Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Prof Mizanur Rahman on Sunday said doubts have been created in the minds of ordinary citizen on the investigation of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Comilla Victoria College.
Tag: Human rights
A force behind same-sex marriage around the world
Amy Braunschweiger Boris Dittrich, at the time a member of Dutch parliament, was looking out an open window of Aruba’s parliament building when a jeering mob chanting anti-gay slurs, honking horns, and whistling eclipsed the distant sounds of traffic. Boris…
Using courts to crush dissent in Ethiopia
Felix Horne For the past six months, thousands of people have taken to the streets in Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromia, to protest alleged abuses by their government. The protests, unprecedented in recent years, have seen Ethiopia’s security forces use lethal…
When cities become death traps
Mary Wareham “Urban areas have become death traps for thousands of civilians,” says a new report issued by the United Nations Secretary-General ahead of the first World Humanitarian Summit, which opens May 23, 2016, in Istanbul. The report describes the…
Historic May Day being observed across Bangladesh
Dhaka – The historic May Day is being observed in bangladesh and many other countries of the globe on Sunday with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates…
Kerry phones Bangladesh PM, urges her to arrest Xulhaz killers
Dhaka – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday night phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and requested her to take necessary steps to bring the killers of Kalabagan murder to trial, unb news agency reported. According to the Prime…
HRW calls for US official Xulhaz, Tonoy killers’ arrest
Dhaka – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said the Bangladeshi authorities should immediately investigate the killings of two ‘LGBT human rights activists’. Police found Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub hacked to death in an apartment in the capital…
Progress in RMG working environment slow: CPD
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…
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…
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…
Amnesty Int’l says Republic of Congo airstrikes killed 30
An international rights group says airstrikes in Republic of Congo’s southeastern Pool region nearly two weeks ago killed at least 30 people.
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.
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…
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…
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,…
Trapped in an airport for a year
Fadi Mansour, a Syrian, has been detained in a Turkish airport for over a year after he attempted to emigrate to Europe and escape from the danger in his home country.
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…
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.
All but one country in Americas criminalize defamation
All but one country in Americas criminalize defamation CPJ releases comparative study of criminal defamation laws in the Americas Lima, Peru, March 2, 2016-An alarming resurgence in the use of outdated criminal defamation provisions to target critical journalists across Latin America represents…
Number of third gender people in Bangladesh is around 10,000
The number of third gender people in Bangladesh is around 10,000, according to the government.State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin came up with the number in reply to a query in Parliament on Sunday.He said the government has taken…
Reporters Sans Frontiers urge end to DS editor harassment
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina to stop “hounding Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam.” The France-based international organisation of reporters, originally named as Reporters Sans Frontiers, made the call in an article published on…
France’s Renewed Emergency Law a Recipe for Abuse
On Tuesday, the French National Assembly approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency that was originally declared during the horrific night of November 13 and renewed 12 days later.