Paris, France | 26 February 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses deep concern, anger, and strong condemnation over the “special directive” issued on 24 February 2026 by Rajshahi Range Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mohammad Shahjahan. The directive reportedly instructs law enforcement authorities to re-arrest leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Awami League, one of the country’s largest political parties, whose activities were banned by executive order of the previous interim government, after they secure bail from the courts, by showing them arrested in other cases.
Paris, France; 24 February 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses deep concern and strong condemnation over the recent extreme disorder, pushing and shoving at the bench, forced entry into the courtroom, and intimidating and disrespectful behavior toward the judge allegedly carried out by lawyers aligned with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Barishal.
Paris, France | 14 February 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation over the incident in which two young men were detained, interrogated, confined, and handed over to the police on allegations of “homosexuality” in an area adjacent to Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur on 19 January 2026. JMBF firmly considers this incident to be a blatant violation of fundamental human rights, particularly the right to privacy, and a heinous example of unlawful mob persecution.
France/Netherlands/Egypt/Australia/Kazakhstan/Uganda/Pakistan/Tunisia/Cameroon/DRC I February 10, 2026: We, the undersigned 10 international, national, and local human rights organizations, i) JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), France, ii) Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), Netherlands, iii) Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP), Egypt, iv) Public Association “Dignity”, Kazakhstan, v) Northern Uganda Transparency & Accountability Forum, Uganda, vi) Tal Sparlay (Ever Spring), Pakistan, vii) Contre la Torture en Tunisie (OCTT), Tunisia, viii) Global Bangladesh Unity Network (GBUN), Australia ix) Movement for the Defense of Humanity and the Abolition of Torture (MDHAT), Cameroon, and x) Actions de Protection Mère et Enfant "APME Asbl, République Democratique du Congo express our deep concern and strong protest against the issuance of the “July Mass Uprising (Protection and Determination of Liability) Ordinance, 2026,”which seeks to grant impunity for criminal offences committed between 1 July and 31 August 2024 under the pretext of “political resistance” in Bangladesh.
Paris, 9 February 2026, 2025: We, six BIPOC youth-led organizations, want to express our disappointment in the recent Anti-Racism Strategy published on January 20th, 2026. The new strategy serves as a continuation of the Anti-Racism Action Plan (ARAP), a roadmap for fighting racism in the EU, which was developed following the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. The Action Plan was unprecedented in many ways: it recognized, for the first time, the concept of structural racism, appointed the first-ever Anti-Racism Coordinator, and pushed Member States to develop national action plans against racism.
