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Bangladesh: Skirting the Issues at the UN
ExpandTear gas is seen while police take their position in the street of Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 8, 2018. © 2018 Reuters / Mohammad Ponir Hossain (Geneva) – The Bangladesh delegation to the...
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Bangladesh: Investigate Fate of ‘Disappeared’
ExpandRelatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014. © 2014 Zakir...
View ArticleLetter from Human Rights Watch to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Dear Prime Minister Hasina,We write to request you to take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and seek the release of the men currently detained by Bangladesh law enforcement or intelligence...
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Bangladesh: Landslides Threaten Rohingya Shelters
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh are at imminent risk of landslides. Bangladesh authorities, with the assistance of the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies,...
View ArticleVideo - Landslides Threaten Rohingya Shelters in Bangladesh
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh are at imminent risk of landslides. Bangladesh authorities, with the assistance of the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies,...
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Bangladesh: Suspend Deadly ‘War on Drugs’
ExpandMembers of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand guard with dogs in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 12, 2011.© 2011 Reuters(New York) – The Bangladesh government should order an independent...
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A Violation of Rights in Bangladesh
ExpandMembers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 4, 2012.© 2012 ReutersYears ago, I met with Shamsunnahar Alam in Bangladesh, whose 24-year-old brother had been shot by...
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“An ‘Island Prison’ is Not the Answer”
Can you describe what you saw at the camp in May? August 5, 2018Report“Bangladesh Is Not My Country”The Plight of Rohingya Refugees from MyanmarDownload the full report in EnglishDownload the appendix...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya Endure Floods, Landslides
ExpandA Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 19, 2017. Said Reuters photographer Cathal McNaughton: “It was important to show the scale of the situation. To show the terrain, the...
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“Bangladesh Is Not My Country”
SummaryIn late August and September 2017, Bangladesh welcomed the sudden influx of several hundred thousand Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. This followed an earlier wave of...
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Relocating Rohingya refugees to a flood-prone island is a dangerous idea
ExpandWalkways on the steep slopes of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh have been particularly treacherous. In May 2018, refugees in some places were starting to build...
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Bangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics
ExpandActivist and photographer Shahidul Alam arrives surrounded by policemen for an appearance in a court, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 6, 2018. © 2018 MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images(New York) –...
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Wave of Arrests Follow Crackdown in Bangladesh
ExpandStudents gather at Elephant Road Circle beside Dhaka College demanding road safety and justice for the traffic deaths, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 4, 2018.© 2018 Turjoy Chowdhury/NurPhoto via...
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Bangladesh: Wave of Arrests Over Peaceful Dissent
ExpandStudents shout slogans as they take part in a protest over recent traffic accidents that killed a boy and a girl, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain (New...
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A Woeful Anniversary for Rohingya Refugees
ExpandRohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Burma into Palang Khali, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017. © 2017 Jorge Silva/ReutersA few days shy of...
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Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Need More Help
ExpandA Rohingya boy looks down on the place where his hut washed away the day before in the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 2018. Photograph by Bill Frelick.© 2018...
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Families Beg for Answers on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced...
ExpandRelatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014. © 2014 Zakir...
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Bangladesh Photographer Denied Bail after Criticizing Government
ExpandActivist and photographer Shahidul Alam arrives surrounded by policemen for an appearance in a court, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 6, 2018. © 2018 MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty ImagesA Bangladesh...
View ArticleOn Genocide Convention Anniversary, ICC Needed More Than Ever
As we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, I wish to address the crucial role of the International Criminal Court in realizing its ideals.This year also marks the twentieth...
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