As a Japanese man is released after 48 years on death row – a new report shows that publicly disclosed executions jumped nearly 15 per cent in 2013.
After the supreme court rejects his lawyers’ last-minute appeal, Islamist opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah is hanged at Dhaka central prison for war crimes committed in 1971.
As protesters in Thailand march to the ruling political party’s office in Bangkok in a bid to topple the government, Channel 4 News looks back at a year of demonstrations.
A prominent British-based Muslim leader has been sentenced to death in his absence at a special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh.
Primark announces a compensation plan for victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse, six months on from the disaster in Bangladesh – but will it be enough? Channel 4 News takes a look.
Suppliers to leading British retailers used fabric produced by the Aswad Composite Mills factory in Gazipur that caught fire, killing at least nine people.
Channel 4 News has investigated how tens of thousands of them desperate to reach safe haven are falling victim to criminal gangs and ending up as hostages in prison camps.
The UK government is donating £18m for the safety and skills training of Bangladeshi factory workers following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April.
Amid walkouts and protests over poor working conditions, one factory boss in Bangladesh tells Channel 4 News that western brands are to blame for haggling over every last penny.
Jonathan Rugman
A month after the collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh, the final death toll is still unkown and workers are still waiting for any form of compensation.
Tropical cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh’s low-lying coast with heavy rain, strong winds and flooding on Thursday, killing six and forcing thousands into emergency shelters.
Walmart will not join a group of European retailers in a pledge for higher safety standards and puts forward its own safety plan. But Channel 4 News hears Walmart is merely “accepting the status quo”.
Siobhan Kennedy
For the first time since the devastating collapse of a nine-storey factory that killed over 1,120 garment workers on 24 April, Primark is able to peek its head above the parapet.
A woman buried in the wreckage of the collapsed garment factory building in Bangladesh for 17 days, says she thought she would never see daylight again.
At least eight people die at a fire in a garment factory in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, as officials confirm that last month’s factory collapse has killed 912 people.