Abdur Rashid, a poor farmer, who also worked for cattle traders to make ends meet, has been missing since 10 January 2010. According to a witness who accompanied Abdur Rashid, on 10 January, ten of them were bringing cows from India through the crossing between Tikapara and Pannapara border. Everyone tried to escape when the […]
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Two Bangladeshi shot wounds by the BSF at the Tentulia border under Panchagar District
On 6 January 2010 at around 3 am, the victims Nazrul Islam (34) and Anwar Hossain (26) along with 10 persons went to Tentulia Kazipara border in Panchagar District and crossed the main pillar no 442, sub-pillar 6. While they were at Haptia Indian border, suddenly the BSF troops started firing at them. Around 30/40 […]
Monjuara, a Child, Killed by BSF at the Roumari Border of Kurigram
Bhandorchar is a village at Roumari in the Kurigram district along the Bangladeshi border, opposite the Indian State of Assam. The residents of the village are mostly poor farmers or agricultural workers. Communication between this village and other areas such as Roumari upazila headquarters and other villages is tough because it is separated from them […]
A mentally disabled Bangladeshi allegedly beaten to death by Indian citizens at the Ghashuriya border under Dinajpur District
Babul Sheikh (48) was a resident of Choughoria village under Birampur Upazila of Dinajpur District. He was beaten to death by Indian civilians on 5 January 2010 at around 1.00 am in a betel grove which was 500 yards inside India from the main pillar no 288, sub-pillar 54. He was mentally disabled and used […]
Allegation of Nurujjaman being tortured to death by the Police at Pirgacha, Rangpur
At around 7.30 pm on November 5, 2009, Nazrul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Pirgacha Police Station arrested Mohammad Nurujjaman Mia (56) from the village of Purba Chandipur, Pirgacha, in front of Mohammad Mahtab Hossain’s (35) shop at the Pirgacha Railway Station after which he took Nurujjaman to the Police Station. It was learned from […]
Human rights report 2009 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh
The human rights agenda never seems to be a very big issue with the Bangladeshi government. Despite the multitude of human rights abuses and deprivations of guaranteed rights, each and every regime in Bangladesh has carried out its term in blissful ignorance, denial or suppression. 2009 has not been an exception, despite the present government emerging after a […]
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