Bangladesh Sees Over 100 Killed in Mob Attacks in Past Year; Experts Demand Human Rights Reform

At least 111 people have died in mob attacks across Bangladesh over the past year, signaling a deepening human rights crisis, experts warned on Wednesday.

HRW Slams Bangladesh Interim Govt Over Abuse of Counterterrorism Law

Human Rights Watch has accused Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, of increasingly misusing recently amended counterterrorism legislation to target alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League. HRW calls on the United Nations human rights team in Bangladesh to demand the immediate release of those detained arbitrarily and to push the government to uphold rights and prosecute real perpetrators of political violence.

International Rights Groups Condemn Surge in Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in CHT

Three leading human rights organizations—FIAN International, the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHT Commission), the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), and Minority Rights Group International (MRG)—have issued a forceful condemnation of recent lethal attacks targeting the Indigenous peoples of the the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). According to their joint press release, the violence, perpetrated by state security forces and Bengali settlers, represents a continuing pattern of systemic oppression, including the use of sexual violence as an instrument of terror and control.

PCJSS Report Alleges State-Backed Communal Attacks on Jumma People in Khagrachhari, Guimara

The Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) has published a detailed report highlighting communal attacks against the Jumma people in Khagrachhari and Guimara on 27 and 28 September 2025. The report implicates both Bengali settlers and state security forces in coordinated violence that left multiple Jumma civilians killed, injured, and displaced.

Michael Rubin Labels Yunus a ‘Dictator’, Urges US Sanctions over Bangladesh Rights Abuses

Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Michael Rubin, has called for the United States to impose personal sanctions on Bangladeshi interim leader Dr. Muhammad Yunus, describing him as an authoritarian figure complicit in a “slow-motion coup” against democracy in Bangladesh.

UNHRC Event Highlights Severe Rights Violations Under Bangladesh’s Interim Rule

Human rights activists and international experts have expressed deep concern over what they describe as the worst human rights crisis in Bangladesh in over five decades, during a side event held at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

Ex-Minister Dies in Hospital While Handcuffed, Sparking Rights Furor and Negligence Allegations

The viral image shows an ailing, elderly man struggling for breath as his hand remains cuffed to the bed. Human rights defenders, political observers, and ordinary citizens have condemned the act as a gross violation of human dignity and human rights.

Human Rights Under Fire EU Leaders Raise Alarm Over Abuses in Pakistan and Bangladesh

At a side event during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Members of the European Parliament, senators, and human rights advocates expressed grave concern over escalating human rights violations in South Asia—particularly in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Rape Sparks Deadly Violence in CHT, Rights Groups Urge UN Intervention

A brutal wave of violence has engulfed parts of Khagrachhari district in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), leaving at least three Indigenous youths dead, several others injured, and dozens of homes and businesses destroyed. The unrest was triggered by protests following the reported gang rape of a Marma schoolgirl by three Bengali youths on 23 September in the Guimara area.

Communal Violence: Authorities Routinely Point to Conspiracies

Professor Anu Muhammad yesterday criticized successive governments for blaming "local or foreign conspiracies" for communal violence instead of holding the actual perpetrators accountable.