Human-Rights-Watch

Allegations of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights violations against the elite force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), are long-standing. Taking those allegations into consideration, the government had decided to abolish this specialized unit. Initially, the plan was to dissolve RAB and form a new specialized force. However, that is no longer happening. The specialized unit will remain as before, but its name is being changed.So far, four names have been dis...

Five international human rights and press freedom organizations have called for the withdrawal of the ongoing investigation against journalists Farjana Rupa and Mozammel Babu in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). They have also demanded the immediate release of four journalists currently in pre-trial detention, including Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu.The joint call was made in a statement issued by Amnesty International, Article 19, CIVICUS, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and...

Indian authorities are forcibly pushing people, particularly from the Bengali Muslim ethnic group in West Bengal state, into Bangladesh without any basic judicial process. Human rights organization Human Rights Watch reported this information on Tuesday.The organization stated that in the efforts of...