New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) A New Delhi-based rights body, the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), on Friday, urged international election observers from the European Union, the Commonwealth and Japan to intervene with the Bangladesh authorities over alleged threats to indigenous Buddhist candidates contesting the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. The 13th general election to the 300-member Bangladesh Parliament is scheduled to be held on February 12. In a statement, the RRAG alleged …
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Dhaka, Jan 22 (IANS) Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has committed its most “disgraceful act” by permitting the use of anti-terror laws to arrest journalists across the country, resulting in pre-trial detention for months on “extraordinary”, often “outlandish charges”, including murder, a report highlighted on Thursday. Citing an independent New Delhi-based think tank, Rights and Risks Analysis Group, it said that by December 2025, the Yunus-led interim government had tar…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A New Delhi-based rights group, the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), has claimed that at least 15 members of the Hindu minority community were killed in Bangladesh over the past 45 days, allegedly by individuals belonging to the Muslim majority. RRAG Director Suhas Chakma said on Thursday that “in the last 45 days between December 1, 2025 to 15 January 15, 2026, at least 15 minority Hindus were murdered by persons belonging to the majority Muslims in Bangladesh –…