Bangladesh: New Laws Reverse Rights Protections, Empower Abusers

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Click to expand Image Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BN) chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 14, 2026. © 2026 MD Abu Sufian Jewel/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London, September 23, 2026) – Three laws approved in September 2026 by the Bangladeshi parliament have reversed human rights protections and broken the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s (BNP) commitments to reform, Human Rights Watch said today.

The legislation removes safeguards created by the interim government, which ruled Bangladesh between August 2024 and February…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 23, 2026

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