BANGLADESH ALERT: JMBF Condemns Escalating Attacks on LGBTQ+ Communities in Bangladesh

Paris, France | 11 April 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses deep concern, strong condemnation, and outrage over ongoing incidents of violence, harassment, arrests, and state impunity targeting gender and sexual minority communities, including gay and transgender individuals, in Bangladesh.

JMBF Launches Urgent Campaign to End and Criminalise Conversion Therapy in Bangladesh

Paris, France | 09 April 2026:  JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has launched an urgent campaign calling on the Government of Bangladesh to end and criminalise conversion therapy targeting LGBTQI+ individuals.

URGENT APPEAL: Ensure Immediate Protection for Two Detained Lesbian Young Women in Jamalpur

Paris, France | 07 April 2026: A tenth-grade schoolgirl from Digpait D.K. School in Jamalpur Sadar and her neighbor voluntarily went into hiding on March 7 due to their mutual romantic relationship. In this regard, the minor girl’s mother, Mosammat Nazma Begum, filed a written complaint on March 7, 2026, at the Narayanpur Investigation Center, alleging that her daughter had been lured and abducted. After remaining in hiding for several days, family members contacted them via mobile phone and brought them back home. Upon their return, they were forced to separate from each other, but they refused to be apart and demanded to marry each other. At that time, the adult woman was reportedly subjected to physical abuse. Later, local residents informed the police, who arrived at the scene and took both individuals into custody at the police station.

BANGLADESH ALERT: JMBF Strongly Condemns the Expulsion of a Transgender Woman from the Chhatra Dal Committee

Paris, France | April 6, 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns and expresses deep concern over the expulsion of Redwan Islam, Cultural Secretary of the Chhatra Dal at Syedabad Ideal College in Kasba Upazila, Brahmanbaria, from the institution’s student committee.

JMBF Annual State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Bangladesh 2026

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.

PRESS RELEASE: JMBF Releases State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Bangladesh 2026

Paris, France | 30 March 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has released its Annual Report 2026: “State of LGBTQI+ Rights in Bangladesh under the Interim Government (January–December 2025)”, presenting a comprehensive, evidence-based assessment of the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals in Bangladesh.