Human Rights

Human Rights

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus. File Photo: Collected

Bangladesh committed to upholding human rights, freedom of speech: CA

During the meeting, justice and accountability for the atrocities and abuse of human rights committed during the July-August mass uprising and also during Sheikh Hasina's 15-year-long...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council. Photo: OHCHR

Bangladesh student movement carried human rights as its torch: UN rights chief

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Bangladesh signs UN treaty on protection against enforced disappearances

Syeda Rizwana Hasan meets a delegation led by Rory Mungoven, head of the Asia-Pacific Division of the United Nations Human Rights Organization, at her office in the Bangladesh Secretariat on 27 Aug. Photo: UNB

Env adviser, UN discuss advancing human rights in Bangladesh

Mahbul Haque, secretary general of the HRDC. Photo: Courtesy

HRDC calls for immediate end to torture, violence against student protesters

Job aspirants talk with a hiring agent outside the Foxconn factory, where workers assemble iPhones for Apple, in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, India, April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Palani Kumar

India human rights body says Reuters story on Foxconn hiring raises discrimination concerns

Speakers at a 10th Human Rights Conference – 2024, organised by the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) at the capital’s Bishwo Shahitto Kendro today (27 June). Photo: TBS

Rights activists express concern over human rights situation in Bangladesh

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat. File Photo: PID

Prove human rights commitment airing Gaza documentary, Arafat urges DW

EU directive mandates corporate accountability for human rights in supply chains: HRW

EU directive mandates corporate accountability for human rights in supply chains: HRW

Former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud. File Photo: UNB

US, Europe need to do more to protect human rights of citizens: Hasan

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed speaks at Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) annual conference being held on 6 to 8 May 2024. Photo: UNB

NHRC chairman advocates for human rights as a pillar of CSR at global conference

US Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues Julie Turner speaks to media at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo, Japan February 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/John Geddie/File Photo

North Korea accuses US of politicising human rights issues

A meeting of the District Human Rights Violation Prevention and Protection Committee was held in Joypurhat district on Tuesday (23 April). Photo: BSS

Upstart rights institutions are violating human rights: NHRC