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Shah Alif Prince was tortured in an unknown location for 44 days

On February 25, 2012 at around 7.30 in the evening, Shah Alif Prince (24), son of Mohammad Shahjahan Ali and Fahima Khatun Jotsna living in Building 1, Road 13 of Nobinagar Housing under Mohammadpur Police Station, Dhaka was allegedly picked up by plainclothes members of RAB-2 (Rapid Action Battalion) and CPC (Crime Prevention Company) from […]

February 25, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Amendment to Anti-Terrorism Act further undermines compliance with international human rights standards

Joint Press Release Paris-Dhaka, 23 February 2012. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization in Bangladesh, Odhikar, are deeply concerned by the adoption on 16 February by the Parliament, the Jatiya Sangsad, of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill which widens the scope of sanctions provided in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 (ATA) […]

February 23, 2012 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Violence in Bangladesh politics and its impact on human rights : Barisal

On January 21, 2012, Odhikar organised divisional meeting at Celebration Point of Barisal Town under the topic ‘Violence in Bangladesh Politics and its Impact on Human Rights’. The meeting was presided over by Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan. A key note paper was presented by Programme Coordinator Taskin Fahmina. Talukder Mohammad Yunus, Member of Parliament- […]

February 21, 2012 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Faruq Hossain Kamal was allegedly tortured to death in the custody of Kafrul Police Station of Dhaka Metropolitan City

On February 19, 2012 at around 5.00 pm the police of Kafrul Police Station arrested Faruq Hossain Kamal (37) from the Shimultola turning of Boubazar area at North Kafrul. Faruq Hossain Kamal was the son of late Zamal Haque and late Safura Begum and a resident of 591, North Kafrul in Dhaka Metropolitan City. Police […]

February 19, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mahfuzur Rahman was allegedly tortured for three months and four days after he disappeared and Noyon was interrogated in DB police custody for seven days

Mahfuzur Rahman (32) is the son of Abu Bokor Siddiq and Motiful Begum from Shampur village of Gaibandha district. At around 12.30 pm on February 18, 2012, Mahfuzur Rahman was allegedly arrested by Dhaka Detective Branch of Police (DB) and his whereabouts unknown. Nur Mohammad Noyon, nephew of Mahfuzur, was also confined and interrogated for […]

February 18, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

The death of Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, allegedly caused by BSF torture near the number 288 pillar of the border in Hakimpur of Dinajpur district

On the night of February 14th 2012 at around 3.30 am, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (32), son of Mohammad Mujibur Rahman and Mosammot Golsheyara Begum of West Khodaipur village, Nawabganj Thana, Dinajpur district was tortured near the border pillar number 288 at Aboiter in Hili Thana, Gangarampur district of India by the Border Security Force (BSF) […]

February 14, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed