Persistent suppression of critics in Bangladesh following elections Published at 09.04.2019 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force criminal defamation restrictive law labour rights protestor(s) detained protest censorship internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body Published at 26.10.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
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 Read more
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 non state actors harassment surveillance attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 environmental rights protest disruption religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of journalist Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
