Journalists were increasingly persecuted for reporting corruption and criticizing the government’s COVID-19 policies. The draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018 was widely enforced to curtail freedom of expression. Police and other law enforcement agencies continued to carry out extrajudicial...

Peacekeeping forces should not have track records of human rights violations. United Nations Under Secretary General Jean Pierre Lacroix must prioritise a review of human rights violations by the security forces in Bangladesh during his visit to the country and ensure that perpetrators of human...

This World Refugee Day, Amnesty International is calling on the governments of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Myanmar military and the international community to make efforts to support the hundreds of thousands of displaced Rohingya people in securing their fundamental human rights...

On World Press Freedom Day 2023, Amnesty International and five other civil society organisations express their alarm at the increasing attacks against Bangladeshi journalists and online critics, exercising their right to freedom of expression.

In this submission Amnesty International considers freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of assembly, prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, the rights of minorities and Indigenous peoples and economic rights in...

Poster for Shahnewaz Chowdhury’s Write for Rights campaign

Case card for Shahnewaz Chowdhury’s Write for Rights campaign

Amnesty International calls on the UN Refugee Agency to take immediate actions to ensure the safety and protection of Saiful Arakani, 26, a Rohingya youth and his family members, by investigating the allegations of harassment by state and non-state actors and call on Bangladeshi authorities to...

One year after Rozina Islam was accused of stealing confidential documents under the Official Secrets Act and Penal Code, the authorities have failed to present any evidence to substantiate the charges. She could face up to 14 years in prison or even death, if convicted. As the authorities have...

One year after Rozina Islam was accused of stealing confidential documents under the Official Secrets Act and Penal Code, the authorities have failed to present any evidence to substantiate the charges. She could face up to 14 years in prison or even death, if convicted. As the authorities have...

In this Letter to the Government of Bangladesh, Amnesty International responds to the government’s call for feedback on the proposed “Data Protection Act, 2022”. The right to privacy is a critical human right guaranteed under Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, to...

This oral statement at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council evaluates the progress on the recommendations made to Bangladesh in its previous UPR, in relation to protection of the right to freedom of expression; prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment; conditions of detention;...

This document provides Amnesty International’s assessment of progress made by Bangladesh towards implementation of recommendations on issues of legislative changes, the right to freedom of expression, attacks against journalists, enforced disappearance, prohibition of torture and other...