Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Saturday said there has been some sort of improvement in the country’s RMG sector working environment after the Rana Plaza tragedy, but the progress is slow. The CPD came…
Category: Human rights
Journalists beaten in Sarail polling centre
Three journalists were injured in an attack allegedly by the supporters of the Awami League-backed chairman candidate while covering vote rigging at the Chunta AC Academy polling centre in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria on Saturday.Witnesses said the supporters of AL-backed…
Journo Probir Sikdar urges govt to ensure his ‘safety’
Dhaka – Fearing that he might be made disappeared, senior journalist Probir Sikdar has urged the Prime Minister to take immediate step to save his life, unb news agency reported. He made the appeal in his Facebook status on Thursday…
10 killed, 9,566 attacked since January: HBCOP
Staff Reporter At least 10 people of religious minority communities were killed and 9,566 individuals, families and institutions were attacked in 732 incidents of human rights violation in the first three months of this year, said a report.
No improvement of human rights in Bangladesh: UK
The United Kingdom sees no improvement of human rights scene in Bangladesh last year. The UK in its annual report for 2015 designated 30 Human Rights Priority Countries including Bangladesh that that have shown no improvement in matters of human…
HRW wants Dhaka to remove barriers to TU in Garment industry
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Bangladesh government should urgently remove legal and practical obstacles to unionisation in its readymade garment industry. “Garment workers face daunting challenges to unionization, and remain at risk of interference and threats by factories three…
Discussion on citizen charter held at RU
Speakers emphasised at a discussion at the Rajshahi University (RU) on Wednesday that simplicity of service delivery procedure, convenience of hosting facilities and service delivery perimeters, courtesy, politeness of service delivery agent’s, provision for fault-reporting and rectification essentials ensuring a…
Fair polls not possible under current EC: Sujan
Dhaka – Observing that the current Election Commission (EC) has outshined the MA Aziz-led one, Sujan general secretary Badiul Alam Mazumder on Tuesday said the Commission is the main obstacle towards holding a free and fair election, unb news agency…
CPJ joins call for World Bank to adopt human rights policy
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined Social Justice Connection and other press freedom and human rights groups in calling on the World Bank to adopt a human rights policy at its annual spring meeting in Washington D.C. In a…
State Department report on HR only Partially true: Inu
Dhaka – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said today that the US State Department’s recent report on Bangladesh was only partly true. The minister said this at a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID) today. Inu appreciated…
‘Extrajudicial killings, bloggers murders major HR problems’: US
Dhaka – The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took ‘limited measures’ to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed…
Organised crime prosecutors raid Panama Papers firm office
Panama City — Organised crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm Tuesday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for wealthy international clients.
Suu Kyi must erase apartheid stain
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, wrote, “When fear becomes collective, when anger becomes collective, it’s extremely dangerous. It is overwhelming… The mass media and the military-industrial complex create a prison for us, so we continue…
Protect activists as per their wishes, AI tells Dhaka
Dhaka – The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes. The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder…
The abuse of privacy: Mossack Fonseca and the Panama Papers leak
By Binoy Kampmark “Privacy is a fundamental human right that is being eroded more and more in the modern world. Each person has a right to privacy, whether they are a king or a beggar.” Few could disagree with the…
NHRC chief questions investigation on murder of college teen Tonu
National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) Chairman Mizanur Rahman has raised doubts about Sohagi Jahan Tonu’s murder investigation after visiting the crime scene at Comilla Cantonment. He spoke to reporters at Comilla Circuit House after the visit of an NHRC team…
Second Indian journalist arrested in Chhattisgarh in one week
New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Indian authorities to release journalist Deepak Jaiswal, and to cease harassing and jailing journalists for their work. Police arrested Jaiswal, a reporter for the Hindi-language daily Dainadini, in the…
Bangladesh celebrates 46th Independence Day
Dhaka – The nation celebrated its 46th Independence and National Day on Saturday with a fresh vow to build a prosperous and democratic Bangladesh with the united efforts of all. Thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the…
Singapore court sentences online editor for sedition
Bangkok, March 24, 2016 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Singaporean court’s sentencing Wednesday of an Australian editor of a now-defunct independent Singaporean news website, and calls on authorities to stop jailing journalists and censoring websites. Ai Takagi,…
Amnesty urges Suu Kyi govt to end cycle of repression
Yangon — Amnesty International urged Aung San Suu Kyi and her party’s new government to release all political prisoners when they take office next week, saying Thursday that Myanmar’s historic transition is an opportunity to break away from the repression…
UP poll voting ends, EC claims fair election
Voting in 712 Union Parishads (UPs) in 37 districts of the country ended at 4pm on Tuesday amid various irregularities and sporadic violence that left a person dead and around 70 people injured.
Polling halted in 14 Satkhira, Barisal centres
Dhaka – Polling at 13 centres was suspended in five upazilas during the first phase union parishad (UP) elections on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported. The suspension followed an order of the Election Commission over allegations of seizing control…
Say no to a bad deal with Turkey
By Kenneth Roth, Salil Shetty & Catherine Woollard Let’s not confuse desperation for legality when it comes to Europe’s proposed refugee deal with Turkey. No one should be under any illusion – the very principle of international protection for those…
Curb illicit financial flows to progress on human rights: Expert
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – Curbing tax-related illicit financial flows has the potential to make the largest fiscal impact and would enlarge domestic resources available for the realization of human rights, including social, economic and cultural rights, a UN human rights…
Australian journalists harassed. threatened in Malaysia: CPJ
Bangkok – Authorities should immediately lift restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of two Australian journalists in Malaysia and drop all legal threats against them, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Monday. Linton Besser, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation…
HC rejects writ against collection of tenant info
Dhaka –The High Court on Sunday rejected a writ petition filed seeking an order to stop collection of tenants’ information through the owners of rented apartments. An HC bench compromising Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed…
How journalists cover ISIS and its vast propaganda machine
by Sharon Moshavi, Vice President, New Initiatives News organizations are struggling to cover ISIS, constrained by a lack of on-the-ground presence in the wake of its brutal murders of journalists, according to an International Center for Journalists’ panel of media…
UN for protecting right to assembly
Two United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday presented a new report to the UN Human Rights Council offering extensive recommendations to states and police forces around the world on how best to manage public gatherings. “The proper management of…
Invisible workers need recognition
Anita Makri One afternoon a couple of years ago, I found myself sat in the site office of one of Delhi’s incineration plants and having tea with the manager. The plant was under construction near a landfill, and I was…
CEC sees no pressure, says police will check irregularity in UP polls
Dhaka – Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said the police will check any possible irregularities during the upcoming Union Parishad elections.