Human rights monitoring report : November 2017

The November 2017 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas:

PART I: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES
– Genocide against Rohingya people in Myanmar
– Aggressive policy of Indian government towards Bangladesh

PART II: NATIONAL ISSUES
– Resignation of the Chief Justice and Independence of the Judiciary
– Extrajudicial killings
– Death in jail
– Torture, inhuman treatment and lack of accountability
– Enforced disappearances
– Public lynching
– ‘Extremism’ and human rights
– High Court verdict on the death reference of BDR mutiny
– Criminalization of politics and violence
– Arrest, suppression and hindrance to freedom of assembly on opposition party activists
– Interference on freedom of expression and the media
– Workers’ rights
– Human rights of religious minority communities
– Violence against Women
– Activities of Odhikar hindered