April 2016

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. Links are correct at the time of publication. 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.

Contents

1. Nationality/Citizenship/Residency ...... 3 2. Maps ...... 4 3. Local Information/Language/Culture/Customs ...... 4 4. General Human Rights Reports ...... 5 5. Conflict/Security ...... 6 6. Minorities/Ethnic Groups ...... 8 7. Religion/Cults ...... 10 8. Political ...... 12 9. State Protection (For State Protection of Particular Groups, see the relevant section) ...... 14 10. Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems ...... 15 11. Press/Media/Freedom of Expression ...... 18 12. Women/Children/Family ...... 20 Children: ...... 21 Trafficking: ...... 22 13. Prison/Detention/Torture/Slavery ...... 23 14. Crime/Corruption ...... 24 15. Education ...... 26

1 16. Health ...... 28 17. Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight ...... 30

2 List of Documents

1. Nationality/Citizenship/Residency

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (20 August 2015) BGD105263.E Bangladesh: Reports of fraudulent documents (2011-2015) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456063&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (27 May 2015) BGD105173.E Bangladesh: Requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a passport at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa; information on the procedures that the High Commission follows with the old passport booklet (2014-May 2015) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455914&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (8 February 2012) Bangladesh: Whether an individual who has renounced citizenship of Bangladesh by acquiring citizenship in Singapore is able to reclaim citizenship; the requirements and procedures for reacquiring citizenship http://www.refworld.org/docid/50bf2b522.html

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.lc.gov.bd/reports/67.pdf

Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (1978) Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Rules, 1978 http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5688.html

Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (4 November 1972) Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5684.html

Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (26 March 1971) Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order, 1972 [Bangladesh], 149 of 1972 http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b51f10.html

Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (26 February 1926) Naturalization Act, 1926 http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b4ff12.html

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UNHCR (17 December 2009) Note on the nationality status of the Urdu- speaking community in Bangladesh https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1226_1261574665_4b2b90c32.pdf

United States Office of Personnel Management (March 2001) Citizenship Laws of the World http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_BANGLADESH.html

US Department of State (Undated) Country Reciprocity Schedule - Bangladesh Reciprocity Schedule http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by- country/BG.html

2. Maps

The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh - Banglapedia Atlas (Undated) Map of Bangladesh http://www.banglapedia.org/Atlas/bangladesh.htm

Google Maps (2016) Google Map of Bangladesh https://www.google.ie/maps/@23.6354521,85.8460213,6z

Maps of World (22 May 2014) Maps of Bangladesh http://www.mapsofworld.com/bangladesh/

UN Cartographic Section (January 2004) Map of Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/4607a26c2.html

University of Texas at Austin (Undated) Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection –Bangladesh Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/bangladesh.html

Worldatlas (17 September 2015) Bangladesh Map http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/bd.htm

3. Local Information/Language/Culture/Customs

BBC News (1 January 2016) Country Profile - Bangladesh http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12650940

CIA (25 February 2016) World Fact Book - Bangladesh https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html

Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) (22 April 2016) Travel Advice – Bangladesh https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/bangladesh/

4 Ethnologue, Languages of the World (2016) Languages of the World - Bangladesh http://www.ethnologue.com/country/BD

GOV.UK (8 March 2016) Foreign Travel Advice – Bangladesh https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/bangladesh

Info Please (2014) Bangladesh http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107317.html

United States Department of State (6 November 2015) US Passports and International Travel – Bangladesh http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/bangladesh.html

United States Department of State (10 February 2016) U.S. Relations With Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm

4. General Human Rights Reports

Amnesty International (24 February 2015) Amnesty International Report 2015/16 - The State of the World's Human Rights – Bangladesh https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/bangladesh/report- bangladesh/

Freedom House (28 January 2015) Freedom in the World 2015 – Bangladesh https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/bangladesh

Human Rights Watch (27 January 2016) World Report 2016 – Bangladesh https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/bangladesh

United Kingdom Border Agency (Home Office) (31 August 2013) Country of Origin Information (COI) Report – Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/523bf5384.html

United Nations Human Right Council (23 February 2015) Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status; BANGLADESH: Freedom of expression, assembly, and human rights activism under serious threat [16 February 2015] [A/HRC/28/NGO/85] http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1425484763_g1503342.pdf

UNHCR (3 March 2009) Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/49f964eb0.html

US Department of State (13 April 2016) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 – Bangladesh

5 http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dli d=252959

World Organisation Against Torture (4 August 2015) Authorities threaten NGOs Odhikar and the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BAMAK) for denouncing human rights abuses http://www.omct.org/files/2015/08/23295/bangladesh_2015.08.04_pr.pdf

World Organisation Against Torture (9 November 2013) Bangladesh: Alarming escalation of threats to human rights defenders http://www.refworld.org/docid/52b2f0954.html

5. Conflict/Security

Amnesty International (29 January 2015) Bangladesh: Excessive police force not the answer to horrific petrol bomb attacks https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/01/bangladesh-excessive- police-force-not-answer-horrific-petrol-bomb-attacks/

Amnesty International (20 January 2015) Bangladesh: Human Rights Deteriorate As Political Violence Escalates https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1300012015ENGLISH.pd f

ACCORD (17 March 2016) Bangladesh, First Quarter 2015: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/4765_1458226376_2015q1bangladesh-en.pdf

BBC News (5 February 2016) Dhaka tea seller's death sees police officers suspended http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35499779

BBC News (21 November 2015) Bangladesh hangs Chowdhury and Mujahid over 1971 war crimes http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34892606

BBC News (14 October 2015) Who is behind the Bangladesh killings? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34517434

BBC News (5 January 2015) Bangladesh opposition leader Zia calls for blockade http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30678474

