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People's Republic of Bangladesh

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Bangladesh: Documentation - March 2020
    • Bangladesh: Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation - Documentation - Nov. 2014
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD38091 - Feb. 2011
      1. Do Bangladeshi immigration/passport officers conduct security checks that would reveal if a person was wanted by the Bangladeshi Army and/or Director Forces of General Intelligence (DFGI)? If so, is it known whether such checks were conducted for passports issued in 1999 and/or for passports renewed in 2005 and 2009
    • BGD34736 - April 2009
      1. What documents would a Bangladeshi national need to present at Dhaka airport in order to board a flight to Australia?
      2. Could an individual present only a Bangladeshi passport if the Electronic Transit Authority (ETA) they held was granted for another passport in their name and was recorded electronically?
      3. In what circumstances would both passports be stamped with the exit stamp on the same dat
    • BGD32882 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please advise what the requirements would be for a Bangladeshi national to obtain residence status in the Philippines on the basis of being in a relationship with and father of a Philippine national.
      2. Please provide any other relevant information
    • BGD35458 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please advice how and by whom deaths are recorded in Bangladesh?
      2. Please advise whether the Grameen Bank is involved in issuing death certificate
    • BGD31414 - March 2007
      1. Is it true that a man in Bangladesh is known by his real name; his father's name and his address; but that at times his nickname is also use
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BGD200853.FE -  Bangladesh: Availability of fraudulent documents, especially identity documents, medical files and financial documents; state response (2017–December 2021) - Dec. 2021
  • BGD200089.E - Bangladesh: National Identity Card (NIC), including requirements and procedures to obtain; purpose and uses of the card; appearance and security features (2017-January 2020) - Feb. 2020
  • BGD42031.FE - Bangladesh: The validity of personal documents belonging to citizens of Bangladesh and the impartiality of the legal system in Bangladesh - Oct. 2003
  • BGD42162.E - Bangladesh: Whether a man is required to give his consent when a passport is requested by his wife or child - Nov. 2003
  • BGD42922.E - Bangladesh: The voter's identity card, including the procedures to obtain one, its use, whether it is obligatory for all age-voting Bangladeshis - Sep. 2004
  • BGD43358.E - Bangladesh: Procedure for obtaining a plastic Bangladesh driver's licencse, the information that appears on the licencse, issuing offices, and whether one must make an application in person - Feb. 2005
  • BGD100419.E - Whether it is possible for an individual who has an expired Bangladesh passport to renew his or her expired passport or obtain a new passport through any Bangladesh foreign mission; if so, whether the passport can be renewed or a new one obtained even if the original passport expired more than six months ago; whether the same policy on passport renewal and issuance is followed by all Bangladesh foreign missions (August 2005) - Aug 2005
  • BGD100446.E - Bangladesh: Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent; whether the rules and procedures are the same in respect of mothers and fathers - Sep. 2005
  • BGD101217.E - Bangladesh: Procedures for a Bangladeshi national who does not have a Bangladeshi passport to have a passport issued at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, and identity verifications made before the passport is issued - Aug. 2006
  • BGD103530.E - Bangladesh: Procedures and requirements to acquire a passport; characteristics of a Bangladesh passport - July 2010
  • BGD103529.E - Bangladesh: Whether a person may apply for a new passport or renew or replace an existing passport while residing outside Bangladesh - July 2010
  • BGD103528.E - Bangladesh: Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent - Aug. 2010
  • BGD103531.E - Bangladesh: National Identity (NID) Card; its use as a voter's identity card; procedures to obtain one - Sep. 2010
  • BGD103532.E - Bangladesh: reports of fraudulent documents - Sep. 2010
  • BGD105173.E - Bangladesh: Requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a passport at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa; information on the procedures that the High Commission follows with the old passport booklet (2014-May 2015) - May 2015
  • BGD105263.E - Bangladesh: Reports of fraudulent documents (2011-2015) - August 2015

