This report was prepared by an Odhikar fact finding team after visiting the crime scenes in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong. On September 29, 2012 about 7.30 pm, a controversial photo showing disrespect for the Holy Quran was shared from the facebook profile of a local Buddhist young man called Uttom Kumar Borua of Haitupi village, […]
BSF firing injures three farmers, Setaur, Abu Sayem and Saidul at Unishbighi border in Chapainawabganj
On October 7, 2012 at around 7:30am Mohammad Setaur Rahman (54) and Mohammad Abu Sayem (33), both sons of late Mohammad Ilias Uddin and late Mosammot Golmahata Begum of Unishbighi village of Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district along with Mohammad Saidul Islam (35) son of Mohammad Farzan Ali and Mosammot Hanefa Begum were plucking weeds […]
BSF firing kills a boy named Mohammad Sujon Ali at Chor Majardia border of Poba Upazila in Rajshahi
On October 7, 2012 at around 11:30 pm Mohammad Sujon Ali (16), son of Mohammad Shukur Ali and Tazzema Begum of Chor Majardia village in Haripur Union Porishod of Poba Upazila in Rajshahi district had gone fishing at a branch of the Padma River between sub pillar 1 and 2 of the 61st main pillar […]
Police in Kushtia shot Mohammad Rahat Ali to death
On September 16, 2012, Mohammad Rahat Ali (53) son of late Nawab Ali and Mosammot Romesa Begum of Bashbaria village under the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district was arrested by the Mirpur police from Shah Ali Mazar Market area in Dhaka. On September 18, 2012 at around 3:45 am, Rahat was taken to Kursha […]
Man allegedly shot to death by RAB in Kumarkhali of Kushtia
On September 12, 2012 Mohammad Atear Rahman (30) son of Samsuddin Molla and Tara Khatun of Baroipara village under Ambaria Union Parishad 9 of Khoksha police station in Kushtia district was shot dead by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members. Atear and his family lived as tenants in Shafi Sheikh’s house in Ataikula moholla of Ataikula police station in […]
College student Sumaiya Sultana Shima and her mother Aleya Akhter were given electric shocks and physically tortured in six days of confinement in police custody at Kushtia
At around 3 am on September 9, 2012, Aleya Akhter (50) and Sumaiya Sultana Shima (18), respectively the wife and daughter of late Salam Molla, resident of 1 no. Beradanga area of Rajbari pouroshobha of Rajbari district was detained without any case by the police of Khoksha Police Station of Kushtia. The police of Khoksha Police Station and […]
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