Human Rights Watch (26 October 2015) Bangladesh: Charge or Release Detained Counsel https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/26/bangladesh-charge-or-release- detained-counsel

6 Human Rights Watch (6 February 2015) Bangladesh: End Deadly Cycle of Crimes https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/02/06/bangladesh-end-deadly-cycle-crimes

Human Rights Watch (14 May 2014) Bangladesh: Widen Inquiry Into Rapid Action Battalion http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/14/bangladesh-widen-inquiry-rapid-action- battalion

Index Mundi (30 June 2015) Bangladesh Military service age and obligation http://www.indexmundi.com/bangladesh/military_service_age_and_obligation. html

IRIN News (2 February 2014) Concern over extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh http://www.irinnews.org/report/99586/inquiry-urged-into-bangladesh-s- extrajudicial-killings

Jamestown Foundation (7 August 2015) A Profile of Bangladesh’s Ansarullah Bangla Team Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 16 http://www.jamestown.org/single/?cHash=cd7ac9637e68c2fb2fc27bd777ca0a 5a&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44262#.VkCz KtSvnK4

Jamestown Foundation (6 February 2015) Spreading Tentacles: The Islamic State in Bangladesh; Terrorism Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 3 http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/296617/418856_en.html

Odhikar (1 February 2016) Human Rights Monitoring Report January 1 – 31, 2016 http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Human-rights-monitoring- monthly-report-January-2016_Eng.pdf

Odhikar (27 March 2015) Joint Press Release on Bangladesh: Global anti- torture movement alarmed over possible licence to torture http://odhikar.org/joint-press-release-on-bangladesh-global-anti-torture- movement-alarmed-over-possible-licence-to-torture/

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (27 November 2015) IS Claims Deadly Attack On Bangladeshi Shi'ite Mosque http://www.rferl.org/content/islamic-state-bangladesh-shiite-mosque- attack/27393442.html

Safer World (17 June 2015) Dhaka event sheds light on safety and security issues in Bangladesh http://www.saferworld.org.uk/news-and-views/news-article/671-dhaka-event- sheds-light-on-safety-and-security-issues-in-bangladesh

Safer World (15 September 2014) Taking action together to prevent political violence in Bangladesh

7 http://www.saferworld.org.uk/news-and-views/case-study/51-taking-action- together-to-prevent-political-violence-in-bangladesh

South Asia Terrorism Portal (2015) Bangladesh Assessment 2015 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/index.htm

United States Department of State (30 April 2014) Country Reports on Terrorism 2013 - Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Harakat ul-Jihad-i- Islami/Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/5362298b14.html

United States Department of State (June 2015) Country Reports on Terrorism 2014 – Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/305943/429281_en.html

United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office (12 March 2015) Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014 - Country Case Study: Bangladesh – Political Violence http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/298562/421043_en.html

UN News Service (16 January 2015) Bangladesh: UN rights office alarmed at 'deepening' political violence http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49813#.VkDJq9SvnK4

6. Minorities/Ethnic Groups

Amnesty International (12 August 2014) Bangladesh: Investigate deadly arson attack in Kurmitola Bihari camp and prosecute those involved https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/4000/asa130042014en.pdf

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

Asian Centre for Human Rights (15 February 2015) Civil & Political Rights In Jeopardy In Bangladesh http://achrweb.org/reports/bangla/CCPR-Bangladesh2015-02.pdf

Asian Centre for Human Rights (23 April 2008) “Life Is Not Ours”: Attacks on indigenous Jumma peoples of Bangladesh and the need for international action http://www.achrweb.org/Review/2008/215-08.html

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (9 October 2013) BGD104622.E Bangladesh: Situation and treatment of Hindu Manipuri ethnic minority, including women; ability of women, particularly Manipuri women, to relocate and access housing and employment within Bangladesh (2006-October 2013) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454825&pls=1

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Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (19 July 2010) BGD103390.E Bangladesh: Treatment of homosexuals including legislation, availability of state protection and support services http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd1122f2.html

IRIN News (4 September 2014) Concern over Bangladesh move to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar http://www.irinnews.org/report/100574/concern-over-bangladesh-move- repatriate-rohingyas-myanmar

IRIN News (21 July 2014) Biharis in Bangladesh seek protection, justice http://www.irinnews.org/report/100379/biharis-in-bangladesh-seek-protection- justice

LGBT Weekly (18 April 2014) Bangladesh ‘surreptitiously’ holds its first Gay Pride rally http://lgbtweekly.com/2014/04/18/bangladesh- %E2%80%98surreptitiously%E2%80%99-holds-its-first-gay-pride-rally/

International Gay and Lesbian Association (May 2015) State Sponsored Homophobia 2015 http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/90_1433741287_ilga-state-sponsored- homophobia-2015.pdf

Minority Rights Group International (July 2015) State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015 http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MRG-state-of-the-worlds- minorities-2015-FULL-TEXT.pdf

Minority Rights Group International (2015) Peoples Under Threat 2015 Bangladesh http://peoplesunderthreat.org/countries/bangladesh/

Minority Rights Group International (3 July 2014) State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014 - Case study: Action against untouchability in Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/53ba8dc414.html

Minority Rights Group International (February 2011) World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/4954ce6519.html

Minority Rights Group International (29 June 2012) Adivasis of Bangladesh: a year of broken promises http://www.minorityvoices.org/news.php/fr/1160/adivasis-of-bangladesh-a- year-of-broken-promises

Minority Rights Group International (2008) World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples – Bangladesh Biharis

9 http://www.refworld.org/docid/49749d58c.html

Refugee Documentation Centre (8 March 2012) Q15136 - Bangladesh: Information on homosexuals and homosexuality in Bangladesh including legality, Government and societal attitude to and treatment of homosexuals, available support groups http://newcoi.lab.ie/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/Q15136

UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (18 February 2011) Study on the status of implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 / submitted by the Special Rapporteur E/C.19/2011/6 http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dbfb1262.html

Human Rights Council (14 February 2014) Joint written statement submitted by France Libertes: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Cultural Survival, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Minority Rights Group, the Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV), Shimin Gaikou Centre, Women's Human Rights International Association, non-governmental organizations in special consultative status, the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Survival International Ltd., non-governmental organizations on the roster; Sexual violence against indigenous Jumma women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1395841172_g1411144.pdf

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (May 2013)Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) Individual Stakeholder Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh during the 16th Session, April – May 2013 http://unpo.org/downloads/531.pdf

World Organisation against Torture (27 March 2015) Bangladesh: Global anti- torture movement alarmed over possible licence to torture http://www.omct.org/statements/bangladesh/2015/03/d23066/

7. Religion/Cults

Al Jazeera (27 November 2015) Ten priests receive death threats in Bangladesh http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/ten-priests-receive-death-threats- bangladesh-151127160100455.html

Al Jazeera (9 May 2013) Behind the rise of Bangladesh's Hifazat http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/05/201356134629980318.ht ml

Amnesty International (6 March 2013) Bangladesh: Wave of violent attacks against Hindu minority

10 https://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/bangladesh-wave- violent-attacks-against-hindu-minority-2013-03-06

Australian Refugee Review Tribunal (2 May 2012) Bangladesh – BGD40267 – Ahmadiyya http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/50f92d362.pdf

Australian Refugee Review Tribunal (25 March 2011) Bangladesh – BGD38411 – Treatment of women from religious minorities – Buddhism/Buddhists – Chittagong District – Chandanaish http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4e2e8b3a1d6.pdf

Human Rights Watch (12 May 2015) Killing of Blogger Blow to Free Speech https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/12/bangladesh-killing-blogger-blow-free- speech

International Coalition for Religious Freedom (Undated) Religious Freedom Country Reports – Bangladesh http://www.religiousfreedom.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=158&Itemid=56

UN Human Rights Council (8 June 2015) Written statement submitted by the International Humanist and Ethical Union, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status; Freedom of Expression and Belief in Bangladesh: A campaign of killings against atheist bloggers http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1435147532_g1511638.pdf

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (9 September 2015) Bangladesh: a secular State with a State religion? http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=164 01&LangID=E

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (9 September 2015) Preliminary findings of Country Visit to Bangladesh by Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=163 99&LangID=E

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (25 February 2016) Bangladesh: Action Needed as USCIRF Marks Anniversary of Avijit Roy’s Murder http://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/press-releases/bangladesh-action-needed- uscirf-marks-anniversary-avijit-roy-s-murder

US Commission on International Religious Freedom (30 April 2015) USCIRF; Annual Report 2015; 2015 Country Reports: other countries monitored; Bangladesh http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/Bangladesh%202015.pdf

11 United States Department of State (14 October 2015) 2014 Report on International Religious Freedom – Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2014/sca/238490.htm

Voice of America News (10 December 2015) Bangladesh Muslim Clerics Criticize Attacks on Shi'ites, Church Leaders http://www.voanews.com/content/bangladesh-muslim-clerics-criticize-attacks- shiites-church-leaders/3097675.html

8. Political

Asian Human Rights Commission (14 January 2016) BANGLADESH: Chief Justice speaks out against the Executive usurping the power of the Judiciary http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-005-2016

CIA (1 December 2015) Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments - Bangladesh https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/BG.html

Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2016) BTI 2016 - Bangladesh Country Report http://www.bti- project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2016/pdf/BTI_2016_Bangla desh.pdf

Election Guide (2015) Bangladesh http://www.electionguide.org/countries/id/19/

Human Rights Watch (20 March 2015) Bangladesh: Investigate Case of Enforced Disappearance http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/299069/421583_en.html

Human Rights Watch (29 April 2014) Bangladesh: Elections Scarred by Violence http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/04/29/bangladesh-elections-scarred-violence

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (31 August 2015) BGD105262.E Bangladesh: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, factions, associated organizations and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities (September 2012-2015) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456079&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (15 August 2014) BGD104933.E Bangladesh: Roles and responsibilities of the executive members of the local branches of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal (Bangladesh Nationalist Youth Party) (2010-August 2014)

12 http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455463&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (21 November 2012) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including its leaders, factions, associate organizations and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities (2007-September 2012) BGD104178.E http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454273&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (13 September 2011) Bangladesh: Information on the Awami League (AL), including its leaders, subgroups, youth wings, and activities (2008 - July 2011) http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e8980a32.html

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (12 September 2011) Bangladesh: Information on the Jatiya Party, including its leaders, factions, youth wings and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities (2008 - July 2011) http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e8982072.html

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (16 September 2010) BGD103531.E Bangladesh: National Identity (NID) Card; its use as a voter's identity card; procedures to obtain one http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453071&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (26 August 2010) BGD103519.E Bangladesh: Membership documents issued by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to its members http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd112d82.html

International Crisis Group (11 April 2016) Political Conflict, Extremism and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/bangladesh/277- political-conflict-extremism-and-criminal-justice-in-bangladesh.pdf

International Crisis Group (9 February 2015) Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/bangladesh/264- mapping-bangladesh-s-political-crisis

Inter Parliamentary Union (20 January 2016) Bangladesh http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2023.htm

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (6 November 2015) Bangladesh NGOs: UN expert warns against proposed funding bill http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=167 20&LangID=E

