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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
The Rights and Risk Analysis Groups (RRAG) today filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh to enquire into the attacks and damages to at least 1,090 houses, business establishments and places of worship belonging to the minority communities between 5-20 August 2024 after the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today sought intervention of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues with the Caretaker government of Bangladesh against racial profiling of the Hindu officers of the Government of Bangladesh. In an […]