Report
Justice, Accountability and Support
This report focused on how women, girls, and children, including adolescents in Bangladesh, face the brunt of the growing risk of gender-based violence (GBV) in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This significant release titled "Justice Accountability and Support: Essential Services for Survivors of Gender-Ba...
Article
A second chance: released from juvenile detention and back in school
Mohammad Al-Amin was 14 years old when he was arrested. He had been accused of vandalism and was transferred to a child detention centre in the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. He was terrified. Al-Amin had no idea what the conditions would be in a place that was far from his home. He arrived at a noisy f...
Article
Virtual courts ease COVID-19 risk in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh, – Sakib*, 16, smiles as he steps into his home in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, for the first time in months. “It feels so good to be back with my family,” he says as he greets them. Sakib was being held in a detention centre in Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka. But with concern growing about t...
Article
Physical distancing “not an option” at centres for children in conflict with the law
Physical distancing to offset the COVID-19 virus is impossible for boys who are either awaiting trial or serving a sentence at a Child Development Centre in the Tongi area on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. While the centre is operated by the Government’s Department of Social Services, UNICEF provi...
Press release
Children in detention are at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 and should be released
NEW YORK, Dhaka 13 April 2020, – “Hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19. “Many are being held in confined and overcrowded spaces with inadequate access to nutrition, healthcare and hygiene services – conditions that are highly c...