[Dhaka, 28 May 2017] The Human Rights Forum of Bangladesh (HRFB) condemns the action taken by the police to arrest four persons in Dhaka on charges among others, attempted murder,…

‘I was raped more than 20 times in three days, they even could have killed me, today I am back to my country alive, I feel like it is my…

Md Nur Khan and Tamanna Hoq Riti On September 25, 2015, at the end of the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the UN General Council drew up Sustainable…

Bangladesh is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it has promised to establish a strong monitoring system for the protection and…

A notice issued by the Police headquarter on 26 November 2015 for the recruitment of trainee recruit constable (male/female) in the Police department asked candidates to attach UP chairman/city corporation/municipality…

  Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh Link at OHCHR Website: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/31/18/Add.2

We, the undersigned human rights organisations from South Asia gathered in Kathmandu on 5 November 2015 to participate in South Asian Members’ Meeting, welcome the new constitution adopted by Nepal’s…

The Jakarta Recommendations are the outcome of discussions at a regional consultation on “Expression, Opinion and Religious Freedoms in Asia”, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 3-5 June 2015. Ain o…

In response to the petition by ASK, BLAST, Naripokkho, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Jatiyo Adivasi Parishad, the High Court issued a rule on 25 May 2015 upon concerned authorities to…