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Children

Foreign Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD35136 - July 2009 
      1. Please provide a brief summary of the adoption procedures in Bangladesh.
      2. What is the procedure where the child's natural parents are alive and consent to the adoption?
    • BGD31414 - March 2007
      1. Is it correct that students in pass degrees at university (as opposed to honors degrees), do not need to attend classes?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD42137.E - Bangladesh: Whether minor children traveling with one parent are permitted to leave the country without the presence and consent of the other parent in cases of marital separation or divorce - Nov. 2003
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • "Are we not human?" Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh - Dec. 2019
    • Marry Before Your House is Swept Away - Child Marriage in Bangladesh - June 2015

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Corruption

Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Border Agency Country of Origin Information (COI) Report - Corruption - 2017, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34408 - March 2009
      1. Please provide key dates in the Bangladeshi government's MiG-29 jet fighter aircraft purchase and later corruption trials
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BGD200854.E  - Bangladesh: The socio-economic situation in Dhaka and Chittagong [Chattogram], including rates of criminal violence and political violence; access to housing, including the tenant registration system, employment, education, and healthcare services in Dhaka and Chittagong (2019–December 2021) - Jan. 2022
    • BGD42643.E - Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Anti-Drug Federation of NGOs (BADF) in Dhaka, including its date of establishment, mandate, activities, 1998 to 2004 executive members; the Kamalapur Pathagar O Samaj Kallyan Parisad (KPSP) in Dhaka, including its mandate, activities and whether it is affiliated with BADF - May 2004
    • BGD42086.E - Bangladesh: Whether civilians bribe newspapers to publish fraudulent articles; frequency of this practice; which newspapers are most vulnerable to corruption; names of newspapers known to be corrupt - Jan. 2004

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Disabilities

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD42664.E - Bangladesh: Societal attitudes towards handicapped people, including those who are deaf and mute, and the treatment of those who promote their rights by the authorities and the Jamaat-e-Islami - June 2004

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Elections

Foreign Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34616 - April 2009
      1. Please provide information on the recent situation in Laxmipur District for BNP members and supporters. Which party won the local elections?
      2. Since the election of the Awami League government in 2008 have any persons been arrested for protests undertaken against the Caretaker Government prior to the election?
    • BGD34262 - Jan. 2009
      1. Please provide an overview of the events leading to the most recent general election held in Bangladesh, the election results, and any significant events following the election
    • BGD33913 - Oct. 2008 
      1. Elections were due to be held in Bangladesh in October 2008, but apparently they were postponed. When are they now due to be held
    • BGD33435 - July 2008 
      1. When are the next national elections due to be held and what is the current level of political activity of the major parties
    • BGD31671 - April 2007 
      1. Please also provide details of elections and the parties in power in Bangladesh since 1995.
    • BGD30767 - Oct. 2006
      1. Please provide information regarding when and how Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) was formed, its policy platform and standing in the upcoming elections
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Election Guide - Recent Elections
  • Human Rights Watch
    • "Creating Panic: Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics - Dec. 2019
    • Democracy in the Crossfire - Opposition Violence and Government Abuses in the 2014 Pre- and Post- Election Period in Bangladesh - April 2014
  • International Crisis Group
    • Beyond the Election: Overcoming Bangladesh’s Political Deadlock - Jan. 2024

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Ethnic Groups / Race

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Minority Rights Group International
    • State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016
    • South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020:  Minorities and Shrinking Civil Space –November 2020

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Ethnic Groups / Race - The Indigenous Jumma People of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Foreign Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD38071 - Feb. 2011 
      1. Please give a brief update on the situation for Chakmas in Bangladesh, in particular: (a) communities in the Chittagong Hills Tract (CHT); and (b) Chakmas living elsewhere (eg. Dhaka, Gazipur)
    • BGD38166 - Feb. 2011 
      1. Do young Chakma professionals in Dhaka or other places outside the Chittagong Hills Tract (CHT) attract adverse attention for any political activism, awareness-raising, etc?

