Following the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 4th August 2024 after 15 years of iron rule, an Interim Government headed by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus took over. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was invited to investigate the violations committed during July-August 2024 mass protests that led […]
1. Executive summary and recommendations Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its next, the 13th Parliamentary Elections, on 12th February 2026. On one hand the exclusion of the Awami League, on other hand, the release of the Islamic terrorists, the availability of approximately 400,000 illegal weapons, and overall lawlessness that permeated the society, raise serious doubts […]
The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees fundamental rights which are non-derogable by any law, and laws inconsistent with fundamental rights are void as per Article 26 of the Constitution. This report, Bangladesh: Interim Govt Fails Constitution Compliance Test On Fundamental Rights, shows as to how the Interim Government failed to protect fundamental rights and how it […]
Bangladesh ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on 6th September 2000. In the last fourteen and half years, Bangladesh has not even submitted its Initial Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. In this submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is holding its 113th Session from 16 […]
NEW DELHI: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “Bangladesh: Polarisation, Political Violence & an Undeclared Civil War”, released today stated that about 90 people have been killed and more than a thousand were injured in the ongoing violent anti-government protests by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 20-party alliance demanding resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s […]
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