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Refugee Documentation Centre (28 May 2009) Q10041 - Does the East Bengal Communist Party have political aims or are the merely a criminal group with political pretensions; information on the those whom the party persecutes; Is there evidence of the party kidnapping or falsely imprisoning minors http://newcoi.lab.ie/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/Q10041

Rulers (2009) Bangladesh http://rulers.org/rulb1.html#bangladesh

South Asia Terrorism Portal (Undated) Bangladesh Assessment 2016 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/index.htm

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (12 March 2015) Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014 - Country Case Study: Bangladesh – Political Violence http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/298562/421043_en.html

United States Congressional Research Service (1 April 2010) Bangladesh: Political and Strategic Developments and U.S. Interest. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41194.pdf

United States Institute of Peace (14 January 2016) Preventing Violent Extremism through Inclusive Politics in Bangladesh http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/01/14/preventing-violent-extremism- through-inclusive-politics-in-bangladesh

Washington Post (22 March 2014) Bangladesh’s political unrest threatens economic gains, democracy http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/bangladeshs-political-unrest-threatens- economic-gains-democracy/2014/03/22/baf1807c-a369-11e3-84d4- e59b1709222c_story.html

Voice of America News (30 October 2015) Bangladesh Opposition Denies Foreigner Killings http://www.voanews.com/content/bangaldesh-opposition-deinies-foreigner- killings/3029907.html

Xinhua (18 August 2014) Roundup: Bangladesh cabinet okays bill to empower parliament impeach judges http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news- agency/140818/roundup-bangladesh-cabinet-okays-bill-empower-parliament- imp

9. State Protection (For State Protection of Particular Groups, see the relevant section)

14 Asian Human Rights Commission (1 September 2015) BANGLADESH: Government repression and intimidation of families of victims of enforced disappearance http://www.humanrights.asia/news/alrc-news/ALRC-STM-007- 2015/?searchterm=Bangladesh: state protection

International Federation for Human Rights (6 April 2016) Call for justice after another police shooting of a human rights defender https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/bangladesh-call-for- justice-after-another-police-shooting-of-a-human

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (8 September 2011) BGD103807.E Bangladesh: Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available to victims (2007-July 2011) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453568&pls=1

International Federation for Human Rights (1 September 2015) Government repression and intimidation of families of victims of enforced disappearance https://www.fidh.org/International-Federation-for-Human- Rights/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-government-repression-and-intimidation- of-families-of#

IRIN News (21 July 2014) Biharis in Bangladesh seek protection, justice http://www.irinnews.org/report/100379/biharis-in-bangladesh-seek-protection- justice

IRIN News (January 2014) Minorities targeted in Bangladesh political violence http://www.irinnews.org/report/99565/minorities-targeted-in-bangladesh- political-violence

Kaladan Press Network (22 September 2015) No life security in Leda unregistered Rohingya refugee camp http://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/no-life-security-leda-unregistered- rohingya-refugee-camp

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (5 November 2015) State must offer better protection to writers, publishers and others threatened by extremists in Bangladesh – Zeid http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=167 14&LangID=E

10. Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems

Al Jazeera (18 September 2014) Bangladesh passes law to impeach judges http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/09/bangladesh-passes-law- impeach-judges-20149186316677635.html

15 Article 19 (30 October 2015) Bangladesh: Government failing to break Culture of Impunity https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38165/en/bangladesh:- government-failing-to-break-culture-of-impunity

Directory of Development Organisations (2011) Directory of Development Organizations; Edition 2011; Volume II.A; Asia and the Middle East; Bangladesh http://www.devdir.org/files/Bangladesh.PDF

The Economist (5 March 2015) Politics in Bangladesh On the boil http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21645873-prime-minister-has-backed- opposition-up-against-barricade-boil

Human Rights Watch (22 April 2015) "Whoever Raises their Head Suffers the Most" Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/04/22/whoever-raises-their-head-suffers- most/workers-rights-bangladeshs-garment

Human Rights Watch (8 January 2015) Bangladesh: Crackdown on Opposition, Media https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/01/08/bangladesh-crackdown-opposition- media

Human Rights Watch (6 July 2014) Bangladesh: Withdraw Restrictive Draft Law on NGOs http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/05/bangladesh-withdraw-restrictive-draft- law-ngos

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (9 September 2014) BGD104943.E Bangladesh: The Special Powers Act, including implementation by authorities; police procedures directed by the Act, including warrants and notifications (2011-August 2014) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455492&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (27 July 2010) BGD103530.E Bangladesh: Procedures and requirements to acquire a passport; characteristics of a Bangladesh passport http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd111b42.html

International Crisis Group (9 February 2015) Mapping Bangladesh’s Political Crisis http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/south-asia/bangladesh/264- mapping-bangladesh-s-political-crisis.aspx

International Crisis Group (11 December 2009) Bangladesh: Getting Police Reform On Track

16 http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south- asia/bangladesh/182%20Bangladesh%20Getting%20Police%20Reform%20o n%20Track.pdf

International Federation for Human Rights (1 September 2015) Bangladesh: Government repression and intimidation of families of victims of enforced disappearance https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-government- repression-and-intimidation-of-families-of

International Federation for Human Rights (14 August 2015) BANGLADESH: Judicial harassment against free speech defenders continues https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-judicial- harassment-against-free-speech-defenders

International Federation for Human Rights (18 June 2014) New NGO Law aims at suppressing independent human rights work http://www.fidh.org/en/asia/bangladesh/15584-bangladesh-new-ngo-law-aims- at-suppressing-independent-human-rights-work

International Trade Union Confederation (10 June 2015) 2015 ITUC Global Rights Index - Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/557a9a1a9.html

