Update

***French President Hosts Reception for Human Rights Defenders at Élysée Palace***Human Rights Lawyer Shahanur Islam Joins Hands with ARDHIS for Bangladeshi LGBTQI Asylum Seekers in France***New Platform to Fight Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community in Bangladesh***Human Rights Advocates Meet with French Ambassador to the Council of Europe ***Bangladesh Needs to Make Further Progress Towards Gender Equality***JusticeMakers Bangladesh calls for justice and protection for religious minorities in Bangladesh***French Human Rights Ambassador Honours HR Defenders at Paris***JusticeMakers Bangladesh is deeply concerned over the harassment against student of Islamic University in Bangladesh***JusticeMakers Bangladesh urges to withdraw the ban of Prity's book "Jonmo O Jonir Itihas" immediately***JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses deep concern, condemnation and protest over the vandalism 14 Hindu temples in Thakurgaon***JusticeMakers Bangladesh deeply concern over the threat of crossfire to the lawyer Aminul Gani Tito in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the attacked on CEO of BELA***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the disappearance of lawyer in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Urges Immidiate Release of Arrested Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over viciously attacked on lawyer Abdur Rashid Mollah at Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerned over attacked on indigenous people at Bogura***JusticeMakers Bangladesh welcomes the decision of Metropolitan Magistrate to acquit four Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Protests and concerns Over the Abduction and Torture of Two Trans-women in Meherpur***Shahanur Islam attended the 21st World Summit on Participatory Democracy at Grenoble, France***

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Human Rights Organizatin Concerns over the attact on Law Enforcing Agencies


URGENT APPEAL:Seeking justice through the proper investigation of the incident of killing due to torture by RAB


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Thursday, May 6, 2010

HUMAN RITHS REPORT: For the month of April 2010 (published on the daily Naya Digonto )

HUMAN RITHS REPORT: For the month of April 2010


Despite of promising to protect and promote human right in Bangladesh by the Government, the incident of human rights violation is gradually increasing.

(The State of Human Rights for the period of April 2010)

Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation registered with the Department of Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh based on United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) dedicated to promote and protect human rights in Bangladesh. BIHR published its state of Human Rights for the period of April 01 to April 30, 2010. The report was prepared by the research and documentation cell of BIHR on the basis of report published in 12 national news paper, fact-finding mission and direct sources of BIHR. BIHR is deeply concerned over the gradually increasing the human rights violation in Bangladesh. Adv. Shahanur Islam, the Secretary General of BIHR asks the Government to stop the all kind of violation as well as demands to investigate and bring the allege perpetrators before the book by proper investigation.

Monday, May 3, 2010

http://www.savebd.com/news/hr-report-highlights-extrajudicial-killings-violence-against-women-journalists/

HR report highlights extrajudicial killings, violence against women, journalists

  • April HR report
  • 28 incidents of HR violations against journalists
  • 10 extrajudicial killings
  • 836 people became victims of assault by law enforcing agencies
  • 11 incidents of HR violations by Indian Border Security Force (BSF)
  • 818 injured due to political violence
  • 161 people (including 9 women and 5 children) killed, 2732 people were injured in social violence

Some ten people were killed allegedly at the hands of law enforcers in April, according to a report prepared by the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR).
Besides, 836 people became victims of assault allegedly by members of law enforcing agencies during the same period.