Iraj_Rajshahi

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Journalist, Columnist, Human Rights Activist
Bangladeshi Prime minister Sheikh Hasina keeps using excessive police force to quell dissidents. Two men died Tuesday while in police custody in separate incidents were victims of torture at the hands of officers Please put sanction on Bangladesh Police-
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/bangladesh-custodial-torture-10042023162350.html
Relatives accuse Bangladeshi police of torture in loved ones’ in-custody deaths

Police deny the allegations, while postmortems remain pending.

Benar News
Companies scrapping ships in Bangladesh’s yards use loopholes in international rules to profit at the expense of Bangladeshi lives and the environment.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/09/27/bangladesh-shipping-firms-profit-labor-abuse
Bangladesh: Shipping Firms Profit from Labor Abuse

Many European shipping companies are knowingly sending their end-of-life ships for scrap in dangerous and polluting yards in Bangladesh. A new report finds that Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards often take shortcuts on safety measures, dump toxic waste, and deny workers living wages.

Human Rights Watch
#Bangladesh -- Member of European Parliament Ivan Stefanec spoke about the need for the restoration of democracy in #Bangladesh , gross human rights violations committed by Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina. September 13, 2023
Bangladesh-- Members of European Parliament-MEP Elisa Ferreira addresses the European Parliament on ongoing crisis in Bangladesh, including human rights violations, disenfranchisement and calls for ensuring a free, fair election. Sept 13, 2023.
Speech of the senator David Shoebridge at the Australian Senate on Sept 14, 2023, regarding ongoing human rights situations and its potential impacts on the upcoming elections in Bangladesh and sanction against the RAB and those who are involved in the vote rigging in 2014 and 2018 national elections.
The brutal and anti semitic Sheikh Hasina regime of Bangladesh has been persecuting the Hindu minority communities and instigating violence against them-
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/jews-should-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-persecuted-hindus-of-bangladesh-500723
Jews should stand in solidarity with the persecuted Hindus of Bangladesh

As Jews, we have an obligation to stand by the Hindus of Bangladesh during their hour of need

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
Bangladesh court jails prominent rights activists for two years

Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of Odhikar group documented extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.

Al Jazeera
Bangladeshi populist Sheikh hasina government's blatant disregard for the minority Christian communities lead to widespread attacks on them by various groups-
https://www.ucanews.com/news/many-flee-homes-after-8-christians-killed-in-bangladesh/100963
Many flee homes after 8 Christians killed in Bangladesh

Killings on April 6 occurred during a gunfight between two tribal insurgent groups, police say

UCA News
Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has virtually transformed a democratic country into a dynastic one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/world/asia/bangladesh-democracy-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Democracy in Bangladesh Is Quietly Being Crushed

The most active rivals to the country’s ruling party face dozens, even hundreds, of court cases each, paralyzing the opposition as a crucial election approaches.

The New York Times
Please help to stop enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. International community should put sanction on military backed Sheikh Hasina regime of Bangladesh.
https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-government-must-cease-enforced-disappearances-stop
Bangladesh: Government must cease enforced disappearances, stop harassment of the victims’ families and hold perpetrators accountable

A Joint Statement by Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human (...)

International Federation for Human Rights