International Trade Union Confederation (6 June 2013) 2013 Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights – Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/51b8517f51.html

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (November 2013) Human rights defenders trapped in a polarised political environment http://www.omct.org/files/2013/11/22434/bangladesh_obs_mission_report.pdf

UN Human Rights Committee (3 September 2015) Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under Article 40 of the Covenant Initial reports of States parties due in 2001 Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1452004651_g1519821.pdf

UN News Service (4 May 2013) Bangladesh agrees on action plan to improve working conditions, ILO says http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44826

US Social Security Administration (March 2015) Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2015 – Bangladesh http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2014- 2015/asia/bangladesh.pdf

World Bank (28 March 2015) Bangladesh at a glance http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/bangladesh

17 World Bank (20 October 2015) Bangladesh Development Update: Growth Stable, but External Competitiveness Eroding http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2015/10/20/bangladesh- development-update-growth-stable-but-eroding-external-competitiveness

World Law (Undated) Categories – Countries – Bangladesh http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/210.html

World Organisation Against Torture (9 November 2014) Alarming escalation of threats to human rights defenders http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/reports-and- publications/bangladesh/2013/11/d22434/

11. Press/Media/Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International (31 October 2015) Bangladesh: horrific pattern of violence against freedom of expression https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/10/bangladesh-horrific-pattern- of-violence-against-freedom-of-expression/

Article 19 (1 October 2015) Country Report: The Right to Information in Bangladesh https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38129/en/country-report:- the-right-to-information-in-bangladesh

Article 19 (9 June 2014) Bangladesh: women journalists say “No” to discrimination and demand more protection http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37583/en/bangladesh:- women-journalists-say-%E2%80%9Cno%E2%80%9D-to-discrimination-and- demand-more-protection

BBC News (18 February 2016) 'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35594968

BBC News (31 October 2015) Bangladeshi secular publisher hacked to death http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34688245

BBC News (30 March 2015) Knife attack kills Bangladesh blogger Washiqur Rahman http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32112433

Committee to Protect Journalists (7 April 2016) Secular blogger hacked and shot to death in Bangladesh https://cpj.org/2016/04/secular-blogger-hacked-and-shot-to-death-in- bangla.php#more

Committee to Protect Journalists (17 August 2015) Journalist arrested in Bangladesh under country's ICT Act

18 https://cpj.org/2015/08/journalist-arrested-in-bangladesh-under-countrys-i.php

Committee to Protect Journalists (29 August 2014) TV presenter for religious programs murdered in Bangladesh https://cpj.org/2014/08/tv-presenter-for-religious-programs-murdered-in- ba.php

Freedom House (2 November 2015) Bangladesh Freedom on the Net 2015 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2015/bangladesh

Freedom House (28 April 2015) Freedom of the Press 2015 – Bangladesh https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/bangladesh

Freedom House (2012) Insult Laws: Insulting to Press Freedom - A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2010 http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Insult%20Law%20Report.pdf

Human Rights Watch (20 February 2016) Bangladesh: Charging Editors Is Dramatic Backslide https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/20/bangladesh-charging-editors-dramatic- backslide

Human Rights Watch (3 September 2014) Bangladesh: Revoke Draconian Media Policy http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/09/03/bangladesh-revoke-draconian-media- policy

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (28 August 2015) Bangladesh: Two more journalists arrested; government trying to silence free speech https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-two-more- journalists-arrested-government-trying-to-silence

Reporters Without Borders (7 April 2016) RSF calls for measures in response to blogger’s murder https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-calls-measures-response-bloggers-murder

Reporters Without Borders (26 February 2016) Prime Minister wages personal war against outspoken newspaper https://rsf.org/en/news/prime-minister-wages-personal-war-against- outspoken-newspaper

Reporters Without Borders (21 October 2015) Threatening email orders Bangladeshi media to fire women http://en.rsf.org/bangladesh-threatening-email-orders-21-10-2015,48471.html

UN Human Rights Council (9 September 2015) Written statement submitted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a non- governmental organization in general consultative status; Bangladesh: bloggers and online activists at risk

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UN Human Rights Council (23 February 2015) Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental organization in general consultative status; BANGLADESH: Freedom of expression, assembly, and human rights activism under serious threat http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1425484763_g1503342.pdf

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR (5 November 2015) State must offer better protection to writers and publishers threatened by extremists in Bangladesh – High Commissioner Zeid http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/314705/439347_en.html

12. Women/Children/Family

Australian Refugee Review Tribunal (25 March 2011) Bangladesh – BGD38411 – Treatment of women from religious minorities Buddhism /Buddhists – Chittagong District – Chandanaish http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4e2e8b3a1d6.pdf

Australian Government Refugee Review Tribunal (23 December 2010) Bangladesh – BGD37885 – Women – Sharia Law – Religious violence – Islamist groups – State protection – Police – Rapid Action Battalion http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1336668672_bgd37885.pdf

Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (May 2014) Marginalisation and Impunity – Violence against Women and Girls in the Chittagong Hill Tracts http://www.iwgia.org/iwgia_files_publications_files/0679_CHT_violence_again st_omen_Study_2014eb.pdf

Human Rights Watch (12 October 2014) Bangladesh: Don’t Lower Marriage Age https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/12/bangladesh-dont-lower-marriage-age

Human Rights Watch (26 December 2012) Laws Hurting Bangladesh Women Linger on the Books http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/26/laws-hurting-bangladesh-women-linger- books

Human Rights Watch (17 September 2012) "Will I Get My Dues Before I Die?” Harm to Women from Bangladesh's Discriminatory Laws on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/bangladesh0912ForUpload.pdf

