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Police allegedly tortured Mohammad Sekandar Ali at Rajibpur Police Station in Kurigram district

Members of Rajibpur Police Station arrested Mohammad Sekandar Ali (37) son of late Goribullah and Mosammot Zabeda Khatun of Borai Dangi village, on September 26, 2012 at around 2:20am, from his home. They took him to the police station as a suspect in the murder of his neighbour Mansur Ali. Unidentified people killed Mansur on […]

March 18, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Moni Begum, resident of Bishwa Colony area of Chittagong was allegedly tortured in custody of Sitakunda Police

Members of the Sitakunda Police Station arrested Moni Begum on July 18, 2012 at around 9:00pm from her house ‘Bonoful’ at 343/344, Block # G, Bishwa Colony, Sitakunda. Eleven days after her arrest, the police formally took Moni on remand on July 29, 2012. Her family alleged she was tortured. The mother of two, Sharmin […]

March 11, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BSF detains Bangladeshi female agricultural labour Sreemoti Sharoti without charges at Gorakmondop border of Kurigram

Sreemoti Sharoti (39) is a poor female agricultural labour and the wife of Sree Atul Kumar of Gorakmondop village under Phulbari police station of Kurigram district. Sharoti worked at Dinesh Chandra Burman’s field near the border to earn a living and help Atul bear the family expenses. On November 20, 2012 at around 8:30am, Sharoti […]

March 10, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BNP leader Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar was abducted and killed by men identifying as RAB

On January 5, 2013 at around 7:45pm Haji Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar (42) was abducted and killed by men identifying themselves as RAB officials, claimed his mother in law, brother and relatives. Rafikul was the General Secretary of Ward 56, Dhaka unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and vice president of the Hawkers’ Market Committee […]

March 6, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : February 2013

The February 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Rally at Shahbagh calling for capital punishment for war criminals; blasphemous statements on some blogs instigate violence; deaths; attacks on journalists; and more issues regarding freedom of speech and expression. 37 persons killed extra judicially. […]

February 28, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : January 2013

The January 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, and deals in particular with the following subjects: Political violence continues Use of pepper spray by police during hartal and hunger-strike Meetings stopped by imposing section 144 of the Cr.PC Human rights violations along the border by BSF Extrajudicial killings […]

February 1, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed