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  Bangladesh, India must address human rights concerns: AI India

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:31am on May 27, 2018

  Amnesty International India has urged Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to address specific human rights concerns in their respective...

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  AI India asks Modi, Hasina to address human rights concerns

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:18pm on May 26, 2018

  The Amnesty International India in a statement called on prime ministers of Bangladesh and India to address specific human rights concerns in...

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  Provide info on rape of Rohingya women: HRW, Fortify Rights to Myanmar

  United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 12:39am on May 25, 2018

  Myanmar should comply with a United Nation committee’s request for information on the military’s responsibility for widespread rape of Rohingya women and girls in northern...

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  Stop extrajudicial killings in the name of fighting drugs: politicians, rights activists

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:42am on May 24, 2018

  Different political and rights organisations on Wednesday urged the government to stop extrajudicial killings in the name of fighting drugs....

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  Celebrating 70 years of human rights and condoning 70 years of Israel massacring Palestine

  by Peter Koenig | Updated at 12:05am on May 22, 2018

  ON 14 of May 1948 Israel declared unilaterally her independence in a foreign land called Palestine, supported by a UN resolution sponsored by the UK...

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  Myanmar’s disregard for universal human rights

  | Updated at 12:05am on May 21, 2018

  THE plight of the Rohingya refugees continues as all diplomatic initiatives for their safe, voluntary and sustainable return is at halt because of the reluctance...

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  HRW urges Bangladesh govt to accept criticism

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on May 11, 2018

  New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch in a report on Thursday found there was no place for criticism in Bangladesh, noting that scores of...

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  Rights activists term 22 sections objectionable

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:10am on May 06, 2018

  Rights activists on Saturday objected to inclusion of 22 ‘repressive provisions’ in the Digital Security Bill 2018 saying they seek to infringe upon the fundamental...

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  Data privacy is a human right

  | Updated at 12:05am on April 25, 2018

  DURING Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the House of Representatives, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) asked the Facebook CEO bluntly if he would be willing to change...

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  Commonwealth countries call for end to HR violations in Rakhaine

  United News of Bangladesh . London | Updated at 11:21pm on April 21, 2018

  Commonwealth member countries on Friday have called for a halt to all violence, restoration of normality and accountability of the perpetrators for gross violations of...