Bangladesh

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Bangladesh: Further information on medical concern/ torture/ legal ...
12 January 2009

Rang Lai Mro was released on bail on 8 January 2009, on the orders of the Bangladesh High Court. The head of a community of indigenous Mro people, he had been detained ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/001/2009

Bangladesh: Elections present risks and opportunities for human ...
23 December 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA BRIEFING. AI Index No ASA 13/011/2008. 23 December 2008. Bangladesh: Elections present risks and opportunities for human rights. ...

Document       ASA 13/011/2008

Bangladesh: Tortured human rights defender facing imprisonment
1 December 2008

Jahangir Alam Akash, journalist and head of two local human rights organizations, was detained for more than a month in October 2007 and tortured by the Rapid Action ...

Document       ASA 13/007/2008

Suggested recommendations to the 16 States in the fourth round of ...
1 December 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/046/2008

Bangladesh: Further information on medical concern/torture/legal ...
28 November 2008

The authorities responsible for the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) have written to Amnesty International members, saying that they have noted the organization's concerns ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/010/2008

Bangladesh: Lifting some of the emergency restrictions is welcome ...
4 November 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index No: ASA 13/009/2008. 4 November 2008. Bangladesh: Lifting some of the emergency restrictions ...

Document       ASA 13/009/2008

Bangladesh: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fourth ...
1 September 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       ASA 13/006/2008

Bangladesh: Fear for safety: Dr MA Hasan
14 April 2008

Civil society organization leader Dr MA Hasan has received death threats after his organisation, the War Crimes Fact Finding Committee, published on 3 April 2008 ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/004/2008

Bangladesh: Request for UN involvement in ending impunity for 1971 ...
2 April 2008

Amnesty International welcomed Foreign Adviser Iftehkar Ahmed Chowdhury's request for United Nations involvement. "Action to end impunity for war crimes, crimes ...

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Bangladesh: Further information on UA 285/07 fear for safety ...
16 January 2008

Jahangir Alam Akash, a journalist and human rights activist, was released on bail in November 2007 after over a month in detention. He has publicly stated that ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/003/2008