Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years
1 year, 3 months ago

Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years

Al Jazeera  

Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of the Odhikar group documented extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and police brutality. A court in Bangladesh has sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years in jail in a trial that critics say is part of a government crackdown ahead of elections. Both Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan, leaders of the Odhikar human rights organisation, “were sentenced to two years in prison”, Judge Zulfiker Hayat said on Thursday. “They were sentenced to two years in jail for publishing and circulating false information, hurting religious sentiments and undermining the image of the state,” prosecutor Nazrul Islam Shamim told the Agence France-Presse news agency. “This verdict will send a chilling message to the human rights defenders in the country and make their work enormously difficult,” Nur Khan Liton, a former head of another of the country’s leading human rights organisations, told the AFP.

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3 Bangladeshis arrested for illegal entry get 5-year jail term
2 weeks ago

3 Bangladeshis arrested for illegal entry get 5-year jail term

India Today  

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Human rights violated in Bangladesh, arrested Hindu monk's lawyers beaten up: BJP's Suvendu
3 weeks ago

Human rights violated in Bangladesh, arrested Hindu monk's lawyers beaten up: BJP's Suvendu

Deccan Chronicle  

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Bangladesh ex-ministers face ‘massacre’ charges, Hasina probe deadline set
1 month, 1 week ago

Bangladesh ex-ministers face ‘massacre’ charges, Hasina probe deadline set

Al Jazeera  

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Pressure mounts on Prof Yunus to release human rights activist Shahriar Kabir
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Pressure mounts on Prof Yunus to release human rights activist Shahriar Kabir

New Indian Express  

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Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues
4 months ago

Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues

Associated Press  

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A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted
11 months ago

A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted

Associated Press  

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Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
1 year, 2 months ago

Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Iran is cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an “alarming” number of executions, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the Islamic Republic said in a report circulated Friday. The investigator, appointed by the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, also recommended that …

UN ‘concerned’ by harassment of human rights defenders in Bangladesh
1 year, 3 months ago

UN ‘concerned’ by harassment of human rights defenders in Bangladesh

Al Jazeera  

UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls on Dhaka to create a ‘safe’ environment for activists and civil society leaders. The United Nations rights body has expressed its concerns against the continued harassment and detention of human rights defenders in Bangladesh, including Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus and leaders of prominent rights organisation Odhikar. On Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human …

UN strongly criticises China jailing two rights activists
1 year, 8 months ago

UN strongly criticises China jailing two rights activists

Hindustan Times  

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Bangladesh scrapping rights group’s licence a ‘chilling message’
2 years, 6 months ago

Bangladesh scrapping rights group’s licence a ‘chilling message’

Al Jazeera  

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Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh’s RAB from peacekeeping
2 years, 11 months ago

Rights groups want UN to ban Bangladesh’s RAB from peacekeeping

Al Jazeera  

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Bangladesh protests US sanctions against top security officers
3 years ago

Bangladesh protests US sanctions against top security officers

Firstpost  

Washington has imposed sanctions against the Rapid Action Battalion, which is accused of involvement in hundreds of disappearances and nearly 600 extrajudicial killings since 2018 Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh on Saturday called in the US ambassador to protest sanctions by Washington against its top security officers after seven people including the country’s national police chief were accused by the Biden administration …

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