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Human rights monitoring report : March 2016

The March 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:

  • 37 killed in violence during local government elections in March
  • Human rights defender shot in the leg while observing elections
  • Extrajudicial killings
  • Inhuman treatment and lack of accountability of law enforcers
  • Allegations of enforced disappearance
  • Cyber security expert picked up
  • Hindrance to freedom of expression and the media
  • Public lynching continues
  • Human rights abuses of citizens belonging to religious minority communities
  • Violence against women
  • Hindrance to human rights activities

Human-rights-monitoring-monthly-report-March-2016 (full text in English, PDF)

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