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International - Pushed to the Edge: Indigenous Rights Denied in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts - June 2013

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Biharis

Non-Government Organization Reports
  • World Directory of Minorities - Biharis

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Adivasis People

Non-Government Organization Reports

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Gender

Foreign Government Reports

  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Women fearing gender-based violence - Jan. 2024

Non-Government Report

  • Human Rights Watch Report
    • “I Sleep in My Own Deathbed” Violence against Women and Girls in Bangladesh: Barriers to Legal Recourse and Support – Oct. 2020
    • "Will I Get My Dues … Before I Die?" Harm to Women from Bangladesh's Discriminatory Laws on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce - Sep. 2012

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Human Rights

US Government Reports
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34417 - Feb. 2008
      1. Are there any reports of an incident around June 1998 in which Awami League followers were thrown out of Dhaka University who then held protests and hunger strikes?
    • BGD31606 - May 2007
      1. Under the current emergency situation, have there been restrictions or otherwise on freedom of movement within Bangladesh? Is this likely to change in the near future?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD42867.E - Bangladesh: The Action Research Study on the Institutional Development of Human Rights in Bangladesh (IDHRB), including an evaluation report on its implementation, an audit or investigation of the project - Sep. 2004
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Death Sentences and Executions - 2021, 2020
  • Amnesty International Profiles
    • Asia and the Pacific: “Pandemic or not, we have the right to live”: The urgent need to address structural barriers undermining transgender people’s rights across Asia and the Pacific - Nov. 2022
    • Any tidal wave could drown us – Stories from the climate crisis - Nov. 2022
    • Bangladesh - Climate of impunity prevents adequate protection of human rights - April-May 2013
  • Human Rights Watch - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
  • Human Rights Watch Profile
    • Nepotism and Neglect: The Failing Response to Arsenic in the Drinking Water of Bangladesh’s Rural Poor - April 2016
    • “Whoever Raises their Head Suffers the Most” - Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories - April 2015
    • “Crossfire” Continued Human Rights Abuses by Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion - May 2011
  • Freedom House

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Justice System

Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34408 - March 2009
      1. Please provide information regarding the current status of any legal action, in particular against former Ministry of Defence officials such as Syed Yusuf Hossain and Hossain Serniabat. Please provide information confirming that the charges against President Sheikh Hasina have lapsed or have been formally dropped
      2. Do reports confirm that charges against Brigadier General (retired) Iftekhar-Ul-Bashar and former Ministry of Defence Deputy Secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped for lack of evidence?
    • BGD33475 - July 2008
      1. Please seek an update from DFAT (further to information provided in DFAT Report No. 729 of 7 November 2007) with respect to: whether a person who is the subject of an arrest warrant for offences under the Special Powers Act 1974 would have been able to receive an immigration exit stamp in their passport and legally depart Bangladesh through Dhaka's international airport in February 2008.
    • BGD33436 - June 2008 
      1. What is the current situation (May 2008) regarding the detention of BNP members given the continuing state of emergency in Bangladesh?
      2. Are local party members still being targeted for detention and arrest?
    • BGD32882 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please advise how the authorities/police are likely to deal with any instances of harm due to an inter-religious or inter-racial de facto relationship
    • BGD31628 - May 2007
      1. What are the roles presently of the police and the army?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD105614.E - Bangladesh: Whether the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka issues order sheets and arrest warrants in absentia of the accused in petition cases; whether an accused person can obtain a copy of an order sheet and an arrest warrant in petition cases from the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate; whether there is a registry of such documents held at the court; how court documents can be verified; appearance and security features; prevalence of fabricated petition cases at the court (2014-October 2016) - Nov. 2016
    • BGD101508.E - Bangladesh: Government action taken against militants allegedly involved in 17 August 2005 bombings - July 2006
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Looking for Justice: Mutineers on Trial in Bangladesh - Nov 2009
    • Crimes Unseen: Extrajudical Executions in Bangladesh - August 2011
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles
    • “Where No Sun Can Enter” A Decade of Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh – Aug. 2021
    • Blood on the Streets – The Use of Excessive Force during Bangladesh Protests - Aug. 2013
    • We Don't Have Him" - Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh - July 2017
    • “No Right to Live”: “Kneecapping” and Maiming of Detainees by Bangladesh Security Forces - Sept. 2016
    • “The Fear Never Leaves Me” Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles - May 2012
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
    • Information on police corruption - September 2012
    • Information on corruption within government, police and the Judiciary - Oct. 2012
    • Information on FIRs in Bangladesh, eg what is the effect of a FIR? Can a person safely relocate to another area, or will the police throughout Bangladesh know about a FIR made against them in another area - April 2011
    • Information on the Rapid Reaction Battalion (BAT) in Bangladesh - Sep. 2010
    • Information on the availability of a fair trial (on a murder charge) including right to defence/lawyers, fair hearing, etc. - Sep. 2010
    • Information on police protection in Bangladesh - Sep. 2010
    • Information on problems faced by persons who are wrongly accused of a crime in Bangladesh - Oct. 2009
    • Information on the role of the village elders in property disputes in Bangladesh - June 2009
  • International Crisis Group
    • Political Conflict, Extremism and Criminal Justice in Bangladesh - April 2016

