It is now July 2026, and Bangladesh is under the rule of the BNP-Jamaat coalition. During the first six months of the year alone, 61 people have died inside prisons, according to data from ASK (Ain o Salish Kendra). Of those, 37 were undertrial detainees. In other words, these were individuals whose guilt had not been established and who, under ...
Journalists being neutral is desirable, but having a political position should not be considered a crime. In virtually all advanced democracies, the media and journalists are divided along ideological lines. In the United States, for example, journalists at Fox News and CNN generally operate from perspectives that align more closely with Republi...
As Bangladesh grapples with the aftermath of political upheaval, June 2026 stands as a damning indictment of the BNP-led government’s failure to deliver on its lofty pre-election pledges. Promises of justice, security, and human rights reforms have dissolved into a grim reality of surging violence, unchecked impunity, and institutional reg...
On June 23, 2026, the Bangladesh Awami League, the party that led the nation to independence in 1971 and shaped its modern foundations, turns 77. Yet there will be no grand celebrations, no open rallies, no unfettered reflection on its legacy of resilience. Instead, its leaders and activists mark the occasion from hiding, exile, prison cells, or...
1. Purpose of This Submission: This submission responds to the Commonwealth Observer Group Report on the Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections and Referendum held on 12 February 2026. The Bangladesh Awami League acknowledges the Commonwealth Secretariat's engagement with Bangladesh at a difficult and consequential moment in the country's poli...
Bangladesh faces a deepening law and order crisis marked by daily killings, rape, minority persecution, and arson. This investigation examines how chaos, violence, and impunity have become governance tools under the Yunus-led interim administration.
November 2025 has exposed a stark truth: human rights in Bangladesh are rapidly eroding under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. Ordinary citizens - students, journalists, and political activists - now live under constant fear. Speaking out, participating in protests, or even expressing opinions online can lead to arrests, harassment,...
The Yunus-led interim government has seized the state, weaponizing courts, police, and local administrations to enforce a campaign of vengeance. Streets, villages, and political offices have become hunting grounds for anyone linked to the Awami League. Almost 15 to 20 million Awami League leaders and activists are now internally displaced, drive...
“This week’s visit from the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights to Bangladesh comes at a time of increasingly egregious assaults on Bangladesh’s hard-won democracy and the fundamental human rights of its own people. The EU delegation intends to use this visit to ‘learn more about the work of the inte...
Bangladesh stands at a perilous crossroads. Under the interim government of Muhammad Yunus, arbitrary arrests have become the state’s weapon of choice to control dissent and neutralize political opposition. From grassroots activists to former ministers, respected intellectuals to ordinary citizens attending a procession, people are detaine...
Bangladesh in 2025 is no longer a democracy, it is a nation held hostage by fear, violence, and betrayal. Under the shadow of Muhammad Yunus’s illegitimate interim regime, the promise of freedom has withered into a nightmare of persecution. Human rights are not just violated, they are dismantled. Journalists are hunted like criminals, activists ...
Joint statement by 88 expatriate journalists, writers, teachers-researchers, cultural and rights activists We, the expatriate journalists, writers, teachers-researchers, cultural and rights activists, are deeply concerned to observe that since August 5 of last year, our beloved motherland, our dear homeland, has witnessed indescribable persecut...
Since August 2024, Bangladesh has seen a surge in politically motivated false cases, marking a disturbing turn under the so-called interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. What was promised as a neutral transition has become a repressive regime, using the legal system as a weapon against opponents. Thousands of fabricated cases have been fil...
The report published this month by the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) confirms that Bangladesh is at a critical juncture. Bangladesh today is a place where revenge attacks, state-tolerated murder and judicial persecution are common. So too are threats to Hindus, minority Muslim groups and indigenous peoples, gender...
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report in July-August regarding the killings and human rights violations that took place in Bangladesh. The Awami League believes that the report is entirely biased, one-sided, and based on fabricated information. It claims that the OHCHR issued this shamefull...
Three generations of human rights violation victims – under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami governments – brought out a rally in Dhaka today to highlight the ordeals faced by the families. The focus of the rally was to provide a wholesome perspective on phases of human rights violations in Bangladesh to address ...
Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for 2023-2025 as the Awami League government always emphasizes the security and protection of people's rights by continuing the legal battle against militancy, terrorism and drug abuse. This year, Human Rights Day is very significant on the 75th anniversa...
Hiren Pandit Bangladesh has bagged a historic win in the election for the membership of the UNHRC for the term 2023-25, by securing 160 votes among 189 casted votes in the United Nations General Assembly. This prestigious win is indeed significant as this was the most competitive international election of all candidatures Bangladesh floated sin...
The United Nations has not expressed any concern about Bangladesh in terms of human rights or other issues, according to the latest report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who recently visited Bangladesh. Michelle in her report disclosed the names of countries and regions that have problems and concerns about human ri...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh had witnessed a gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after the 1975 carnage. "We're even barred from seeking justice," she said while UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet paid a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence here. PM's ...
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