BANGLADESH RIGHTS
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Crime & Justice
Amendment to law that allowed questioning of rape victims’ character hailed
Dhaka, Nov 4 (EFE).- Human rights activists Friday welcomed an amendment to the Bangladesh law that bars lawyers from questioning…
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Politics
HRW denounces Bangladesh crackdown on opposition
Dhaka, Oct 10 (EFE).- The New York-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a statement Monday, urged the Bangladesh…
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Environment
Activists aren’t terrorists: UN expert urges Bangladesh to amend digital law
Dhaka, Sep 15 (EFE).– Activists are not terrorists, said a top United Nations official on human rights and climate change…
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Social Issues
HRW: Bangladesh must allow UN assistance for enforced disappearances probe
New Delhi, Aug 30 (EFE).- The nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Bangladesh to allow transparent and independent…
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Politics
UN rights chief urged to press Bangladesh on abuses
Dhaka, Aug 10 (EFE).- Nine international human rights bodies Wednesday urged United Nations rights chief Michele Bachelet to call for…
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Crime & Justice
Bangladesh criminalizing free speech, says Amnesty
Dhaka, July 26 (EFE).- The nonprofit Amnesty International on Monday accused the Bangladeshi authorities of “criminalizing free speech” by using…
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Politics
Hundreds protests against Bangladeshi writer’s death in jail
Dhaka, Feb 26 (efe-epa).- Several hundred students and political activists on Friday held demonstrations in Dhaka, protesting against the death…
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Science & Technology
Disappearances continue in Bangladesh amid pandemic, says rights groups
Dhaka, Aug 28 (efe-epa).- Enforced disappearances continued in Bangladesh during the Covid-19 pandemic, a coalition of 12 human rights groups…
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Crime & Justice
Bangladesh teacher arrested for controversial Facebook post
Dhaka, June 18 (efe-epa).- Bangladesh on Thursday arrested a university teacher under the controversial Digital Security Act over a Facebook…
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