Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, following the demonstrations in the summer of 2024 that led to mass crimes, the International Crimes Tribunal is back in action to try those responsible. But there are reports of concern about the operation of the local justice system and its politicisation. Photo: Demonstrators, seen against the light, stand on a high structure, one of them waving a Bangladeshi flag.

The second life of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal

20 February 2025 by David Bergman

Six months after the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country, the new interim government has started the process of seeking accountability against politicians and security force officials accused of crimes ag [...]

I visited the Rohingya refugee camps and here is what Bangladesh is doing right

25 January 2018 by The Conversation

Nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh from Myanmar since September 2017. The Bangladeshi government’s plan to start repatriating them beginning this Tuesday, Jan. 22, has been postponed due to concerns about t [...]

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Bangladesh reels from new deadly attack at start of Eid

7 July 2016 by AFP

Suspected Islamists carried out a new deadly attack Thursday at a huge prayer gathering in northern Bangladesh to celebrate the end of Ramadan, only days after the mass murder of hostages in the capital Dhaka. Police and media r [...]