The conviction of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal with death and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun with five years imprisonment by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal is a political farce, does not meet basic international standards for fair trial, and is a miscarriage of justice for […]
New Delhi, 12 November 2025: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today welcomed the resolution adopted unanimously by the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Governing Council at its 216th session in Geneva on 23 October 2025 against alleged human rights violations, threats and acts of intimidation, arbitrary arrest and detention, inhumane conditions of detention and […]
7 November 2025 1. Chairperson and members of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), Geneva (ohchr-scasecretariat@un.org) 2. Chairperson and members of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA), GANHRI, Geneva (ohchr-scasecretariat@un.org) Re: GANHRI’s failure to suspend the NHRC of Bangladesh despite its non-existence since 7 November 2024 Excellencies The Rights and Risks Analysis Group […]
On the occasion of one year rule of Dr Mohammad Yunus, the Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that human rights situations have deteriorated as Bangladesh has turned into a land of anarchy and Dr Mohammed Yunus has surpassed records of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during his one year reign from August 2024 […]
On 19 July 2024, the Government of Bangladesh led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed curfew and deployed Bangladesh Army to quell students’ protests during protests against government job quotas across the country from 5 July 2024.[1] This ultimately led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on 4th August 2024 and Dr Mohammad […]
Dr. S. JaishankarExternal Affairs MinisterEmail: eam@mea.gov.in Mr Vikram MisriForeign SecretaryEmail: psfs@mea.gov.in Mr B. Shyam Joint Secretary, Bangladesh and MyanmarEmail: jsbm@mea.gov.in Mr Randhir Jaiswal Official Spokesperson and Additional SecretaryMinistry of External AffairsEmail: jsxp@mea.gov.in Re: Need for complete disengagement with the illegal Interim Government of Bangladesh till a new elected government comes to power Dear Hon’ble Minister […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a report, Bangladesh: Organised murder for membership to the Awami League and its affiliate organisations, released today stated that at least 123 members of the Awami League and its affiliate organisations such as Swechasebak League, Chhatra League, Juba League, Matsojibi League, Krishak League etc were victims of […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today stated that it stands by its report that 640 journalists were attacked under Interim Government of Dr Mohammed Yunus from August 2024 to March 2025 and it denounced Chief Advisor’s Fact-Checking Unit as a “Disinformation Lab”. The Chief Advisor’s Press Wing’s Facts today dismissed the allegations made […]
On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day 2025, the Rights and Rights Analysis Group (RRAG) today released this report, “Bangladesh: Press Freedom Throttled Under Dr Muhammad Yunus“, stating that under the Interim Government of Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi press faced systematic and organized repression and a total of 640 journalists were targeted […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), today in a communication urged UN Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations in Dhaka to intervene with the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh against repeated emboldening of the religious fundamentalists belonging to the majority Muslims by […]