Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2012
3 videos • 3 views • by Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on human rights in Bangladesh. Although Bangladesh’s government has taken some steps to improve the human rights situation within its borders, new allegations of torture, arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearances by police continue to emerge. Violence against women, including rape, dowry-related assaults, acid attacks and sexual harassment also continue. All of these abuses are compounded by widespread impunity in Bangladesh for criminal behavior committed by elements of a security force called the Rapid Action Battalion. In addition to assessing the alarming rise in enforced disappearances and excessive force and violence used by security forces, this hearing will examine restrictions on religious freedom and labor rights violations including threats to labor activists and the use of child labor.