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Report
Annual Report: Bangladesh 2013
People’s Republic of Bangladesh Head of state Zillur Rahman Head of government Sheikh Hasina Some 30 extrajudicial executions were reported. State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment and at least 10 enforced disappearances. Political violence resulted in the death of at least four men. Women continued to be subjected to various forms of violence. The government failed to protect Indigenous communities from attack by Bengali settlers. At least 111 workers died in a factory fire, some allegedly because officials refused to let them leave the premises. More than 20 Buddhist temples and monasteries, one Hindu temple and…
May 15, 2013
Press Release
Bangladeshi Minority Communities Must Be Protected and Arsonists Must be Brought to Justice
The perpetrators of arson attacks on temples and Buddhist villages in the south of Bangladesh must be brought to justice and steps need to be taken to ensure ethnic minorities are protected, Amnesty International said.
October 3, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Demands Bangladesh Authorities Account for Deaths of Protesters Amid Spate of “Disappearances”
Amnesty International today urges Bangladesh authorities to initiate a thorough investigation into the deaths of two men, killed on April 23 while protesting the disappearance of a key opposition figure.
April 24, 2012
Press Release
Torture Video Shows Need to Protect Bangladeshis Crossing India Border, says Amnesty International
The suspension of eight guards of India's Border Security Force (BSF) for torturing a Bangladeshi caught on the border is not a sign that human rights violations are being addressed, Amnesty International said today.
January 20, 2012
Press Release
Amnesty International Urges Bangladesh Government to Act Now to Stop Unlawful Killings
The Bangladesh authorities must honor their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by a special police force accused of involvement in hundreds of killings, Amnesty International said today in a new report.
August 24, 2011
Report
Bangladesh: Government must act now to stop police unlawful killings
Hardly a week goes by in Bangladesh without people being shot in Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) operations. RAB is a special police force, created to combat criminal gang activity. But since its inception in 2004, RAB has been implicated in the unlawful killing of at least 700 people. In this document Amnesty International calls on the authorities to set up an independent and impartial body to thoroughly investigate allegations of RAB abuses.
August 23, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Bangladesh 2011
Head of state: Zillur Rahman Head of government: Sheikh Hasina Death penalty: retentionist Population: 164.4 million Life expectancy: 66.9 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 58/56 per 1,000 Adult literacy: 55 per cent Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel and other police officers detained more than 1,500 people, many of them arbitrarily, during demonstrations. They used excessive force against demonstrators, injuring hundreds. RAB and the police continued to be implicated in extrajudicial executions. At least six detainees died in police custody, allegedly from torture. Nine men were executed and at least 32 men were sentenced to death. Six people were detained for war…
July 5, 2011
Press Release
Bangladesh: Stop Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh
Amnesty International calls on the United Kingdom government to raise concerns about reports of torture, extrajudicial...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Bangladesh: Security forces used excessive force during raid
Bangladeshi security forces used excessive force during a raid on the house of a senior opposition politician on June 27,...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Bangladesh: Stop Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh
Amnesty International calls on the United Kingdom government to raise concerns about reports of torture, extrajudicial...
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Bangladesh: Security forces used excessive force during raid
Bangladeshi security forces used excessive force during a raid on the house of a senior opposition politician on June 27,...
March 27, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Bangladesh 2010
Head of state Zillur Rahman (replaced Iajuddin Ahmed in February) Head of government Sheikh Hasina (replaced Fakhruddin Ahmed in January) Death penalty retentionist Population 162.2 million Life expectancy 65.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 58/56 per 1,000 Adult literacy 53.5 per cent At least 74 people including civilians and army officers were killed during a Bangladesh Rifles(BDR) mutiny in February. After the mutiny, over 3,000 BDR personnel were detained, at least 48 of whom died in custody. Police and security forces were implicated in the alleged extrajudicial executions of up to 70 criminal suspects. At least 64 people were sentenced to…
March 19, 2011