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Language Chinese, Simplified 孟加拉童婚问题-联合国儿童基金统计，孟加拉的童婚率高居全球第四。在2005到2013年之间：29％ 少女在15岁前结婚的比例。65％ 少女在18岁前结婚的比例。 Alt Text 孟加拉童婚问题-联合国儿童基金统计，孟加拉的童婚率高居全球第四。 Region / CountryAsiaBangladeshTopicChild Marriage
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2012-10-bangladesh-asia-tanneries
Language English A boy soaks hides in a pit of diluted chemicals in a Hazaribagh tannery. International law binding on Bangladesh, as well as Bangladesh’s own labor law, prohibits employing children...
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2012-7-bangladesh-asia-soliders
Language English Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of mutiny are summoned for a hearing before a special court in Dhaka July 12, 2010. Alt Text Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) accused of...
View ArticleBangladesh : Des femmes lésées par la loi
Language French Au Bangladesh, certaines lois relatives au mariage et au divorce, ainsi que d'autres lois, sont discriminatoires à l'égard des femmes. Des milliers de Bangladaises sont contraintes soit...
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Language EnglishRelatives cry for loved ones trapped in the collapsed Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka on April 24, 2013. Alt Text Relatives cry for loved ones trapped in the collapsed Rana Plaza...
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One Year After the Girl Summit
A year ago today activists attended the Girl Summit, a global meeting hosted by the UK government to agree on action to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage within a generation....
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Bangladesh: Stop Promoting Self-Censorship
Protect Bloggers, Prosecute Those Targeting Free SpeechExpandNiladri Chakrabarti, a Bangladeshi blogger who wrote about religious fundamentalism and secularism, in a photo from his Facebook page. He...
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Dispatches: Bangladesh’s Machete Attacks On Free Speech
Free speech in Bangladesh is under attack as never before, held hostage between angry, machete-wielding radicals on one hand and a government, quick to take offence, on the other.Four bloggers have...
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Dispatches: Going Backwards on Child Marriage in Bangladesh
Fifteen months after pledging to end child marriage in her country, Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, seems determined to lower the age of marriage in Bangladesh.ExpandBangladesh's Prime...
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2015-10-bangladesh-asia-hasina
Language EnglishBangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a plenary meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York...
View ArticleBangladesh: Halt Imminent War Crimes Executions
Suspend Death Penalty Immediately(New York) – The Bangladeshi government should halt the imminent executions of two men convicted of war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should...
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Bangladesh: Government Shuts Down Critics
Bloggers Forced into Hiding; Clampdowns on Expression, Political Opposition (New York) – Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, Human Rights Watch said in its World...
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Language RussianТринадцатилетняя Сифола живет в доме с мужем и с его родственниками в Бангладеше. Родители Сифолы, страдающие от бедности, забрали ее из школы и выдали замуж, чтобы на сэкономленные...
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Dispatches: Bangladesh Should Stand Up to China’s Bullying
The Chinese government is well known for covering up that which it does not want discussed: the horrors of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, and even...
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2016-02-china-bangladesh-asia-dhaka-art-CH
Language Chinese, Simplified因为中国驻孟加拉大使抗议，达卡艺术高峰会用白纸覆盖部分展出作品，2016年2月。 Alt Text 因为中国驻孟加拉大使抗议，达卡艺术高峰会用白纸覆盖部分展出作品，2016年2月。 Copyright © 2016 取自Wasfia Nazreen脸书 Region / CountryAsiaBangladeshChina and...
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2016-2-bangladesh-asia-newspaper
Language EnglishA man buys a local newspaper in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 20, 2011. Alt Text A man buys a local newspaper in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 20, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Reuters Region /...
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Bangladesh: Charging Editors Is Dramatic Backslide
Repeal Abusive Criminal Defamation and Sedition Laws(New York) – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo,...
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Bangladesh: War Crimes Verdict Based on Flawed Trial
Chief Justice Calls Prosecution “Incompetent” and Evidence “Insufficient” (New York) – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately set aside the death penalty against Mir Qasem Ali, a senior member of...
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2016-04-asia-bangladesh-main
Language EnglishAnuwara Begum, in her 60s, cries while remembering her son-in-law, a farmer who died from arsenic-related illnesses. She herself has arsenic-related health conditions, but has never...
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Language EnglishAnuwara Begum, in her 60s, cries while remembering her son-in-law, a farmer who died from arsenic-related illnesses. She herself has arsenic-related health conditions, but has never...
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