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Bangladesh: Release photographer and end violent crackdown on student protests
The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam, a well-known photographer and activist, who was detained by plainclothes…
August 6, 2018
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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees returns must be safe, voluntary and dignified
Amnesty International called on the government of Bangladesh to uphold its commitment that Rohingya refugees are only returned in conditions…
April 5, 2018
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Bangladesh: International support for Rohingya refugees is urgently needed
Responding to the news that UN officials have called for nearly $1bn (USD) in assistance for the nearly one million…
March 12, 2018
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Bangladesh/Myanmar: Postponing returns arrangement provides temporary relief for Rohingya refugees
The government of Bangladesh’s announcement that it is to postpone the return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar is a welcome…
January 22, 2018
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Bangladesh: Returning Rohingya to Myanmar illegal and premature
Responding to an announcement by the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry that it will aim to repatriate all Rohingya refugees within two…
January 16, 2018
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Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees must not be relocated to uninhabitable island
The Bangladesh government must abandon all plans to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees on to an uninhabitable island, Amnesty…
November 28, 2017
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Rohingya returns in Myanmar unthinkable until apartheid system is dismantled
In response to news that the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement to return close to a…
November 23, 2017
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Bangladesh: Release Facebook user who criticised Prime Minister
The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately release a 22-year-old student activist detained for two Facebook posts criticising the country’s Prime Minister,…
September 6, 2016
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Bangladesh: Halt imminent execution of Mir Quasem Ali after unfair trial
The Bangladesh authorities must halt the imminent execution of a senior political leader who has been sentenced to death following…
August 30, 2016
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Police must establish fate and whereabouts of disappeared Bangladesh hostage
Bangladeshi authorities must immediately establish the fate and whereabouts of a surviving hostage from the recent Dhaka restaurant attack who…
July 12, 2016
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Two months and 10 killings later, a climate of impunity still prevails in Bangladesh
The failure of Bangladeshi authorities to take decisive action against violent groups responsible for at least 10 killings over the…
June 6, 2016
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Bangladesh: Prominent elderly journalist suffering ill-treatment in jail
The Bangladeshi authorities’ treatment of a prominent 81-year-old journalist, who has been held in solitary confinement for several weeks and…
May 22, 2016