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Urgent Action: Student activist arrested for facebook posts in Bangladesh
Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been arrested in Rajshahi in Bangladesh after making two Facebook posts criticising Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action: Opposition leader faces imminent execution in Bangladesh
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest appeal of Mir Quasem Ali and upheld his death sentence. The only remaining avenue available to him is to seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Mir Quasem Ali, a senior member of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 3 September. The Supreme Court rejected his review petition on 30 August and he did not seek clemency from the President.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
UA update: 81-year-old journalist detained without charge in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist arrested on 16 April, is still detained without charge in Dhaka Central Jail more than four months after his arrest.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Aug 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Hasnat Karim appeared in court on 4 August in Bangladesh
Hasnat Karim, who was in the restaurant in Dhaka that was attacked on 1 July, was brought by the Bangladesh police to the Metropolitan Magistrates Court on 4 August, after being held incommunicado for weeks without being brought before a judge.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2016 -
Bangladesh: End illegal detentions immediatelyPress release 14 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action: Exact whereabouts of a hostage survivor in Bangladesh unknown
Hasnat Karim and his family survived a hostage attack in a restaurant. They were taken into custody for questioning. His family were released, but he has not been seen since 2 July.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Improved conditions for detained jounalist in Bangladesh
Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist has been moved out of solitary confinement but concerns remain that he is still not being granted adequate medical care.
Urgent action outcomes 31 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bangladeshi political leader executed
Motiur Rahman Nizami, leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami, was executed on 10 May in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 25 May 2016 -
Urgent Action: Health concern for detained Bangladeshi journalist
Eighty-one-year-old Bangladeshi journalist and editor Shafik Rehman is in poor health in Kashimpur Central Jail outside of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Urgent action outcomes 24 May 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Stop Bangladeshi political leader's imminent execution
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal against its ruling, upholding the death sentence against Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami.
Urgent action outcomes 10 May 2016 -
Bangladeshi authorities must act after brutal killing of secular activistPress release 07 Apr 2016
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Urgent Action: Political leader at imminent risk of execution in Bangladesh
Political leader, Motiur Rahman Nizami, is at imminent risk of execution following court decision to uphold his death sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Mar 2016 -
Bangladesh: Two opposition leaders face imminent executionPress release 27 Oct 2015
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Bangladesh: savage killing of blogger Niloy Neel must not go unpunishedPress release 07 Aug 2015
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Bangladesh: 'Utter failure' to protect bloggers condemned after second killingPress release 30 Mar 2015
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Bangladesh: Overturn death sentence for war crimes politicianPress release 29 Oct 2014
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Glasgow 2014 Media Briefing - Bangladesh
Glasgow 2014 media briefings on human rights issues in Commonwealth countries. Bangladesh: where torture and enforced disappearances run rampant. July 2014
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Kalpana Chakma – Lost but not forgotten in BangladeshBlog post 10 Dec 2013
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Bangladesh: Death sentences for 152 mutineers a 'perversion of justice'Press release 05 Nov 2013