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Law

US Government Reports

  • United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
    • Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Dec. 2020

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD200855.E - Bangladesh: Requirements and procedures to file a complaint with the police, including reports of false accusations; First Information Reports (FIRs), including registration and whether these reports automatically lead to an investigation; content, appearance and security features of FIRs; whether cases of false accusations are heard in court; ability of the police to share information with other law enforcement departments and/or agencies (2019–December 2021) - January 2022
 

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Maps

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Medical Availability

Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office - Country Policy and Information Note- Medical and Healthcare issues - July 2022
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34181 - Jan. 2009
      1. Please provide information on the treatment of the elderly or disabled. Treatment of the elderly in Bangladesh
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International
    • Asia and the Pacific: “Pandemic or not, we have the right to live”: The urgent need to address structural barriers undermining transgender people’s rights across Asia and the Pacific - Nov. 2022
  • Human Rights Watch Profile
    • Toxic Tanneries - The Health Repercussions of Bangladesh’s Hazaribagh Leather - Oct 2012
    • BANGLADESH - RAVAGING THE VULNERABLE: Abuses Against Persons at High Risk of HIV Infection in Bangladesh - Aug. 2003

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Bangladesh:  Political parties and affiliation – Sept. 2020
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD38166 - Feb. 2011
      1. Do young Chakma professionals in Dhaka or other places outside the Chittagong Hills Tract (CHT) attract adverse attention for any political activism, awareness-raising, etc
    • BGD34616 - April 2009
      1. Please provide information on the current government's view of the Caretaker government's suppression of protests
    • BGD34408 - March 2009
      1. Please provide key dates in the Bangladeshi government's MiG-29 jet fighter aircraft purchase and later corruption trials
      2. Please provide information regarding the current status of any legal action, in particular against former Ministry of Defence officials such as Syed Yusuf Hossain and Hossain Serniabat Please provide information confirming that the charges against President Sheikh Hasina have lapsed or have been formally dropped
      3. Do reports confirm that charges against Brigadier General (retired) Iftekhar-Ul-Bashar and former Ministry of Defence Deputy Secretary Hasan Mahmood Delwar were dropped for lack of evidence?
      4. Please provide any other relevant information, for example the profile of the MiG-29 corruption case or public comment on its future prospect
    • BGD34262 - Jan. 2009
      1. Has the nature and the level of political violence in Bangladesh changed?
      2. Is there any information to suggest that false charges filed against political activists of one party by another party prior to the emergency rule are likely to have survived the political changes in Bangladesh over the last two years
    • BGD33913 - Oct. 2008
      1. Are the mass round ups of political opponents that were taking place by the caretaker government in May/June 2008 still a feature of politics in Bangladesh in October 2008 or, have things settled down
    • BGD33435 - July 2008
      1. Please advise the present caretaker's government attitude to politically motivated cases lodged prior to the State of Emergency
      2. Please advise the name of the wards and seats covering the area in Comilla and advise the names of the sitting members.
    • BGD33533 - July 2008
      1. Who was the Minister for Communications in February 2007? Was it Mr Nazmul Huda?
      2. Was he imprisoned on 28 February 2007 for 13 years?
      3. Which branch/district did he represent in Parliament?
      4. Was Mr Mohammed Kamrul Islam the Member of Parliament for Dhaka in January 2007?
      5. Are his whereabouts currently known
    • BGD33475 - July 2008
      1. Please seek an update from DFAT (further to information provided in DFAT Report No. 729 of 7 November 2007) with respect to: the situation regarding the detention of BNP members, in the context of the continuing state of emergency in Banglades
    • BGD33139 - April 2008
      1. Please advise if there are any reports of the deaths of Shamsul Haque and Sheikh Russel
    • BGD32796 - Feb. 2008
      1. Is there any information on the treatment of returnees to Bangladesh who were supporters or members of the Freedom Party? Given the current political situation is it likely that a person with such an association would be targeted by government authorities or any other groups after being out of Bangladesh since 199
    • BGD31628 - May 2007
      1. What is the current status and level of activity - formal and informal - of the political parties?
      2. What is the current level of political violence, including retaliation against opponents? Who is in charge?
    • BGD31414 - March 2007
      1. Was Mr Shamsul Islam the President of the Pahartali Chhatra League in or about 2 June 2004? Was Mr Md Jashm Uddin the President of the Goalpahar Bangabandhu Shriti Shangshad in Chittagong in or about 1996 (but also check 95, 97, 98 and 99)?
    • BGD31346 - Feb. 2007
      1. What is the current position of union activists in Bangladesh?
    • BGD30767 - Oct. 2006
      1. Please provide information regarding when and how Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) was formed, its policy platform and standing in the upcoming elections
      2. Is there any evidence to suggest that ordinary BDB supporters and activists are being adversely treated by the government of Bangladesh?
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD105504.E - Bangladesh: the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), including structure, leaders, activities; membership cards and confirmation letters, and activities; treatment of members by authorities (2014-April 2016) - May 2016
    • BGD105611.E - Bangladesh: Information on the Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL), including structure and membership; treatment of members of the KSJL by Awami League members and by authorities (2014-August 2016) - Sept 2016
    • BGD103809.E - Information on the Jatiya Party, including its leaders, factions, youth wings and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities - Sep. 2011
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
    • Information on political organization called Nationalist Jubo Dal - Sep. 2010
    • Does the East Bengal Communist Party have political aims or are the merely a criminal group with political pretensions - May 2009

