Bangladesh

Special Report: Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed Asian slave trade

Special Report: Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed Asian slave trade By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall, Reuters 22 October 2014 When Afsar Miae left his home near Teknaf in southern Bangladesh to look for work last month, he told his mother, "I'll see you soon." He said he expected to return that evening. He never did. When he reported for work at a house on the outskirts of Teknaf, a man there gave him a drink of water.

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Defendant ill, Bangladesh war crimes trial delayed

By Associated Press 24 June 2014 DHAKA, Bangladesh- A Bangladesh court Tuesday delayed a verdict against the top leader of an Islamist party charged with war crimes after the defendant became ill. A special tribunal was set to deliver the verdict for Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motius Rahman Nizami, who faces 16 charges, including genocide, murder, torture, rape and destruction of property during the nation’s independence war against Pakistan in 1971.

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Country Profile: Bangladesh

The 1971 Bangladesh Genocide The formation of an independent Bengali state in 1971 was a result of a genocidal campaign carried out by Pakistan during the Bengali liberation movement. The genocide carried out by West Pakistan led to the extermination of close to 3 million people, along with the forced rape of a quarter of a million young girls and women. During the Genocide ten million people fled to neighboring nations to seek refuge and close to

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Articles

Bangladesh ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="299"] Marchers in Savar on Tuesday demand a death sentence for Sohel Rana, the owner of the building that collapsed last week, killing about 400. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)[/caption] Bangladesh Unrest Seen Intensifying By Syed Zain Al-Mahmood, the Wall Street Journal 1 May

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Archived Updates

19 June 2012 " Bangladesh: Mass Sentencing Raises Fair Trial Concerns Prosecution Should Halt Trials Until a New System Is Created" By Human Rights Watch 4 June 2012 "Prominent Jurist: Bangla Government Not Protecting Human Rights"  by Anis Ahmed 26 April 2012 " Bangladesh: Alarming Rise in 'Diassaperances'" by Human Rights Watch 24 April 2012 "Bangladesh: Authorities must account for deaths amid spate of disappearances" by Amnesty International

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