Saturday, October 29, 2011

Grim human rights situation in Bangladesh: FIDH report

Torture and killings without trial continued with impunity for the most part, which further shrinking space for freedom of expression, journalists who are reporting have been cases of corruption and human rights abuses of judicial harassment, attacks and threats and human rights were victims exposed to defender of a harassment in Bangladesh 2010-2011. This was from the New York international rights organization, International Federation for human rights (FIDH) said in its annual report on the situation of the defenders of human rights in some 80 countries.


The report was published on Monday at a press conference at the Headquarters United Nations in New York.


The chapter on Bangladesh in the report explains that the Parliament was running without the opposition, the concerns about the effectiveness of the legislative process and the opposition ability to influence government policy.


The report says impunity for acts of torture and ill-treatment and extrajudicial killings, held also in the 2010-2011. Despite the high level insurance consecutive have shown indifference towards these practices Governments opposed.


Although torture, of the Constitution, torture is forbidden and abuses remained pervasive and was practiced regularly, law enforcement, the report said, adding that no offence was torture right to Bangladesh.


'In addition", according to the report, ' despite the widely-used and well-known practice judges continue to permit, that the statements made by accused persons in prison custody.'


Border security force of India continued human rights violations, including killings, abductions and torture and other forms of violence along the border of India and Bangladesh. The BSF also operations in Bangladesh carried out areas.


"Still, these concerns were not raised by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her official visit to India in January 2010", says the report.


It said also that of the space for freedom of expression as attacks on shrink and harassment of journalists by the supporters of the parties, the closing and the restrictions on newspapers and TV stations remained widespread.


On the Bill submitted in the Parliament Act undergoing change of the anti-corruption Commission need to get sued the permission of the Government for officials on graft charges according to the report that State control over the Commission would clearly strengthen the proposed changes.


Journalists exposing cases of corruption and human rights violations termination still serious consequences, including judicial harassment, torture and ill-treatment to suffer. In particular Amar Desh and its employees of the police and the judiciary, were targeted the newspaper that the report said.


He mentioned also the arrest of Amar Desh Act editor Mahmudur Rahman, following cases against him and Supreme Court verdict sentencing him and special correspondent Oliullah Noman on contempt of court fees, cancellation of the Declaration of Amar Desh suspend their publication and resumption of the publication by the Supreme Court order to force.


Journalists were also victims of physical attacks and threats for reporting on human rights, the report said.


"It is also mentioned that new age editor Nurul Kabir on February 23 and 26, 2010 has been with terrible consequences for himself and his family threatened, if he continue to ' write and speak against terrorism and violence".


Defenders of human rights and organizations continue to subject various acts of harassment, including killings, 2010-2011 for the termination of violations of human rights committed by security forces, the report said.


15, March 2010 was Abdullah Al Farooq, a lawyer and human rights activists with ODHIKAR mentioned legal support for the poor victims of unknown people killed.


22. March 2010 organized an exhibition of drik Gallery highlighting the crossfire killings committed RAB was closed before it later again open by a decision of the Court on 29 March 2010, the report said the police.


Also mentioned, that serious obstacles continue to decided the human rights organisation ODHIKAR in its activities as the Bangladeshi authorities to cancel some of the proposed human rights projects.


Source: newagebd.com/newspaper1


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