In 2025, LGBTQI+ individuals in Bangladesh continued to face systemic and multifaceted violence, reflecting entrenched social stigma and gaps in institutional protections. During the reporting period, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) documented 260 distinct incidents affecting 426 individuals nationwide. These incidents reportedly included physical assaults, harassment, blackmail, arbitrary detention, social ostracism, and other forms of discrimination carried out by both state and non-state actors.
Paris, October 30, 2025: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), with the technical support of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), today released its groundbreaking report,“JMBF Report 2025: Crackdown Against Independence of Lawyers in Bangladesh under the Interim Government (August 2024 – September 2025).”
Paris, France – August 25, 2025: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released its Annual Report 2025: An Up-To-Date State of Extrajudicial Killings and Custodial Deaths Under the Interim Government in Bangladesh (August 2024 – July 2025), presenting a grim account of widespread human rights violations under the Yunus-led interim administration.
Paris, 17 May 2025: France-based human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has officially published the “2024 Annual LGBTQ+ Rights Report of Bangladesh” today. Through a press release from the capital city of Paris, the organization outlines a detailed picture of the violence, oppression, and discriminatory behavior faced by the LGBTQI+ community in Bangladesh from January to December 2024.
Paris, France, June 26, 2024: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has published the Annual State of Torture and Extra-Judicial Killing in Bangladesh 2023 today, coinciding with the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. This meticulously documented report highlights 148 incidents of torture, extrajudicial killings, and inhumane treatment and degrading behavior in Bangladesh by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) throughout 2023.
Paris, France; June 01, 2024: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released the comprehensive report on the annual state of violence along the Indo-Bangladesh border for the year 2023. The report documents 55 violent incidents that have resulted in 66 victims, underscoring the urgent need for effective interventions to address this persistent issue from January to December 2023. The incidents have led to fatalities, injuries, and detainments, affecting numerous individuals and communities across the border.
Paris, France; May 17, 2024: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) proudly announces the release of the "Annual Report on the State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Bangladesh 2023," coinciding with the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. This day serves as a poignant reminder of the ongoing global struggle for LGBTQI+ rights and underscores the importance of collective action in combating discrimination and prejudice.
Paris, France; December 18, 2023: In a groundbreaking initiative, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has published the first-ever comprehensive State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Bangladesh for the year 2022, focusing on violence against LGBTQI+ people. The report, meticulously compiled by JusticeMakers Bangladesh (JMBD) and published by JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), sheds light on the harrowing struggles faced by the LGBTQI+ community in Bangladesh, offering a stark portrayal of pervasive discrimination and violence against sexual minority groups.
The Law enforcing agencies is still continuing the extra judicial killing, torture and harassment, though the government has come to power promising to promote and protect human right in Bangladesh
(The State of Human Rights for the Month of July 2010)
The Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation registered with the Department of Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh based on the United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) dedicated to promote and protect human rights in Bangladesh. BIHR publishes its state of Human Rights for the period of July 01 to July 31, 2010. The report was prepared by the research and documentation cell of BIHR on the basis of report published on 12 national news papers from July 02 to August 01, 2010, fact-finding mission and its direct sources. BIHR is resents and is deeply concerned over the continuing human rights violations in Bangladesh despite the promises to promote human rights, especially in regards to Extra-judicial Killing, torture, political violence, death due to negligence of doctor, rape, eve teasing and molestation, minority repression as well as violence against journalist and human rights defender. Adv. Shahanur Islam, the Secretary General of BIHR asks the Government to take prompt and effective measures ensuring and end to all kinds of violations as well as demands to investigate and bring the alleged perpetrations before the book, forming a special commission.
Despite of promising to promote and protect human
right in Bangladesh, it is widespread across the country
(The
State of Human Rights for the Month
of June 2010)
The Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a
non-profit, non-governmental organisation registered with the Department of
Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh based on the
United Nation Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) dedicated to promote and
protect human rights in Bangladesh. BIHR publishes its state of
Human Rights for the period of June 01 to June 30, 2010. The report was
prepared by the research and documentation cell of BIHR on the basis of report
published on 12 national news papers from June 02 to July 01, 2010,
fact-finding mission and its direct sources. BIHR is resents and is deeply concerned over the continuing
human rights violations in Bangladesh despite the promises to promote
human rights, especially in regards to Extra-judicial Killing. Adv. Shahanur
Islam, the Secretary General of BIHR asks the Government to take prompt and
effective measures ensuring and end to all kinds of violations as well as
demands to investigate and bring the alleged perpetrations before the book, forming
a special commission.
Despite of promising to promote human right, especially stop all kind of
Extra-judicial Killing in Bangladesh, the Incident of Human Rights Violation is
Continuing
(The
State of Human Rights for
the Month of May 2010)
The Bangladesh
Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation
registered with the Department of Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh based on the United Nation Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR) dedicated to promote and protect human rights in Bangladesh.
BIHR publishes its state of Human Rights for the period of May 01 to April 31, 2010.
The report was prepared
by the research and documentation cell of BIHR on the basis of report published
on 12 national news papers from May 01 to May 31, 2010, fact-finding mission and its
direct sources. BIHR is resents and is deeply concerned over the
continuing human rights violations in Bangladesh
despite the promises to promote human rights, especially in regards to Extra-judicial
Killing. Adv. Shahanur Islam, the Secretary General of BIHR asks the Government
to take prompt and effective measures ensuring and end to all kinds of
violations as well as demands to investigate and bring the alleged perpetrations
before the book, forming a special commission.
Despite of promising to protect and
promote human right in Bangladesh by the Government, the incident of human
rights violation is gradually increasing.
(The State of Human Rights for the period of April 2010)
Bangladesh Institute
of Human Rights (BIHR) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation
registered with the Department of Social Welfare, Government of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh based on United Nation Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR) dedicated to promote and protect human rights in Bangladesh.
BIHR published its state of Human Rights for the period of April 01 to April 30, 2010.
The report was prepared
by the research and documentation cell of BIHR on the basis of report published
in 12 national news paper, fact-finding mission and direct sources of BIHR. BIHR
is deeply concerned over the gradually increasing the human rights violation in
Bangladesh.
Adv. Shahanur Islam, the Secretary General of BIHR asks the Government to stop
the all kind of violation as well as demands to investigate and bring the
allege perpetrators before the book by proper investigation.
HR report highlights extrajudicial killings, violence against
women, journalists
Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: May 02, 2010 20:16 PM
Dhaka, May 2 (UNB)- Some ten people were
killed allegedly at the hands of law enforcers in April, according to a
report prepared by the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR).
Besides,
836 people became victims of assault allegedly by members of law
enforcing agencies during the same period.
