Bangladesh

January 11, 2023

Bangladesh: Workshop on developing protocol to tackle scabies in prisons

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Asia Health Bangladesh

Since the beginning of 2022, the ICRC’s Health Care in Detention team in Bangladesh has been training health staff, prison guards and detainees to raise awareness about scabies at the central prisons in Keraniganj, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban and Jessore districts. Posters explaining symptom…

Source — ICRC

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October 5, 2020

Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Work Bangladesh

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

September 19, 2019

Bangladesh: Biometric prisoner database to enhance prison management

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Asia Bangladesh

Bangladesh has developed a biometric-enabled prisoner database management system in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Source — BiometricUpdate

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June 16, 2019

Bangladesh: prison breakfast changes after 200 years

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Asia Bangladesh

Bangladesh authorities have upgraded a 200-year-old colonial-era breakfast menu in all its prisons, an official said Sunday, as part of a reform of the country’s penal system.

Source — Daily Sabah

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November 28, 2018

Bangladesh : Footage shows 'prison-like units' built for Rohingya on Bangladesh island

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Asia Bangladesh

Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian has revealed the stark concrete camps being built for the Rohingya on a sediment island in Bangladesh, as part of a controversial plan to relocate hundreds of thousands of refugees.

Source — The Guardian

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August 13, 2018

Bangladesh : un photographe de presse en prison après les manifestations

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Asia Bangladesh

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — AFP

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July 5, 2017

Bangladesh: End Disappearances and Secret Detentions

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Asia Bangladesh

Bangladesh law enforcement authorities have illegally detained hundreds of people since 2013, including scores of opposition activists, and held them in secret detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Bangladesh government should immediately stop this widespread practice o…

Source — HRW

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May 15, 2017

Bangladesh: 63 jails have no doctors

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Asia Health Bangladesh

On the midnight of April 26, Jahir Uddin complained of severe chest pain at Dhaka Central Jail. The jail authorities decided to take him to DMCH since the hospital inside the jail does not have facilities to tackle any emergency situation.

Source — The Daily Star

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April 25, 2017

Bangladesh: life imprisonment means jail for rest of life

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Asia Bangladesh

The Supreme Court has published the full verdict commuting death sentences of two convicts to life imprisonment, making it clear that they will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives.

Source — BD News 24

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October 19, 2016

Bangladesh team visits Academy of Prisons

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Asia Bangladesh

After a 3-day visit, team plans to take back learnings and set up similar academy at home. A team of prison officials from Bangladesh are on a visit to Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration (APCA) here to learn about the academy and set up a similar one back home. The nine-member team,…

Source — The Hindu

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