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Human rights monitoring report : August 2011

The August 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:

  • Political violence increases
  • Extrajudicial killings
  • Torture
  • Disappearances
  • RAB threatens to pick up a complainant for filing a case against them for killing his son
  • Vagrant Act passed in Parliament, curtailing fundamental freedoms
  • Freedom of the media
  • Human rights situation of the religious minority groups
  • Violence against women
  • Lack of transparency in the India-Bangladesh Agreements

The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 10 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh.

human rights monitoring-monthly report-Aug 2011-eng (full text in English, PDF)

human rights monitoring-monthly report-Aug 2011-ben (full text in Bangla, PDF)

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