On the occasion of the completion of six months rule by Dr Mohammed Yunus today, the Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) released its report, “Bangladesh: The Case for Establishing OHCHR Field Office” and highlighted increasing human rights violations including weaponisation of the justice system against political opponents, heightened crackdown on the media, increased attacks on […]
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PRESS RELEASE: BANGLADESH – DR. YUNUS’ INTERIM GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED THE UN FACT FINDING TEAM, A PROPER UNHRC RESOLUTION IS NEEDED
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Turk today released the “UN Fact-Finding Report on Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh”, leading to the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. The UN inquiry report stated that as many as 1,400 people […]
প্রেসবিজ্ঞপ্তি: বাংলাদেশ: ৫,০০,০০০-এরও বেশি রাজনৈতিক প্রতিপক্ষ ফৌজদারি মামলার মুখোমুখি, RRAG জাতিসংঘের হস্তক্ষেপ ও রেজোলিউশন দাবি করেছে
ডঃ মোহাম্মদ ইউনূসের শাসনের ছয় মাস পূর্ণ হওয়ার উপলক্ষে, বাংলাদেশের বর্তমান রাজনৈতিক পরিস্থিতি ও মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘনের ক্রমবর্ধমান ঘটনাবলী নিয়ে গভীর উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করে Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) সংগঠনটি আজ “Bangladesh: The Case for Establishing OHCHR Field Office” শীর্ষক একটি প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করেছে । রিপোর্টে বাংলাদেশের বর্তমান সরকার কর্তৃক মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘন, বিচার ব্যবস্থার রাজনৈতিক […]
Bangladesh: The Case for Establishing OHCHR Field Office
This briefing paper prepared for the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 February 2025 to 04 April 2025) urges that human rights situation under Dr Mohammed Yunus has deteriorated with over 5,00,000 political opponents facing criminal cases, 348 journalists targeted, 21 Supreme Court and High Court judges removed through protests of the […]
PRESS RELEASE: RRAG SLAMS BRITISH MP RUPA HUQ FOR TENDENTIOUS COMMENTS ON BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON BANGLADESH
New Delhi, 20 January 2025: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today slammed British Parliamentarian Rupa Huq for her tendentious comments regarding the Commonwealth All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of the British Parliament on Bangladesh following her visit to Bangladesh. The Guardian reported yesterday that Ms Huq raised issues of bias in the […]
PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Against Arbitrary Detention ISKCON leader Chinmoy Brahmachari by Bangladesh Govt
New Delhi, 27 November 2024: The Rights and Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today filed a complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention against illegal and arbitrary detention of the most prominent minority Hindu religious monk in Bangladesh, Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari by the Interim Government of Bangladesh headed by Dr Mohammed […]
100 Days of Dr Yunus: Mobocracy Imperils Bangladesh’s Reforms
It took a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ of the Rohingyas in Myanmar for many in the world to wake up to Noble Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Another Noble Laureate Dr Mohammed Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, who took oath on 8 August 2024, continues to enjoy largesse notwithstanding […]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ visit to Bangladesh, RRAG seeks a country office to address human rights violations
New Delhi, 29 October 2024: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in its submission urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who is visiting Bangladesh from today to press the Interim Government of Bangladesh to allow establishment of a country mission of the UN human rights office in Bangladesh with full […]
Conflicts In Bangladesh and Myanmar: The Threat To Regional Peace And Security
Presentation by Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights & Risks Analysis Group in a briefing for the diplomatic community and think-tanks on 09.10.2024 at India International Centre, New Delhi The full report, “Conflicts In Bangladesh and Myanmar: The Threat To Regional Peace And Security” can be accessed here. The oral presentation can be viewed here: […]
PRESS RELEASE: OVER 100 SHOPS & HOUSES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BURNT DOWN IN THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS, BANGLADESH
Over 100 houses and shops of the indigenous people belonging to the Chakma community were burnt down at Boalkhali, Dighinala Sadar, Khagrachari district, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) of Bangladesh by the illegal plain settlers at around 5 pm Bangladesh Time today i.e.19 September 2024. The Bangladesh Army personnel who are stationed nearby at the Dighinala […]