Half yearly human rights analysis report’s published by Human Right Support Society the based on incidents of human rights violation and atrocities based on information received through our district representatives and twelve prominent national dailies has published this report. From January to June ’18, this report illustrates that freedom of expression was denied and the constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of assembly and association witnessed a sharp decline. Restrictions on the political parties and civil societies, impunity to the abusive security forces, extrajudicial killing in the name of anti-drug war, enforced disappearance, abduction, violence against women, arbitrary arrest and assault on opposition political leaders and activists, coercion and extortion are exposed a very gloaming scenario of the overall human rights situation in Bangladesh. The situation reached such an awful state that even the common people feel insecure everywhere.
According to the sources of HRSS, between Jan and Jun ’18, at least 303 people were extra-judicially killed; a total of 24 people have been forcefully disappeared by the members of law enforcement agencies. Moreover, the HRSS report finds that a total of 397 females have been raped. Of them, 189 were identified as an adult and alarmingly 208 were children under the age of 16. A total of 148 women were killed in the family feud, 26 females were killed due to dowry-related violence. It has also been reported that a total of 197 were abducted by a non-state actor in different areas of the country, among them approximately 140 were male, 21 females, 36 children, and 83 were killed after the abduction. Unexpectedly at least 16 people were killed in political violence and around 22 people were killed through lynching.
HRSS observed that in the first half of 2018, about 45 violent incidences were committed against the children, 21 lost their lives and 43 were critically injured. As a result of violent attacks, a total of 129 unarmed civilians were victimized, of them, 71 were killed, 53 seriously injured, and roughly 05 were hit a bullet. HRSS also identified a total of 20 incidences of attack on minority throughout the country. On the other hand, in the border, Bangladeshi citizens have been the victims of suspected killings, subjected to torture, and other forms of inhumane and degrading treatments. A total of nearly 18 incidents have been reported resulting 03 loss of life of Bangladeshi citizens, 22 arrested, and 05 injured by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF). This shocking condition of human rights in Bangladesh motivates HRSS to work hard to raise awareness both at home and abroad.
Half Yearly Human Rights Analysis Report on Bangladesh Situation 2018 (full Report in English, PDF)
