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Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday called on the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to use its recent election success as an opportunity to commit to enacting specific laws and policies that will provide lasting human rights protections.
Following Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent election victory, HRW and eight other human rights groups wrote a letter drawing attention to various human rights challenges facing Bangladesh. The groups advocated for improved freedom of expression, Indigenous and women’s rights, and refugee conditions, among other policy goals.
Rights groups criticized the the 2023 Cyber Security Act, which regulates online activity, as targeting journalists, rights defenders, and citizens speaking out against government action and called for its amendment in order to better align with freedom of expression principles.
Past governments failed to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, and Indigenous populations continue to face discrimination. Indigenous populations remain underrepresented in the country’s reform undertaken by previous governments. Rights groups pressed the new government to fully implement the human rights provisions of the peace accord to properly represent Indigenous nations.
Women in the nation also continue to face human rights barriers. Despite the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2007, which establishes that women must be at least 18 years old before marriage, 41.6 percent of girls are married before their 18th birthday. Moreover, the previous government reported that 70 percent of women married under-18 years old experience domestic violence. Rights groups advocated for clear policies, greater support services, and strengthened legal mechanisms to prevent forced early marriage.
Bangladesh is home to approximately one million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar. Refugee camps in Bangladesh have become increasingly overcrowded, with resources becoming scarce. Groups called on the newly elected government to protect the rights of Rohingya refugees as they cross the Bangladesh border.
Meenakshi Ganuly, deputy Asia director at HRW, summarized the task ahead for the new government, writing:
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Following Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s recent election victory, HRW and eight other human rights groups wrote a letter drawing attention to various human rights challenges facing Bangladesh. The groups advocated for improved freedom of expression, Indigenous and women’s rights, and refugee conditions, among other policy goals.
Rights groups criticized the the 2023 Cyber Security Act, which regulates online activity, as targeting journalists, rights defenders, and citizens speaking out against government action and called for its amendment in order to better align with freedom of expression principles.
Past governments failed to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, and Indigenous populations continue to face discrimination. Indigenous populations remain underrepresented in the country’s reform undertaken by previous governments. Rights groups pressed the new government to fully implement the human rights provisions of the peace accord to properly represent Indigenous nations.
Women in the nation also continue to face human rights barriers. Despite the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 2007, which establishes that women must be at least 18 years old before marriage, 41.6 percent of girls are married before their 18th birthday. Moreover, the previous government reported that 70 percent of women married under-18 years old experience domestic violence. Rights groups advocated for clear policies, greater support services, and strengthened legal mechanisms to prevent forced early marriage.
Bangladesh is home to approximately one million Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar. Refugee camps in Bangladesh have become increasingly overcrowded, with resources becoming scarce. Groups called on the newly elected government to protect the rights of Rohingya refugees as they cross the Bangladesh border.
Meenakshi Ganuly, deputy Asia director at HRW, summarized the task ahead for the new government, writing:
Rahman won a landslide victory in February, ousting the previous government under Sheikh Hasina, whose regime reportedly detained political opponents arbitrarily and failed to end mob violence against journalists, religious minorities, and cultural centers.
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