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Awami League

Foreign Government Reports

  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD34637 - March 2009
      1. Please provide a brief update since the election of the Awami League to government in Bangladesh and what reports exist regarding the treatment of, or attacks upon, members of the BNP
    • BGD34387 - Feb. 2009
      1. Please update on the treatment of BNP "field workers" or supporters following the election of the AL Government. Any specific references to Dhaka or Noakhali would be useful
    • BGD34262 - Jan. 2009
      1. Please provide information on the current state of the two parties (BNP and AL), and the manner in which their respective candidates, members, and supporters conducted themselves in the 2 year period prior to the election, during the election, and the immediate aftermath of the election. Is there any information to indicate that BNP members and supporters have recently been subjected to intimidation, violence and mistreatment by members and supporters of the Awami League; is the situation likely to be different in cases of high profile BNP members?
      2. Is there any information to suggest that cases filed against a BNP activist filed prior to 2001 are likely to be pursued by the newly elected AL government or any of its organs
    • BGD33385 - May 2008
      1. Is there a branch of the Awami League in South Africa. If so is there any information on office holders
    • BGD32845 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please provide information on the Awami League, including its leadership, policies and history. Is there evidence that members of the Chatra League are targeted by the BNP?
      2. Please provide any information on an Awami League leader named Al Tofaiel Ahmed. Is there any information to indicate that the government discriminates in favour of businesses owned by BNP members or fails to protect businesses owned by people who are not BNP members
    • BGD31851 - June 2007
      1. Has the current military government reduced or stopped political targeting between Awami League, BNP, and associated minor parties? What is the current status of the Gono Forum? Do they have representation in Australia
    • BGD31628 - May 2007
      1. In particular, what is the current situation of the Awami League and the BNP and their leaders, national and local? What is the post's prognosis for the evolution of the situation over the next 12-24 months?
    • BGD31671 - April 2007
      1. Can you please provide updated information on the Chattra League and Chattra Dal and the relationship between the BNP and the Awami League?
    • BGD31346 - Feb. 2007
      1. What is the current position of Awami League supporters/members?
      2. Are there reports of incidents of harm relating to union members and/or Awami League supporters/members
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD200086.E - Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Awami League (AL), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, associated organizations and factions, activities; relationship with the opposition (2017-January 2020) - Feb. 2020
    • BGD103808.E - Information on the Awami League (AL), including its leaders, subgroups, youth wings, and activities - Sep. 2011
    • BGD101503.E - Bangladesh: The Awami League (AL); its leaders; subgroups, including its youth wing; activities; and treatment of AL supporters by the authorities - July 2006
    • BGD43063.E - Bangladesh: Membership documents of the Awami League and its student factions - Nov. 2004
    • BGD41828.FE - Bangladesh: Organization called Bangladesh Awami Sechcha Sebak League (BASL) (Secha Sebak, Sechchasebak, Sechcha Sebok, Sechchasebok, Sechchashebak); its links with the Awami League (AL); its leaders; its political program; the specific problems its members have with the authorities and other political groups; if applicable, how these problems compare with those of AL members - July 2003
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Bangladesh:  Political parties and affiliation – Sept. 2020

