PRESS RELEASE: JMBF Special Report Reveals Government-Driven Media Blackout on Its Human Rights Reporting in Bangladesh Since October 2024

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Paris, France | 1 September 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) today released a comprehensive Special Report entitled “Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh,” documenting what the organisation’s investigation identifies as a sustained, informally imposed and effectively enforced restriction on the publication of JMBF-originated human rights reporting by Bangladesh’s mainstream media. The report finds that the restriction originated under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and continued under the BNP-led government through August 2026.

SPECIAL REPORT: Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh

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The Special Report, “Government-Driven Media Blackout on JMBF-Originated News in Bangladesh,” published by JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), reviews evidence from July 2024 to August 2026 and documents an abrupt collapse in Bangladesh’s mainstream-media coverage of JMBF-originated news beginning in late October 2024, despite JMBF’s continued publication of human-rights statements, alerts, reports and urgent appeals. The evidence strongly indicates that the blackout began following direct and indirect instructions attributed to senior levels of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, which mutually corroborating confidential sources reported were communicated through senior journalists, editors and media intermediaries. According to the evidence reviewed, the restriction was not withdrawn following the formation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led government and continues under the present administration.

JMBF Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2026

BANGLADESH MUST END ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE, BREAK THE CYCLE OF IMPUNITY AND ENSURE JUSTICE

Paris, France | 30 August 2026: On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its unwavering solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh and their families, who have endured years of uncertainty, fear, suffering, and denial of justice.

BANGLADESH ALERT: Arbitrary Mass Arrests of 32 Awami League Leaders, Activists & Supporters in Gazipur and Netrokona

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Paris, France | 29 August 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its deep concern and unequivocal condemnation over the arbitrary mass arrests of at least 32 leaders, activists and supporters of the Bangladesh Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Jubo League and affiliated political groups in Gazipur and Netrokona on 28 August 2026, following alleged political processions, gatherings and the expression of political slogans.

JMBF Joins Scholars at Risk Global Network to Strengthen Protection of Scholars and Academic Freedom in Bangladesh

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Paris, France | 27 August 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) is pleased to announce its official membership in the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network, marking an important step in strengthening JMBF’s international engagement to protect scholars, defend academic freedom, uphold freedom of expression and advance human rights.

BANGLADESH ALERT: Brutal Killing of Four Members of a Religious Minority Family in Rangpur

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Paris, France | 25 August 2026: France-based international human rights organisation JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its deep concern, strong outrage, and unequivocal condemnation over the brutal killing of four members of the same Hindu religious minority family in the Kamalkachna area of Rangpur city—retired teacher Ganapati Chakraborty (65), his wife Pritilata Chakraborty (50), their daughter Agami Chakraborty (25), and their minor son Ayush Chakraborty (13).

BANGLADESH ALERT: Politically Motivated ACC Wealth Proceedings Against Journalists Shakil Ahmed, Farzana Rupa and Munni Saha

Paris, France | 24 August 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern over proceedings initiated by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against journalists Shakil Ahmed, Farzana Rupa and Munni Saha, which JMBF considers part of a broader pattern of politically motivated and selective legal action against journalists in Bangladesh.

Charulata’s Suffocating Life: The Forced Marriage of a Lesbian Woman, Domestic Violence, and Bangladesh’s Invisible Reality

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Advocate Shahanur Islam

“Charulata” is not her real name. Her identity has been changed to protect her privacy and personal safety. But her experiences are real, and the issues reflected in her story are neither isolated incidents nor merely the private crisis of a single family. Rather, her suffocating life reflects the silent, invisible, and largely unacknowledged reality of countless lesbian women in Bangladesh who are compelled to conceal their sexual orientation while living under family pressure, forced or unwanted marriage, domestic violence, economic dependency, fear of losing their children, social humiliation, and insecurity.