IRIN News (5 September 2013) Bangladeshi slum dwellers face higher risk of domestic violence http://www.irinnews.org/report/98697/bangladeshi-slum-dwellers-face-higher- risk-of-domestic-violence

20 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (9 October 2013) BGD104622.E Bangladesh: Situation and treatment of Hindu Manipuri ethnic minority, including women; ability of women, particularly Manipuri women, to relocate and access housing and employment within Bangladesh (2006-October 2013) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454825&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (8 September 2011) Bangladesh: Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, and services available to victims (2007 - July 2011) BGD103807.E http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/203055/308008_en.html

UN Human Rights Council (1 April 2014) Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1403089872_a-hrc-26-38-add2-en.doc

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (27 May 2015) Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention; Eighth periodic report of States parties due in 2015; Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1432893968_cedaw-c-bgd-8-5913-e.pdf

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (4 February 2011) Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Bangladesh http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/co/CEDAW-C-BGD-CO- 7.pdf

US Department of State (27 July 2015) Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 – Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243392.htm

Children:

BBC News (September 2014) Proposal to reduce Bangladesh marriageable age http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29216141

BBC News (27 September 2013) Making Time: Helping child workers save their earnings http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24281511

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (18 June 2014) Situation Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Bangladesh http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/SACDB_Report_FINAL.pdf.

Childs Rights International Network (12 January 2016) Inhuman sentencing of children in Bangladesh https://www.crin.org/sites/default/files/inhuman_sentencing_children_banglad esh_2015.pdf

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Human Rights Watch (9 June 2015) Bangladesh: Girls Damaged by Child Marriage https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/09/bangladesh-girls-damaged-child- marriage

Human Rights Watch (9 June 2015) Marry Before Your House is Swept Away Child Marriage in Bangladesh https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/06/09/marry-your-house-swept-away/child- marriage-bangladesh

Inter Press Service (5 July 2013) Girls Fight Back Against Child Marriage http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/07/girls-fight-back-against-child-marriage/

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (16 September 2015) Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Bangladesh http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=164 34&LangID=E

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (6 June 2013) In Bangladesh, a project to support parents of children with disabilities http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_69558.html

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2 March 2012) In Bangladesh, a new UNICEF-supported initiative helps poor urban children http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_61826.html

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (Undated) Child Sexual Abuse, Exploitation and Trafficking in Bangladesh http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/Child_Abuse_Exploitation_and_Trafficking. pdf

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (2 October 2015) Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1444381038_crc-c-bgd-co-5-21916- e.doc

UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (August 2015) Dalit Children in Bangladesh http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1446041055_int-crc-ngo-bgd-21453- e.pdf

US Department of Labor (30 September 2015) 2014 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor – Bangladesh http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/bangladesh.htm

Trafficking:

22 US Department of State (27 July 2015) Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 – Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243392.htm

13. Prison/Detention/Torture/Slavery

Amnesty International (14 December 2015) Bangladesh: The death penalty does not equate to justice http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1226_1450356481_asa1330812015english.pd f

Amnesty International (27 October 2015) Bangladesh: Two opposition leaders face imminent execution after serious flaws in their trials and appeals https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/10/bangladesh-imminent- executions/

Amnesty International (31 March 2015) Report on death sentences and executions in the year 2014 https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ACT5000012015ENGLISH.P DF

Amnesty International (10 March 2015) Bangladesh: Reject police proposal for immunity from prosecution for torture https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1311732015ENGLISH.pd f

Amnesty International (10 March 2015) Bangladesh: Reject police proposal for immunity from prosecution for torture https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1311732015ENGLISH.pd f

Amnesty International (13 October 2014) Stop Them, Now! Bangladesh: Enforced Disappearances, Torture And Restrictions On Freedom Of Expression https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/4000/asa130052014en.pdf

Child Rights Information Network (2 March 2016) Bangladesh: Mandatory death penalty declared void after 14‐year legal battle https://www.crin.org/sites/default/files/bangladesh_- _mandatory_death_sentences.pdf

Human Rights Watch (20 November 2015) Bangladesh: Halt Imminent War Crimes Executions https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/20/bangladesh-halt-imminent-war-crimes- executions

Human Rights Watch (26 October 2015) Bangladesh: Charge or Release Detained Counsel

23 https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/26/bangladesh-charge-or-release- detained-counsel

Human Rights Watch (21 July 2014) Bangladesh: Disband Death Squad http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/20/bangladesh-disband-death-squad

International Centre for Prison Studies (Undated) Bangladesh http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/bangladesh

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (1 September 2015) Government repression and intimidation of families of victims of enforced disappearance https://www.fidh.org/International-Federation-for-Human- Rights/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh-government-repression-and-intimidation- of-families-of

Odhikar (1 February 2016) Human Rights Monitoring Report http://odhikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Human-rights-monitoring- monthly-report-January-2016_Eng.pdf

Odhikar (1 July 2015) Six-Months Human Rights Monitoring Report http://1dgy051vgyxh41o8cj16kk7s19f2.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp- content/uploads/2015/07/human-rights-monitoring-Six-Monthly-report-2015- eng.pdf

Refugee Documentation Centre (20 October 2009) Q11097- Bangladesh: Information on problems faced by persons who are wrongly accused of a crime in Bangladesh http://newcoi.lab.ie/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/Q11097

World Organisation Against Torture (3 February 2016) Immediately release Mahmudur Rahman, arbitrarily imprisoned since 2013 http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent- interventions/bangladesh/2016/02/d23596/

World Organisation Against Torture (8 August 2015) Imminent and serious death threats against Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent- interventions/bangladesh/2015/08/d23310/

World Organisation Against Torture (27 March 2015) Global anti-torture movement alarmed over possible licence to torture http://www.omct.org/statements/bangladesh/2015/03/d23066/

