Dear President Biden, Rumor has it that you’re considering blanket pardons for certain persons whom you have reason to believe the incoming, self-proclaimed vindictive Donald Trump administration may prosecute for alleged crimes, when they in fact did nothing other than carry out the duties of their government positions. Your inclination to save these people from the burden […]
Six long months have passed since chief prosecutor Karim Khan applied to the pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders, at least two of whom are now dead. In that time, at least 9,000 more Palestinians in Gaza have been killed under […]
The story should not be real. It was the morning of January 29, 2004. The Israeli military had already bombed substantial parts of the affluent Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, including—in October 2023—the totality of the Gaza City campus of the Islamic University of Gaza. Following a warning from the Israeli military, seven members […]
Since 2017, the United Nations has been seeking humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya under the name of Joint Response Plan (JRP). The Rohingyas, who had taken refuge in Bangladesh to save their lives from a genocidal attempt by the Myanmar military, are still living in congested camps and restricted livelihoods with no hope of change any soon. To add […]
The Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) urges an urgent ceasefire of Israel’s war of annihilation of the hapless Palestinians in Gaza. The Jewish nation, supported by the US and others, rejected various ceasefire efforts at the UN. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel also rejected the latest offer of truce […]
In December 2022, the United States announced the resettlement program for vulnerable Rohingya refugees in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Nearly one year later, in November 2023, the program finally commenced with around 500 Rohingyas resettled in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, and other countries. […]
December 10, 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Over the past 75 years, the most significant objectives of the Declaration have been its pledge to societies to achieve justice, equality and fundamental human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrines the inalienable rights which all human beings have […]
“Quietly Crushing a Democracy: Millions in Trial in Bangladesh,” wrote the influential New York Times on September 2, 2023. “Bangladesh’s multiparty democracy is being methodically strangled in crowded courtrooms across this country of 170 million people.” The Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) fully concurs with the views of The New […]
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, 2023, The Coalition for Human Rights & Democracy in Bangladesh (CHRD Bangladesh) condemns the enforced disappearances of hundreds, mostly opposition political activists, in Bangladesh under the administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power without the mandate […]
Odhikar, a reputed rights organization in Bangladesh, documented serious violations of human rights in the country under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, illegally in power since 2009. Largely based on its reports and the reports of other human rights organizations, the United States imposed sanctions on the perpetrators, the notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and some of […]