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Foreign Government Reports

  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD36477 - April 2010
      1. Please give a brief update on the treatment of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) supporters in Banglades
    • BGD34616 - April 2009
      1. Please provide an update on whether Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters have been subjected to intimidation, violence and mistreatment by members and supporters of the Awami League following the 2008 elections. Is the situation different for high profile BNP members
      2. Is there any information to suggest that charges laid against BNP members prior to 2001 would still be active? Is the Awami League pursuing charges laid against BNP members prior to 2001 or has the Awami League announced its intention to do so?
      1. Have the RAB mistreated any BNP supporters or activists since the election of the Awami League government (for reasons such as violating the ban on political activity under the Caretaker Government)?
      2. What information is available on the situation faced by BNP supporters - members or activists - who have returned to Bangladesh following the election?
    • BGD34387 - Feb. 2009
      1. Please update on the treatment of BNP "field workers" or supporters following the election of the AL Government. Any specific references to Dhaka or Noakhali would be useful
    • BGD34262 - Jan. 2009
      1. Please provide information on the current state of the two parties (BNP and AL), and the manner in which their respective candidates, members, and supporters conducted themselves in the 2 year period prior to the election, during the election, and the immediate aftermath of the election. Is there any information to indicate that BNP members and supporters have recently been subjected to intimidation, violence and mistreatment by members and supporters of the Awami League; is the situation likely to be different in cases of high profile BNP members?
      2. Is there any information to indicate that BNP members and supporters have recently been subjected to intimidation, violence and mistreatment by the police or security forces; is the situation likely to be different in cases of high profile BNP members? Please provide information on the recent situation in Dhaka for BNP members and supporters
      1. Is there any information to suggest that cases filed against a BNP activist filed prior to 2001 are likely to be pursued by the newly elected AL government or any of its organs
    • BGD33436 - June 2008
      1. What is the current situation (May 2008) regarding the detention of BNP members given the continuing state of emergency in Bangladesh?
      2. Are local party members still being targeted for detention and arrest
    • BGD32845 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please provide information on the Awami League, including its leadership, policies and history. Is there evidence that members of the Chatra League are targeted by the BNP?
      2. Please provide any information on an Awami League leader named Al Tofaiel Ahmed. Is there any information to indicate that the government discriminates in favour of businesses owned by BNP members or fails to protect businesses owned by people who are not BNP members
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD106255.E - Bangladesh: Bangladesh Nationalist [National] Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, factions, associated organizations, activities, membership and membership documents; treatment of members and supporters by the authorities (2017-May 2019)” - May 2019
    • BGD105262.E - Bangladesh: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), including its structure, leaders, membership and membership documents, factions, associated organizations and activities; treatment of members and supporters by authorities (September 2012-2015) - August 2015
    • BGD42944.E - Bangladesh: Update to BGD40761.E of 13 February 2003 on the Jatiya Party (Ershad), including the treatment of its members by the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) - Aug. 2004
    • BGD41983.E - Bangladesh: Information on the Freedom Party, including their present status and treatment by the ruling BNP - Sep. 2003

