Category Archives: ASK Legal Action

Rohingya

Violence against Rohingya Community: ASK’s expresses grave concern and urges to the Government of Bangladesh to provide shelter to the fleeing Rohingyas

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses grave concern on afresh violence against Rohingya refugees causing deaths of around hundreds, many more wounded and displacement of thousands. The context of clash…

ASK’s statement on the International day of the Disappeared

ASK’s statement on the International day of the Disappeared

On the observation of International Day of the Disappeared Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) is expressing its grave concern about the increasing rate of incidents of enforced disappearances over years….

STATUE OF JUSTICE

CALL ON POLICE TO RESPECT FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND RELEASE ‘STATUE OF JUSTICE’ REMOVAL PROTESTORS

[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,…

Case study – Statement of a Bangladeshi Trafficked Girl Rescued from Malaysia

‘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…

Rights of our girls and women

Rights of our girls and women

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…

National Commission for the Rights of Children (NCRC)

Law on “National Commission for the Rights of Children (NCRC)”: Requesting for feedback on the Draft Law

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…

litigation

ASK challenges land ownership requirement provision in constable recruitment notice

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…

Heiner Bielefeldt

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh

  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

South Asian Members of FORUM-ASIA Welcome Nepal's New Constitution and Condemn Unofficial Blockade Imposed by India

South Asian Members of FORUM-ASIA Welcome Nepal’s New Constitution and Condemn Unofficial Blockade Imposed by India

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…