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
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
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 Read more
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
