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Why are we forgetting Lakingme? A number of rights groups, indigenous student organisations and activists holding a candlelight vigil in front of the national parliament, seeking justice for Lakingme Chakma. Photo: Rashed Shumon Bangladesh is experiencing an epidemic of violence against women and girls. Access to justice has long been a challenge in Bangladesh, particularly for this type of violence. On many occasions these cases were dismissed as unsolvable and were simply ignored. The Lakingm...

Judges at the International Criminal Court said their decision was based on the fact that Palestine has been granted membership to the tribunal’s founding treaty. — AFP/File Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday found the court has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for a possible criminal investigation, despite Israeli objections. The decision prompted swift reactions from both Israel, which is not a member of the cour...

The first prisoners were taken to the camp 19 years ago © DoD/US Navy/AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden pledged to close the camp as Vice-President 40 people still held - many who were ‘cleared for release’ years ago ‘This is about … crimes under international law committed over the past 19 years’ - Daphne Eviatar US President-elect Joe Biden should close the US military detention centre at Guantánamo Bay when he assumes the presidency later this month, said Amnest...

Profile of Alban Bagbin JAN 7, 2021 Born on September 24, 1957, at Sombo in the Upper West Region, Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin is a graduate of the University of Ghana (1977-1980) and the Ghana School of Law (1980 -1982). He holds an Executive Masters in Governance and Leadership from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). His parents were Mr. Sansunni Bagbin and Mrs. Margaret B. Bagbin who were both peasant farmers. Mr. Bagbin is the fourth child of nine c...

7671 GAIBANDHA, Dec 30, 2020 (BSS) – As panic gripped among the commoners in the emergence of coronavirus pandemic, people were desperately looking for masks to keep themselves safe from the invisible enemy. But, that time, collecting masks for them to use to avoid coronavirus infection was a hard task as there was a scarcity of mask across the country. Managing masks for the ethnic Santal minority was a huge challenging task too due to their limited access to healthcare facilities and resour...

New CERD General recommendation No. 36 on Preventing and Combating Racial profiling New CERD General recommendation No. 36 on Preventing and Combating Racial profiling On 24 th November 2020, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination published its General recommendation No. 36 on The Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of Amnesty International (The Netherlands) welcomes the new General recommendation which comes at a crucial moment in time, when discriminatory policing pra...

17 December 2020, 00:01 UTC Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances made the health crisis worse, Amnesty International said today.  In a new briefing,  COVID-19 Crackdowns: Police Abuse and the Global Pandemic, the organization documented cases in 60 countries where law enforcement agencies committed human rights abuses in the name of tackling the virus. This includes cases...