The people will fight on In total defiance of the joint statement issued on December 6 of the 15 foreign missions in Bangladesh, urging the government to hold “free expression, peaceful assembly, and elections”, the police of the authoritarian government of Bangladesh attacked peaceful demonstrators with batons, burst teargas shells and fired bullets at them at […]
On October 15, 2022, The Sri Lanka Guardian, which the Library of Congress describes as an “online newspaper on Sri Lankan society, culture, terrorism, and politics” reported that India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the foreign intelligence agency of India, has formed a new brigade in Bangladesh. CHRD Bangladesh has also received reports from several reliable […]
The label of a secular state on the face of India is nothing more than mere hypocrisy. It can be observed not only in the current wave of Hindutva, in fact, but it had also existed way before the partition of the subcontinent. The phenomenon of religious and nationalist extremism was part of Indian society […]
Last week, India’s Supreme Court took on an issue that has turned into a major political controversy: the hijab. In February, the southern state of Karnataka had banned women from wearing the hijab in classrooms— enraging Indian Muslims and delighting Hindu nationalists, who saw the state’s move as another triumph in their continuing campaign against Muslims in […]
August 25 marked the 5th year anniversary of the Rohingya crisis. On August 25, 2017, the Myanmar Military launched its inhumane “Clearance Operation” against the Rohingya with an intention of ethnic cleansing. The Junta destroyed villages, inflicted torture, raped women and killed many. The operation was so brutal that the United Nations High Commissioner for […]
“Least likely” is the answer to the question above. I believe Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ recent visit to Bangladesh will lead to a positive zero on Bangladesh’s flagrant violations of human rights, dignity and freedom over the past 14 years. Ms. Bachelet’s use of the phrase “wide allegations” in her press conference […]
The Bangladesh government, in a circular of its Home Ministry, has declared that the country’s current police chief Mr. Benazir Ahmed, a patent human rights offender and a US-sanctioned individual, was chosen to participate in the 3rd UN Chief of Police Summit (UNCOPS) to be held from 31 August to 01 September 2022 in New […]
A joint statement by several international human rights organizations was issued ahead of The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet’s visit to Bangladesh from August 14-18, 2022. CHRD Bangladesh unequivocally supports this statement. During the trip, High Commissioner Bachelet will meet with government officials and civil society organizations and visit the Rohingya refugee camps. In her time in […]
The Rohingya are the most persecuted minority group in the world. Such persecution has forced Rohingya women, girls, boys and men into Bangladesh for many years, with significant spikes following violent attacks in 1978, 1991-1992, and again in 2016. More than 700,000 were forced to flee from the northern Rakhine state in western Myanmar following […]
On July 25, 2022, the military junta of Myanmar executed four people. This was the country’s first death sentences in more than 30 years. The men who were put to death were Phyo Zeya Thaw (41), Kyaw Min Yu, also known as “Ko Jimmy,” (53), Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw. They were activists […]