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Refugees / IDPs

US Government Reports
  • U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom - Rohingya Refugees – Oct. 2020
Foreign Government Reports
  • Danish Immigration Service
    • Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh and Thailand Report - Jan. 2011
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Amnesty International Profiles -
    • Bangladesh:  Let Us Speak for Our Rights:  Human Rights Situation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh – Sept. 2020
    • "I Don't Know What My Future Will Be" Advocacy Update on Rohingya Refugees - Aug. 2019
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles 
    • “An Island Jail in the Middle of the Sea” Bangladesh’s Relocation of Rohingya Refugees to Bhasan Char – June 2021
    • “Bangladesh is Not My Country” Stateless Rohingya Refugees Expelled from Myanmar - August 2018
  • Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
    • Disaster Displacement In Asia And The Pacific - Sept. 2022
    • Severity of internal displacement Report - Nov. 2021
  • International Crisis Group
    • Crisis Mounts for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh - Dec. 2023
    •  A Sustainable Policy for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh - Dec. 2019
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
    • Treatment of Rohingya in Bangladesh (information from 2010 only) including by police and if subject to mistreatment - June 2010

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Religion

US Government Reports Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Bangladesh: Religious minorities and atheists - March 2022
    • Bangladesh: Minority religious groups - March 2016
    • Bangladesh: Under threat: The challenges facing religious minorities in Bangladesh - 2016
    • Bangladesh: Religious minorities and atheists - March 2022
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD37012 - July 2010
      1. Please provide recent information on the treatment of non-Muslims in Bangladesh and specifically in Dhaka
    • BGD35303 - Sep. 2009
      1. Please advise the procedure for Muslim divorce under Bangladesh Family Law in regard to notification of intent to divorce and the granting of the divorce certificate
    • BGD34378 - Feb. 2009
      1. Please provide overview of the treatment of Catholics in Bangladesh generally - especially in recent years under the caretaker government - and any comment/analysis on the prospects under the new AL administration.
      2. Please provide background on the Catholic community in Dhaka, including any incidents or concerns.
      3. Please provide background on the Catholic community in Bonpara, in particular (a) its size and strength, and (b) whether Muslims have targeted members.
      4. Please provide information on the Catholic Youth Commission.
      5. Are there reports of Catholic Youth Commission members or persons associated with the Catholic Bishops Conference being targeted by Muslims
    • BGD34387 - Feb. 2009
      1. Please update on the situation for Catholics in Dhaka.
      2. Are there any reports to suggest that Christians (or Catholics) tend to support or be associated with the BNP or AL generally, or whether this might depend on local conditions?
      3. Are there any reports of a Catholic community in Lalpur (village) or Sonapur (local area) of Noakhali; in particular, their size and whether they are long-established?
      4. If so, is there any material to indicate their mistreatment or serious incidents
    • BGD34036 - Jan. 2009
      1. What is the usual process for Muslims marrying in Bangladesh?
      2. Does a Nikah Nama have the same legal status as a marriage certificate? Is it issued by the government?
      3. Under Bangladeshi law is a Nikah Nama valid if the bride has not signed it? Can she appoint someone (eg a "wakil"/proxy) to sign on her behalf?
      4. Does the bride have to sign the Nikah Nama in front of the Qazi?
      5. Is there an order to the process eg does the bride have to sign the Nikah Nama before the groom
    • BGD33602 - Aug. 2008
      1. What evidence of harm to followers of Maijbandari sect from others because of their religious faith?
      2. Is there any evidence that followers may be adversely treated in the Chittagong district
    • BGD33472 - June 2008
      1. Please provide information on Ahmadi identity and what kind of beliefs and practices might identify a person as being of the Ahmadi faith?
      2. Please provide information on the Ahmadi community. Are they an organized or an informal community?
      3. How is the school system organized in Bangladesh? Are there religious and secular schools?
      4. What is the attitude of Ahmadis to marriage between an Ahmadi male and a Christian woman
    • BGD33060 - April 2008
      1. Please obtain external advice with respect to the treatment of persons who no longer identify as Muslim and do not practice a religion.
      2. Are there any impediments to relocating to Dhaka or other large cities as a non-follower of religion
    • BGD33007 - March 2008
      1. Please provide basic information on the practices and beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church with particular attention to the meaning and significance of the sacraments.
      2. Is it likely or possible that a lay person who is a member of a Catholic congregation in Bangladesh would be able to perform a private baptism of a Muslim convert?
      3. Please provide an update since August 2007 on Christian converts in Bangladesh
    • BGD32882 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please provide information about the societal attitudes (particularly among Muslims) to inter-religious and inter-racial de facto relationships in Bangladesh. Is there any evidence of those involved in such relationships being harmed?
      2. Are there any areas in Bangladesh (perhaps with non-Muslim population) where an interfaith/mixed couple and their children could reside safely?
    • BGD32527 - Feb. 2008
      1. Please provide any reports of violence directed against Hindus in the Khulna region since the State of Emergency in January 2007?
    • BGD30821 - Nov. 2006
      1. Are Hindus a minority religion in Bangladesh?
      2. How are religious minorities, notably Hindus, treated in Bangladesh?
      3. Is the Awami League traditionally supported by the Hindus in Bangladesh?
      4. Are Hindu supporters of the Awami League discriminated against and if so, by whom?
      5. Are there parts of Bangladesh where Hindus enjoy more safety?
    • BGD30942 - Nov. 2006
      1. Please provide any research regarding the treatment of Christians in Bangladesh.
      2. Please provide any research regarding the treatment of converts from Islam to Christianity in Bangladesh
    • BGD30751 - Nov. 2006
      1. Are any Islamist parties or religious extremists opposed to the SDS?
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch
    • Breach of Faith - Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community in Bangladesh - June 2005
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
    • Treatment of Hindus in Bangladesh - June 2010
    • Please advise of treatment of Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh - Jan. 2010
  • World Directory of Minorities - Hindus

