from the New Parliament” […]
