RECRUITMENT: Call for Mentors — Work With Your MEP 2027

We are already recruiting for our 2027 Work with your MEP edition.

Together with JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), Asian Voices Europe, and PLACE Network, Diaspora Vote is recruiting eight volunteer mentors from Belgium, France, and the Netherlands for the 2027 edition of the Work With Your MEP programme.

This is a volunteer role, requiring an average commitment of 5-10 hours per month from November 2026 to December 2027, including online meetings and 2/3 in-person events (covered). A total compensation of approximately €500 is provided for this role. 

PRESS RELEASE: JMBF Releases Monitoring Report on Sexual Violence Against Boy Children During the First Eight Months of 2026

Call for Social Resistance to Sexual Violence, Effective Protection of Boy Children, and Accountability for Those Responsible

Paris, France | 9 September 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released its monitoring report on sexual violence against boy children in Bangladesh from its headquarters in Paris, France. According to JMBF’s monitoring, at least 103 boy children were subjected to sexual violence in 84 incidents or clusters of incidents between 1 January and 8 September 2026. Of these, 11 incidents involved multiple boy victims, representing 13.10 percent of all records.

JMBF Joins Open Letter Calling on EU Commission President to Put Anti-Racism Back on the Agenda

JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), together with 31 other European and national civil society organisations working on anti-racism, equality, diversity and inclusion, has signed an open letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the 2026 State of the European Union Address.

নিয়োগ বিজ্ঞপ্তি: সাক্ষ্য সংগ্রহ ও নথিভুক্তকরণে স্বেচ্ছাসেবক আহ্বান (নির্বাচিত স্বেচ্ছাসেবকদের উপযুক্ত সম্মানী প্রদান করা হবে)

বাংলাদেশের শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানে যৌন ও লিঙ্গ বৈচিত্র্যময় শিক্ষার্থীদের নিপীড়ন: সাক্ষ্য সংগ্রহ ও দৃশ্য-শ্রাব্য নথিভুক্তকরণ

প্রেক্ষাপট ও উদ্দেশ্য: বাংলাদেশের বিভিন্ন বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, চিকিৎসা মহাবিদ্যালয় ও উচ্চশিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানে সমকামী, উভকামী, রূপান্তরকামী, আন্তঃলিঙ্গ এবং অন্যান্য যৌন ও লিঙ্গ বৈচিত্র্যময় শিক্ষার্থীরা তাদের যৌন অভিমুখিতা, লিঙ্গ পরিচয় বা লিঙ্গ প্রকাশের কারণে বৈষম্য, হয়রানি, হুমকি, ব্যক্তিগত গোপনীয়তা লঙ্ঘন, আবাসন থেকে বহিষ্কার, শাস্তিমূলক ব্যবস্থা এবং সামাজিক নিপীড়নের শিকার হওয়ার অভিযোগ রয়েছে। বিশেষভাবে দিনাজপুরের হাজী মোহাম্মদ দানেশ বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় এবং ঢাকার সরকারি ইউনানি ও আয়ুর্বেদিক মেডিকেল কলেজ-সহ বিভিন্ন শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানে যৌন ও লিঙ্গ বৈচিত্র্যময় শিক্ষার্থীদের নিরাপত্তা, মর্যাদা ও অধিকার নিয়ে উদ্বেগ রয়েছে।

BANGLADESH ALERT: Bloodied Body of Sexual Minority and Third-Gender Hijra Leader Mousumi Recovered in Chattogram

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Paris, France | 6 September 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France expresses its deep concern, outrage and strongest condemnation following the recovery of the bloodied body of Mousumi Hijra, a leader of the Hijra community, from her residence in Masud Colony, near the Ambagan Railway area, under Khulshi Police Station in Chattogram.

URGENT APPEAL: End Reprisals Against Professors at the University of Dhaka and Jagannath

JMBF Calls for the Withdrawal of Arbitrary Suspensions and Punitive Proceedings Threatening Academic Freedom

Paris, France | 3 September 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern and strongly condemns the reported disciplinary actions against four professors at two public universities in Bangladesh.

PRESS RELEASE: JMBF Special Report Reveals Government-Driven Media Blackout on Its Human Rights Reporting in Bangladesh Since October 2024

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Paris, France | 1 September 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released a comprehensive Special Report entitled “Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh,” documenting what the organisation’s investigation identifies as a sustained, informally imposed and effectively enforced restriction on the publication of JMBF-originated human rights reporting by Bangladesh’s mainstream media. The report finds that the restriction originated under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and continued under the BNP-led government through August 2026.

SPECIAL REPORT: Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh

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The Special Report, “Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh,” published by JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), reviews evidence from July 2024 to August 2026 and documents an abrupt collapse in Bangladesh’s mainstream-media coverage of JMBF-originated news beginning in late October 2024, despite JMBF’s continued publication of human-rights statements, alerts, reports and urgent appeals. The evidence strongly indicates that the blackout began following direct and indirect instructions attributed to senior levels of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, which mutually corroborating confidential sources reported were communicated through senior journalists, editors and media intermediaries. According to the evidence reviewed, the restriction was not withdrawn following the formation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led government and continues under the present administration.

JMBF Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2026

BANGLADESH MUST END ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE, BREAK THE CYCLE OF IMPUNITY AND ENSURE JUSTICE

Paris, France | 30 August 2026: On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its unwavering solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh and their families, who have endured years of uncertainty, fear, suffering, and denial of justice.

BANGLADESH ALERT: Arbitrary Mass Arrests of 32 Awami League Leaders, Activists & Supporters in Gazipur and Netrokona

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Paris, France | 29 August 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its deep concern and unequivocal condemnation over the arbitrary mass arrests of at least 32 leaders, activists and supporters of the Bangladesh Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jubo League and affiliated political groups in Gazipur and Netrokona on 28 August 2026, following alleged political processions, gatherings and the expression of political slogans.