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Opposition under assault and news websites blocked ahead of Bangladeshi elections
- Published at
- 20.12.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- non state actors
- intimidation
Smear campaign against leading human rights group, as elections loom
- Published at
- 29.11.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- release of HRDs
- harassment
Persistent suppression of critics in Bangladesh following elections
- Published at
- 09.04.2019
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- excessive force
Bangladesh authorities suppressing critics and restricting freedoms in refugee camps
- Published at
- 18.09.2019
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
Authorities tighten surveillance of CSOs in the wake of terror attacks
- Published at
- 28.09.2016
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- harassment
- LGBTI
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 15.12.2016
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD detained
- bureaucratic restriction
- indigenous groups
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed
- Published at
- 13.06.2017
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- environmental rights
Journalists attacked by thugs aligned with ruling party
- Published at
- 06.11.2017
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- refugees and migrants
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- restrictive law
- internet restriction
Students protesters attacked as ruling party cracks down on dissent
- Published at
- 19.04.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- excessive force
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- restrictive law
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity
- Published at
- 02.08.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- non state actors
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests
- Published at
- 10.09.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 19.02.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- enforced disappearance
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
Suppression of journalists and activists by Bangladesh ruling party and supporters intensifying
- Published at
- 09.09.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- youth
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
Artists, journalists and activists targeted in Bangladesh while protesters threatened and attacked
- Published at
- 26.01.2021
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- non state actors
Press freedom under assault in Bangladesh while critics, protesters also silenced
- Published at
- 28.05.2021
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- non state actors
Journalists covering Bangladesh face criminalisation, vilification and false copyright claims
- Published at
- 01.09.2021
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- refugees and migrants
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
Despite sanctions, abuses against activists, journalists and protesters persist in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 02.03.2022
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Bangladesh authorities intensify persecution of rights group Odhikar, journalists, and critics
- Published at
- 10.08.2022
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- youth
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- journalist detained