Paris, France | 12 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), #DiasporaVote!, and Asian Voices Europe are now recruiting 50 participants for the 2027 edition of Work with Your MEP to collaborate directly with Members of the European Parliament to co-create EU policy.
Paris, France | 10 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), an independent international human rights organisation based in Paris, today released its Special Report titled “Persecution of Teachers and Students in Bangladesh’s Higher Education Sector: Academic Exclusion, Coercion and the Struggle for Justice and Accountability (August 2024–October 2026)”, documenting serious human rights violations affecting teachers, academics and students across Bangladesh.
Paris, France | 10 November 2026: Between August 2024 and October 2026, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) monitored, documented, and verified reports of persecution against teachers and students in Bangladesh’s higher education sector on the grounds of their political opinions, including actual or perceived affiliation with the Bangladesh Awami League, and their sexual orientation.
Paris, France | 6 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns the arrest and imprisonment of veteran journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Chairman of DBC News and Editor and Publisher of The Daily Observer, in connection with a murder case arising from the July 2024 protests in Bangladesh.
Paris, France | 6 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns the recent brutal repression of garment workers protesting for fair wages and basic labour rights in Bangladesh. JMBF also expresses grave concern over the reported killing of a garment worker, widespread police violence, arbitrary arrests, attacks allegedly carried out by activists of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and the mass filing of criminal cases against thousands of people.
Paris, France | 01 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns police torture and arbitrary arrests targeting garment workers, including women, as well as students passing through the area, during peaceful demonstrations in Ashulia, Gazipur and Dhaka’s Mirpur on 31 October and 1 November 2026. JMBF demands independent investigations into police abuses and arbitrary arrests, accountability for those responsible, and protection of detained workers and labour leaders.
Paris, France | 1 November 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released its ten-month monitoring report documenting 199 incidents of sexual violence involving 274 boy children in Bangladesh between 1 January and 31 October 2026. Behind these figures are children whose safety was violated in classrooms, residential institutions, homes and familiar neighbourhoods—often by people they knew or were expected to trust.
Paris, France | 29 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns the allegedly politically motivated death sentence imposed on Bangladesh Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif by International Crimes Tribunal-2 on 29 October 2026, following a trial conducted in his absence.
Paris, France | 27 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns the reported remarks of Bangladesh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Md Ali Hossain Fakir, suggesting that “crossfire” could be carried out if necessary with government permission.