Corrections Policy

Civic Vision Bangladesh (CVB)
Human Rights · Rule of Law · Democratic Accountability

Last updated: 14 September 2026

Our Commitment to Accuracy

Civic Vision Bangladesh (CVB), formerly Bangladesh HR Defender, is committed to correcting errors openly and responsibly. This policy applies to reporting, analysis, opinion, policy proposals, translations, headlines, captions, graphics and other material published under our editorial responsibility.

It also guides our review of earlier publications issued under the Bangladesh HR Defender name. Our website remains hr-defender.blogspot.com.

We assess correction requests on their evidence and merits, regardless of the requester’s identity, affiliation or agreement with our editorial position.

1. How to Report an Error

Readers, sources and people or organizations mentioned in our publications may request a correction, clarification or response. Please email:

Editorial contact: info.hrdefender@gmail.com
Alternative contact: rightsmanbest@gmail.com

Use the subject line Correction request: [article title] and include, where possible:

• The publication title and direct URL.
• The exact passage, image, figure or statement being challenged.
• An explanation of what is inaccurate, misleading or incomplete.
• Supporting documents, links or other relevant evidence.
• The correction or clarification you believe is needed.
• A way to contact you if further information is necessary.

Supporting material is helpful but is not a condition for raising a concern. Requests submitted through a representative should explain that person’s role.

Please identify urgent risks, such as exposure of a vulnerable person’s identity or a potentially harmful factual allegation. Avoid sending unnecessary identity documents or sensitive personal information. If evidence is confidential, describe its nature first so that an appropriate way of sharing it can be discussed.

2. How We Review Requests

We examine the challenged content, its supporting sources and any new evidence. Where needed, we consult the author, original source, relevant documents or affected parties. Repetition of a claim across multiple outlets does not by itself establish its accuracy.

We aim to acknowledge requests promptly and provide a substantive response after a reasonable review. Timing depends on the complexity, availability of evidence and potential harm. Where a review takes longer, we aim to explain the delay to the requester.

Possible outcomes include a correction, clarification, update, response from an affected party, editor’s note, retraction, removal or a decision that no change is warranted. Where contact details are available, we aim to explain the outcome and its basis.

3. Corrections, Clarifications and Updates

• Correction: fixes information that was inaccurate when published, including a materially misleading headline, quotation, caption, translation or omission.
• Clarification: explains wording or context that could reasonably mislead readers even when the underlying information is not factually wrong.
• Update: adds a subsequent development or newly available information to reporting that was accurate at publication.
• Editor’s note: alerts readers to an unresolved concern, significant limitation or ongoing review.
• Retraction: withdraws a publication or substantial claim whose reliability cannot be restored through an ordinary correction.

We do not describe a factual correction merely as an update to conceal the original error.

4. How Changes Are Disclosed

Material corrections and clarifications should carry a dated notice on the affected page. The notice should identify what was wrong or unclear and explain the corrected position. Notices should be easy to find, with prominence proportionate to the significance of the error.

Minor spelling, punctuation, formatting or link repairs that do not change meaning may be made without a notice. Errors involving identity, attribution, material dates, figures or the substance of an allegation should not be treated as merely cosmetic.

We retain the original publication date and identify significant subsequent changes separately. When explaining an error, we avoid unnecessarily repeating harmful allegations or sensitive details.

5. Urgent Harm and Pending Reviews

Where a credible concern presents an immediate risk to safety, privacy or reputation, we may temporarily obscure identifying details, add an editor’s note, restrict access or remove disputed material while investigating.

A temporary precaution does not determine whether a complaint is substantiated. Once the review is complete, we decide whether to restore, correct, retract or permanently remove the material and explain significant action where doing so is safe and appropriate.

6. Retractions and Removal Requests

Retraction may be necessary when central claims are unsupported, evidence is fabricated, attribution is fundamentally unreliable, or extensive errors undermine a publication’s conclusions. A retraction notice should explain the reason and date of the action.

Requests to remove accurate material are assessed individually. Relevant considerations include public interest, privacy, safety, the position of children or vulnerable people, and the value of preserving the public record.

Where feasible and appropriate, we preserve the page address with an explanatory notice rather than silently deleting the record. We may withhold details when disclosure would compound harm or expose protected information.

Discomfort with scrutiny, political pressure or commercial preference alone does not justify removing accurate public-interest reporting.

7. Fair Responses and Disputed Interpretations

People and organizations affected by serious criticism may submit relevant evidence or a response. We assess whether it should be incorporated into the article, summarized fairly or published separately.

Disagreement with an opinion does not by itself establish a factual error. However, factual claims within opinion, analysis and advocacy remain subject to this policy. Where a correction materially changes the basis of an argument, we also reconsider the resulting conclusion.

8. Translations, Visuals and AI-Assisted Material

Corrections apply equally to translated text, charts, images, captions and AI-assisted material. The use of an external tool, contributor or translation service does not remove CVB’s editorial responsibility.

When an error affects multiple language versions or related publications, we seek to correct each version under our control. Misleading visuals should be replaced, relabelled or removed with an appropriate explanation when the change is material.

9. Social Posts and Third-Party Copies

If CVB has shared a material error through its own social channels, newsletters or other publications, we seek to correct those versions where practicable. If editing is unavailable, a follow-up correction or replacement post may be necessary.

Where significant errors have been republished by others, we may notify the relevant publisher. CVB cannot guarantee changes to third-party copies, screenshots, archives or search-engine caches.

10. Responsibility and Reconsideration

Minhaz Samad Chowdhury holds final editorial responsibility for correction decisions. CVB is an independently operated platform; this process does not imply the existence of an ombudsman or a separate independent complaints panel.

If a complaint concerns the editor’s own work or interests, that involvement should be acknowledged. Where feasible, additional review may be sought, with its scope described accurately.

A requester who believes an issue remains unresolved may seek reconsideration through the same contact addresses, identifying new evidence, an overlooked point or a concern about the review process. We retain appropriate internal records of material complaints and decisions, limiting access to sensitive information.

11. Policy Maintenance

CVB may revise this policy as its publishing practices develop. We will reflect material revisions in the update date. Our aim is to make corrections a visible part of responsible publishing and an opportunity to improve future work.

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