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Sexual Orientation

Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Country Policy and Information Note  - Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity - April 2020
  • Austrailian Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal
    • BGD31677 - May 2007
      1. Please provide information on the situation in Bangladesh for homosexual men
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • BGD103390.E - Bangladesh: Treatment of homosexuals including legislation, availability of state protection and support services Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa - July 2010
    • BGD41822.FE - Bangladesh: Treatment of homosexuals; legislation on homosexuality and its enforcement - July 2003
  • UK Home Office Country Information and Guidance
    • Country Policy and Information Note Bangladesh: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression - Sept. 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • Asia and the Pacific: “Pandemic or not, we have the right to live”: The urgent need to address structural barriers undermining transgender people’s rights across Asia and the Pacific - Nov. 2022
  • Human Rights Watch Annual Report
    • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - 2021
  • Human Rights Watch Profiles 
    • "I Want to Live With My Head Held High" - Abuses in Bangladesh's Legal Recognition of Hijras - Dec. 2016
  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
    • Information on the Treatment of Homosexuals - Oct. 2010

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Specific Country Issues -  Armed Conflict

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Ireland Refugee Documentation Center
  • Human Rights Watch
    • The Torture of Tasneem Khalil How the Bangladesh Military Abuses Its Power under the State of Emergency - Feb. 2008

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Speech / Press / Internet

Foreign Government Reports
  • UK Home Office Country Policy and Information Note - Bangladesh: Journalists, the press and social media – Jan. 2021
Non-Government Organization Reports
  • Human Rights Watch Profile - No Place for Criticism: Bangladesh Crackdown on Social Media Commentary - May 2018
  • Amnesty International Profiles
    • Caught Between Fear and Repression: Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh - May 2017
  • Freedom House

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Trafficking

US Government Reports

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

  • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Global Report on Trafficking in Persons - South Asia - 2009

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Terrorism

US Government Reports

Non-Government Organization Reports 

  • Judge, Jury, and Executioner:Torture and Extrajudicial Killings by Bangladesh’s Elite Security Force- Dec. 2006

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Torture

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International Profiles
  • Stop Them, Now! Enforced Disappearances, Torture, and Restrictions on Freedom on Expression - Oct 2014
  • Human Rights Watch 
    • “The Fear Never Leaves Me” Torture, Custodial Deaths, and Unfair Trials after the 2009 Mutiny of the Bangladesh Rifles - May 2012
    • Ignoring Executions and Torture - Impunity for Bangladesh’s Security Forces - May 2009

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Updated June 25, 2024