The High Court today said that Canadian government must ensure safety and security of a 19-year old Canadian girl – allegedly confined by her parents in Dhaka against her will – if she goes back to the country.
The High Court today observed that parents should not impose anything forcefully on children against their will so that any negative impact is not created in their minds.
Calls for freeing Hriday Chandra Mondal, the Munshiganj school teacher arrested in a case defaming Islam, are getting louder, with local and global rights organisations yesterday issuing statements demanding his release.
Bangladesh will ban questions probing the "immoral character" of rape victims in criminal cases, authorities said Tuesday, after a long campaign by rights groups against humiliating interrogations of traumatised survivors.
Experts say the country's Evidence Act, a 19th-century relic of the British colonial era, has been routinely used to discredit the testimony of victims during court cross-examinations and police investigations.