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JUSTICE FOR BANGLADESH UK
Bangladesh was created because of human rights violations. After the victory of the Awami League in Pakistan first elections in 1970, the Pakistani Army brutally suppressed the aspirations of the Bengali people in East Pakistan leaving upwards of 3 million people dead, millions of women raped, tens of millions of people forced into squalid refugee camps in India where cholera raged. But, in the end, after a swift Indian invasion Readmore
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STOP EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING
The government responded by deploying troops to quell the street violence, detaining thousands of opposition members, and restricting BNP leader Khaleda Zia to her office ahead of planned opposition protests Readmore
STOP ENFORCE DISAPPEARANCE
The ruling Awami League entered office promising zero tolerance for serious human rights abuses, but such abuses have continued unabated and in some areas have increased. The Detective Branch of the police Readmore
PROJECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS
The human rights organization, Odhikar, was regularly harassed, its access to foreign funding blocked. In August, after Odhikar published a report on extrajudicial killings, the police issued a statement warning Readmore
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