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Poverty hinders potential housing options

Poverty prevents people from accessing potential housing options, and make others hard to sustain. There are significant linkages between housing and poverty. These have impact over people's lives and livelihood. As such, these linkages deserve greater attention so that they can be properly addressed. “People's experience of poverty, access to secure tenure and housing circumstances are intertwined. Housing forms an important part of people’s material living conditions and contributes to their life chances. IMG_1853The significance of the ...

US supports war crimes trial, but should be of int’l standards    

The United States America has reiterated its support for trial to bringing to justice those who committed atrocities in the 1971 Liberation War but reminded that trials should be fair and transparent maintaining the international standards. “We understand the importance of this process in closing a painful chapter in Bangladesh’s…Bangladeshi history,” said Jen Psaki, spokesperson of the US Department of Sate. war crimes She made the remark when a questioner at the regular briefing in Washington on Wednesday wanted to know whether the U...

People in Bangladesh have no legal right to food

Economists, lawyers and farmers on Monday said that people in Bangladesh have no legal entitlement to food as food is not recognised as a right but it is recognized as one of the basic necessities in the country’s constitution. They urged the government to take steps to ensure right to food through enactment of relevant laws. They made their remarks while speaking at a public hearing on right to food at CIRDAP auditorium. Bangladesh Human Rights Commission and Oxfam jointly organised the event. Food rightBHRC chairman Minazur Rahman...

IBA Human Rights Award for Adilur Rahman Khan  

International Bar Association has awarded Adilur Rahman Khan with IBA Human Rights Award 2014, reports the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). AHRC in a press release congratulates its partner, Adilur Rahman Khan, for one more Award for his struggles against state-sponsored persecutions in Bangladesh. The awards that Adilur has been receiving one after another in recent months re-establishes the fact that the international community is closely observing Bangladesh’s human rights situation. adilur rahmanAdilur Rahman Khan, advocate...

End impunity for Rab men: HRW

The Bangladesh government should order an independent investigation and prosecute the Rapid Action Battalion members responsible for shooting and maiming Limon Hossain, Human Rights Watch said today. HRWThe authorities finally dropped politically motivated charges against the teenager but have not taken action against his attackers, the New York-based rights organisation said in a report published in its website on October 20. “The government needs to take action against the Rab officer who shot Limon, which led to a permanent disability, as well as those who ...

Bangladesh the new frontline for human trafficking

CHRIS UHLMANN: The ruling Thai Military says a group of Bangladeshi nationals, believed to be the victims of slave traders, are receiving “appropriate treatment”. Thai police say they now have in custody more than 130 people, mainly from Bangladesh who say they were forced to board boats to Thailand. Human TraffickingBangladesh is now the new frontline for human traffickers, but Thai authorities say they have little resources to stop them. South East Asia correspondent, Samantha Hawley reports from Bangkok. SAMANTHA HAWLEY: The...
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