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Nationality/Citizenship/Residency Political Press/Media/Freedom of Expression Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery Religion/Cults State Protection 30 June 2013 Refugee Documentation Centre Country Information Pack Bangladesh Disclaimer Country Information Packs (CIPs) are prepared by researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Refugee Documentation Centre within time constraints. CIPs contain a selection of representative links to sources under a number of categories for use as Country of Origin Information. Please note that CIPs are not, and do not purport to be, exhaustive with regard to conditions in the countries surveyed or conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or protection. The General Human Rights Reports category contains links to information which may be useful for a number of the other categories. List of contents: Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight Conflict/Security Crime/Corruption Education General Human Rights Reports Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems Health Local Information/Languages/Culture/Customs Maps Minorities/Ethnic Groups Nationality/Citizenship/Residency Political Press/Media/Freedom of Expression Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery Religion/Cults State Protection 1 Women/Children/Family 2 List of Documents 1. Nationality/Citizenship/Residency IRIN News (23 November 2011) BANGLADESH: "Enclave" residents campaign for citizenship http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94291/BANGLADESH-Enclave-residents- campaign-for-citizenship IRIN News (29 March 2011) Bangladesh: New ID card policy could hit Rohingya asylum-seekers http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92302 IRIN News (15 July 2008) Moving towards universal birth registration http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79258 IRIN News (1 July 2008) Mixed feelings over citizenship plan http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=79033 Ko, Swan Sik (1990) Nationality and international law in Asian perspective Chapter 1 – The Nationality Law and Practice of Bangladesh http://books.google.ie/books?id=H1ecjepq80QC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=The +Nationality+Law+and+Practice+of+Bangladesh&source=bl&ots=p2m__tVNB k&sig=tB_h8614V6w2ba4h1HwjIwJltV4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=afO2Ubf2LYyShgfH 8oDgBQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Nationality%20Law% 20and%20Practice%20of%20Bangladesh&f=false Law Commission Bangladesh (2005) Report on the Proposed Law of Citizenship of Bangladesh http://www.lawcommissionbangladesh.org/reports/67.pdf Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (1978) Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Rules, 1978 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=printdoc&docid=3ae6b5688 Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (4 November 1972) Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6b5684.html Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (26 March 1971) Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972 [Bangladesh], 149 of 1972 http://www.refworld.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=country&category=&publisher=NATLEGBOD&type =&coi=BGD&rid=&docid=3ae6b51f10&skip=0 Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (13 April 1951) The Bangladesh Citizenship Act, 1951 3 http://www.mha.gov.bd/pdf/citizenship_act'51.pdf Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (26 February 1926) Naturalization Act, 1926 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6b4ff12.html UNHCR (17 December 2009) Note on the nationality status of the Urdu- speaking community in Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b2b90c32.pdf United States Office of Personnel Management (March 2001) Citizenship Laws of the World http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/documents/IS-01.pdf US Department of State (Undated) Country Reciprocity Schedule - Bangladesh Reciprocity Schedule http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=8961 2. Maps The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh - Banglapedia Atlas (Undated) Map of Bangladesh http://www.banglapedia.org/Atlas/bangladesh.htm Ethnologue, Languages of the World (2013) Language Map of Bangladesh http://www.ethnologue.com/show_map.asp?name=BD&seq=10 Google Maps (2013) Google Map of Bangladesh http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bangladesh&t=h&source=em bed&ll=23.684774,90.351563&spn=5.913713,4.702148&z=6 Maps of World (23 March 2013) Maps of Bangladesh http://www.mapsofworld.com/bangladesh/ Reliefweb (30 November 2011) Location Maps - Bangladesh http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/bgd_OCHA.pdf UN Cartographic Section (January 2004) Map of Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4607a26c2.html University of Texas at Austin (Undated) Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection –Bangladesh Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/bangladesh.html 3. Local Information/Language/Culture/Customs BBC News (14 May 2013) Country Profile - Bangladesh