14. Crime/Corruption

Asian Legal Resource Centre (8 September 2015) Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, a non-governmental

24 organization in general consultative status; Bangladesh: public justice system incapable of addressing relentless enforced disappearance http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1930_1443088793_g1520377.pdf

BBC News (18 February 2016) 'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35594968

BBC News (19 March 2014) Bangladesh opposition's Khaleda Zia faces corruption trial http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26643635#

Business Anti-Corruption Portal (December 2015) Bangladesh Country Profile http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/south- asia/bangladesh/snapshot/

Global Integrity (2014) Money Politics and Transparency Bangladesh https://data.moneypoliticstransparency.org/countries/BD/

Global Integrity (2010) Global Integrity Report: Bangladesh – 2010 http://www.globalintegrity.org/report/Bangladesh/2010/

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (20 August 2015) Bangladesh: Reports of fraudulent documents (2011-2015) http://www.irb- cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456063&pls=1

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (20 September 2010) Bangladesh: Reports of fraudulent documents http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd113f92.html

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (14 June 2013) Bangladesh: New amendment to Anti-Terrorism Act gags freedom of expression http://www.fidh.org/bangladesh-new-amendment-to-anti-terrorism-act-gags- freedom-of-expression-13457

Overseas Security Advisory Council (15 March 2016) Bangladesh 2016 Crime and Safety Report https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19290

Refugee Documentation Centre (24 October 2012) Bangladesh: Information on corruption within government, police and the judiciary http://newcoi.lab.ie/uhtbin/hyperion.exe/Q15965

Transparency International (14 May 2014) Bangladesh National Integrity System Assessment 2014 http://files.transparency.org/content/download/1455/10821/file/2014_Banglade shNIS_EN.pdf

25 Transparency International (26 April 2013) In Bangladesh, corruption kills hundreds http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/in_bangladesh_corruption_kills_hu ndreds

Transparency International (Undated) Country Profile Bangladesh https://www.transparency.org/country/#BGD

Transparency International (22 June 2011) Climate change and corruption in Bangladesh http://blog.transparency.org/2011/06/22/climate-change-and-corruption-in- bangladesh/

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (17 June 2015) Bangladesh: Overview of corruption and anti-corruption with a focus on the health sector https://www.transparency.org/files/content/corruptionqas/Country_profile_Ban gladesh_2015_Focus_on_health.pdf

U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (7 November 2012) Overview of corruption and anti-corruption in Bangladesh http://www.u4.no/publications/overview-of-corruption-and-anti-corruption-in- bangladesh/downloadasset/2991

US Department of State (23 June 2014) 2014 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report – Countries/Jurisdictions of Primary Concern - Bangladesh http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2014/supplemental/227840.htm

15. Education

Bangla 2000 (Undated) Education in Bangladesh http://www.bangla2000.com/bangladesh/education.shtm

Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics (BANBEIS) (Undated) Description of the Present Education System in Bangladesh http://www.banbeis.gov.bd/es_bd.htm

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Education (Undated) Education System http://www.moedu.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&i d=26&Itemid=262

The Guardian (21 May 2011) An education: Inside Bangladesh's madrasas - Tahmima Anam http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/21/inside-madrasa-for-girls- bangladesh-tahmima-anam

UN Children’s Fund (30 March 2015) Let Us Learn (Lul) Formative Evaluation Unicef Bangladesh Country Office

26 http://www.unicef.org/evaldatabase/files/Let_Us_Learn_Bangladesh_Evaluati on_FINAL.pdf

UN Children’s Fund (28 January 2014) In Bangladesh, learning why children stop learning http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_71830.html

UN Children’s Fund (2014) Bangladesh Statistics (Education) http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_bangladesh_statistics.html#1 17

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (September 2008) Basic Education for Urban Working Children http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/Education_for_Working_Children_(BEHTR UWC).pdf

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (Undated) The Second Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP-II) http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/Quality_Primary_Education_(PEDP-II).pdf

UN Development Programme (2015) Achieve universal primary education http://www.bd.undp.org/content/bangladesh/en/home/post-2015/millennium- development-goals/mdg2.html

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2015) Bangladesh Pre-primary Education and The School Learning Improvement Plan http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002339/233988e.pdf

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2014) EFA 2015 national review: Bangladesh http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002305/230507e.pdf

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2009) Assessing impact of asset transfer on children’s education: A case of BRAC’s ultra poor programme in Bangladesh - Munshi Sulaiman http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001866/186603e.pdf

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2009) Educational Marginalization in Bangladesh - Samir Ranjan Nath http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001865/186598e.pdf

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2007) Bangladesh Non-formal education http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001555/155577e.pdf

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2007) Secondary Education – Regional Information Base: Country Profile Bangladesh http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001553/155306e.pdf

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UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (May 2003) Education for All: National Plan of Action II (2003-2015) http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org/upload/Bangladesh/Bangladesh%20NPA%20 EFA.pdf

The World Bank (11 March 2014) Bangladesh: Incentivizing Secondary Education http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2014/03/11/bangladesh-incentivizing- secondary-education

The World Bank (8 May 2012) Attracting and Retaining Underprivileged Students http://go.worldbank.org/CA2NM2ZPA0

World Bank (April 2008) EDUCATION FOR ALL IN BANGLADESH Where Does Bangladesh Stand in Achieving the EFA Goals by 2015? http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTBANGLADESH/Resources/education24 .pdf

16. Health

Aljazeera (6 April 2016) Arsenic-laced water affects millions in Bangladesh http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/arsenic-laced-water-affects-millions- bangaldesh-160406111820515.html

Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal (9 February 2010) Bangladesh: 1 Is there any available information on the treatment of people with psychiatric conditions in Bangladesh? BGD36157 http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f40e3972.html

Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal (6 January 2009) Bangladesh: 1. Please provide general information about the health system in Bangladesh. 2. Please provide information on the treatment of the elderly or disabled BGD34181 http://www.refworld.org/docid/4b6fe1310.html

Human Rights Watch (9 October 2012) Toxic Tanneries: The Health Repercussions of Bangladesh's Hazaribagh Leather http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/10/09/toxic-tanneries

IRIN News (1 July 2014) Text and voice messages help close Bangladesh health gap http://www.irinnews.org/report/100286/text-and-voice-messages-help-close- bangladesh-health-gap

IRIN News (26 November 2013) How Bangladesh achieved its “amazing” health statistics http://www.irinnews.org/report/99208/how-bangladesh-achieved-its-amazing- health-statistics

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Médecins Sans Frontières (10 July 2015) MSF International Activity Report 2014 Bangladesh http://cdn.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/msf_international_activity_report_2014_e n.pdf

Médecins Sans Frontières (5 February 2015) MSF providing psycho-social care to victims of arson attacks in Dhaka, Bangladesh http://www.msf.org/article/msf-providing-psycho-social-care-victims-arson- attacks-dhaka-bangladesh

Médecins Sans Frontières (7 November 2014) Bangladesh: MSF responds to an upsurge in malaria cases http://www.msf.org/article/bangladesh-msf-responds-upsurge-malaria-cases

Médecins Sans Frontières (20 June 2014) Hypokalaemia-Induced Rhabdomyolysis after Treatment of Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) with High-Dose AmBisome in Bangladesh—A Case Report http://www.msf.org/article/hypokalaemia-induced-rhabdomyolysis-after- treatment-post-kala-azar-dermal-leishmaniasis-pkdl

UNAIDS (2015) Annual Progress Report Bangladesh 2015 http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/country/documents/BGD_narrative_re port_2015.pdf

UN AIDS (4 April 2014) Cricket heroes Think Wise about HIV http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2014/april/201 40404wt20/

UN Children’s Fund (18 February 2014) Bangladesh stages massive measles–rubella immunization campaign http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_72678.html

UN Children’s Fund (2014) Bangladesh Statistics (Health) http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_bangladesh_statistics.html#1 17

World Health Organisation (2016) Diabetes country profiles, 2016 Bangladesh http://www.who.int/entity/diabetes/country-profiles/bgd_en.pdf?ua=1

World Health Organisation (2015) World Malaria Report 2015 Bangladesh http://www.who.int/entity/malaria/publications/country- profiles/profile_bgd_en.pdf?ua=1

World Health Organisation (May 2014) Bangladesh Health Profiles http://www.who.int/gho/countries/bgd.pdf?ua=1

World Health Organisation (June 2014) Bangladesh expands training of midwives to improve maternal and neonatal health http://www.who.int/features/2014/midwifes-bangladesh/en/

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World Health Organisation (2014) Bangladesh http://www.who.int/countries/bgd/en/

World Health Organization (7 April 2013) Global Health Workforce Alliance: Bangladesh http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/countries/bgd/en/

World Health Organisation (July 2008) Bangladesh: "Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections" http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1228_1217847636_bangladesh.pdf

World Health Organization (2007) Bangladesh: "WHO-AIMS Report on Mental Health System in Bangladesh" http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1158_1195133313_bangladesh-who-aims- report.pdf

17. Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight

Danish Immigration Service (May 2011) Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Thailand Fact finding mission to Bangladesh and Thailand http://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/B08D8B44-5322-4C2F-9604- 44F6C340167A/0/FactfindingrapportRohingya180411.pdf

Human Rights Watch (27 May 2015) Southeast Asia: Accounts from Rohingya Boat People https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/27/southeast-asia-accounts-rohingya-boat- people

Human Rights Watch (22 August 2012) Bangladesh: Assist, Protect Rohingya Refugees https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/22/bangladesh-assist-protect-rohingya- refugees

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (19 January 2015) Bangladesh: comprehensive response required to complex displacement crisis http://www.internal-displacement.org/south-and-south-east- asia/bangladesh/2015/bangladesh-comprehensive-response-required-to- complex-displacement-crisis

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (19 January 2015) Bangladesh: internal displacement as of January 2015 http://www.internal-displacement.org/south-and-south-east- asia/bangladesh/2015/internal-displacement-in-bangladesh-as-of-january- 2015

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) (May 2015) Global Overview 2015: People internally displaced by conflict and violence

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IRIN News (13 November 2015) Bangladesh’s climate change migrants http://www.irinnews.org/printreport.aspx?reportid=102211

Reliefweb (22 September 2015) No life security in Leda unregistered Rohingya refugee camp http://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/no-life-security-leda-unregistered- rohingya-refugee-camp

Reliefweb (11 March 2015) 14 Rohingyas sent to jail in Bangladesh http://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/14-rohingyas-sent-jail-bangladesh

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (25 February 2015) How a Bangladesh court ruling changed the lives of more than 300,000 stateless people http://www.unhcr.org/54ec22869.html

UNHCR (2015) 2015 UNHCR regional operations profile - South-East Asia - Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e487546

UNHCR (10 June 2014) As thousands continue to flee Myanmar, UNHCR concerned about growing reports of abuse http://www.refworld.org/docid/5396f8744.html

UNHCR (1 June 2010) Global Report 2009 - Bangladesh http://www.unhcr.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDFViewer.html?docid=4c08f19f9&query=Bangla desh:%20Global%20Report%202009

United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (17 June 2009) World Refugee Survey 2009 – Bangladesh http://www.refworld.org/docid/4a40d29f7f.html

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