Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar, also known as C. R. Abrar, is a retired professor of International relations of the University of Dhaka, human rights activist, and executive director of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit.
[2][5] Abrar founded the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit in 1995 along with Tasneem Arefa Siddiqui, Shahdeen Malik, Sumaiya Khair, and Yasmin Ali Haque.
[7] He coedited Towards National Refugee Laws in South Asia with Shahdeen Malik and published in 2000.
[9] Abrar had called for the Digital Security Act to be repealed at an event by Nagorik in April 2023.
[13] Abrar has been critical of the Indian politicians and medias reaction to the fall of the Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.