http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12650940 4 CIA (5 June 2013) World Fact Book - Bangladesh https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) (19 April 2013) Travel Advice – Bangladesh http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=8769 Ethnologue, Languages of the World (2013) Languages of the World - Bangladesh http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=BD GOV.UK (12 June 2013) Foreign Travel Advice – Bangladesh https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bangladesh Info Please (2013) Bangladesh http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107317.html National Geographic (2008) Travel & Cultures - Bangladesh http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_bangladesh.htm l United States Department of State (8 May 2013) Country Specific Information – Bangladesh http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1011.html 4. General Human Rights Reports Amnesty International (23 May 2013) Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 - Bangladesh http://amnesty.org/en/region/bangladesh/report-2013 The Asian Human Rights Commission (10 December 2012) The State of Human Rights in Bangladesh in 2012 http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2012/ahrc-spr-003- 2012.pdf/view Freedom House (10 April 2013) Freedom in the World 2013 – Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/517104a911.html Freedom House (10 November 2011) Countries at the Crossroads 2011 – Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4ecba653c.html Human Rights Watch (31 January 2013) World Report 2013 – Bangladesh http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2013/country-chapters/bangladesh International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (25 October 2011) Steadfast in Protest - Annual Report 2011 - Bangladesh 5 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4ea7b3eed.pdf United Kingdom Border Agency (Home Office) (30 September 2012) Country of Origin Information (COI) Report – Bangladesh http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/coi/b angladesh/report-0912.pdf?view=Binary UNHCR (3 March 2009) Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/49f964eb0.pdf UNHCR (12 December 2008) Compilation Prepared By The Office Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights, In Accordance With Paragraph 15(B) Of The Annex To Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1 Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/496b0e09d.pdf US Department of State (19 April 2013) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 - Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2012&dli d=204395#wrapper 5. Conflict/Security Amnesty International (12 June 2013) Pushed to the Edge: Indigenous Rights Denied in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts http://www.amnesty.nl/sites/default/files/public/asa130052013en.pdf BBC News (9 May 2013) Bangladesh's Kamaruzzaman sentenced to death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22461129 BBC News (9 May 2013) Bangladesh war crimes trial: Key defendants http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20970123 BBC News (21 January 2013) Bangladesh's watershed war crimes moment http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21133320 BBC News (5 January 2011) Bangladesh tries 800 soldiers for bloody 2009 mutiny http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12123651?print=true Human Rights Watch (18 May 2009) Ignoring Executions and Torture: Impunity for Bangladesh’s Security Forces http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4a110ecf2.pdf Index Mundi (21 February 2013) Bangladesh Military service age and obligation http://www.indexmundi.com/bangladesh/military_service_age_and_obligation. html 6 IRIN News (27 March 2013) Time to reconcile in Bangladesh? http://www.irinnews.org/report/97738/time-to-reconcile-in-bangladesh International Crisis Group (1 March 2010) The Threat from Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b8cd5ca2.pdf International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) (May 2012) Militarization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh –The Slow Demise of the Region’s Indigenous Peoples http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0577_Igia_report_14_optim ized.pdf Safer World (February 2013) Safety and security in the South-East border area of Bangladesh http://www.saferworld.org.uk/downloads/pubdocs/Safety--security-in-the-SE- border-area-of-Bangladesh.pdf Safer World (March 2010) Security provision in Bangladesh http://www.saferworld.org.uk/downloads/pubdocs/Security%20provision%20in %20Bangladesh%20exec%20sum%20English.pdf South Asia Terrorism Portal (2013) Bangladesh Assessment 2013 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/index.htm United States Department of State (30 May 2013) Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 – South and Central Asia http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2012/209983.htm Terrorism Monitor (2 May 2012) War Crimes Trials in Bangladesh Create Opening for Islamist Militants http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8f
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