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(Cips) Are Prepared by Researching Publicly Accessible Information Currently Available to the Refugee Documentation Centre Within Time Constraints 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 3 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
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