Human rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
July-August 2024 Bangladesh uprising and crackdown
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
Explore incidentElection incident · 2024-01-07
January 2024 election boycott and irregularity concerns
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, participation concerns, violence, and reported irregularities around the 2024 national election.
Explore incidentElection incident · 2018-12-30
December 2018 pre-election violence and irregularity allegations
An election incident record concerning reported opposition pressure, intimidation, voter suppression, and vote-rigging allegations around the 2018 national election.
Explore incidentPublic protest · 2018-07-29 2018-08-16
2018 Road Safety Movement
Student-led protests from July 29 into August 2018 demanding safer roads, accountable transport systems, and justice after fatal road crashes.
Human-rights reporting documented attacks and arrests involving protesters and journalists, alongside concerns about freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Explore incidentElection incident · 2014-01-05
January 2014 election boycott and pre/post-election violence
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, political violence, killings, and reported government and opposition abuses around the January 5, 2014 election.
Explore incidentGovernment crackdown · 2013-05-05 2013-05-06
2013 Shapla Chattar rally, crackdown, and accountability proceedings
A record of the May 5-6, 2013 rally and operation around Motijheel's Shapla Chattar, competing casualty accounts, and later ICT proceedings.
Casualty counts vary substantially by source: 2026 tribunal reporting refers to a prosecution account of 58 deaths, a 2013 rights report attributed 61 deaths to Odhikar, and contemporary reporting also described a lower government count. None should be presented as a final judicial finding.
Explore incidentPolitical violence · 2009-02-25 2009-02-26
2009 BDR mutiny and Pilkhana killings
The February 25-26, 2009 armed mutiny at the former Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, the deaths of 74 people, subsequent criminal trials, human-rights reporting, and reinvestigation proceedings.
The court record and government reporting identify 74 deaths, including 57 army officers; HRW and Amnesty documented post-mutiny detention, torture, custodial-death, and fair-trial concerns.
Explore incidentElection incident · 2007-01-11
January 2007 election postponement and caretaker-government crisis
An election incident record concerning pre-election violence, postponement of the January 22, 2007 poll, emergency rule, and caretaker-government change.
Explore incidentKilling · 2004-08-21
August 21 Dhaka grenade attack
A grenade attack on an Awami League rally that caused mass deaths and injuries; investigation, trial, and political-responsibility questions must be read as separate statuses.
Explore incidentElection incident · 2001-10-01 2001-12-31
October 2001 election aftermath and attacks on minorities
An election incident record concerning reports of attacks, discrimination, and property violence against Hindu minorities after the October 2001 general election.
Explore incidentElection incident · 1996-02-15
February 1996 election boycott and political crisis
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, election-related violence, and the subsequent caretaker-government transition.
Explore incidentPublic protest · 1990-12-06
1990 anti-Ershad mass uprising
A historical public-protest record concerning the sustained 1980s movement against Ershad's authoritarian rule, the three-alliance democratic campaign, and the transfer of power on December 6, 1990.
Explore incidentPolitical violence · 1988-01-24
1988 Chattogram Laldighi massacre
A record of the police firing during Ershad's rule that killed 24 people travelling to an Awami League rally led by Sheikh Hasina, together with the later trial-court convictions.
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