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Police bullets leave three dead at Nippon Garments of Tongi, Gazipur

The workers of the Nippon Garments Industries Ltd of Ouchpara Tongi of Gazipur came to work at their factory on October 31, 2009 at 8.00 am. Seeing a notice issuing the shut down of the factory, prompted the workers to go inside to speak with the factory owning authority. They were prevented from doing this […]

December 31, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Allegation of the police torturing Parvez Zakaria on bail at the Joydevpur Police Station, Gazipur

At 11.00 am on October 30, 2009, Parvez Zakaria (25) from the Uttor Chayabithi (crematorium) locality of 154/17 Gazipur Sadar Upazilla went to the Alam Auto Engineering Works at the old bus stand in Shibbari to fix his Laguna van. It has been alleged that three police officers from the Joydevpur Police Station arrested Parvez […]

December 30, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women observed : Odhikar organised roundtable meeting and rallies

Odhikar, in collaboration with the May 18 Memorial Foundation of South Korea, organised a roundtable on 25 November 2009 at the VIP Lounge of the National Press club on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Odhikar also carried out rallies in five districts to observe the day with […]

December 26, 2009 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Journalist F M MasumTortured by Members of RAB-10

At 10.00 am on October 22, 2009, members of RAB-10 (Rapid Action Battalion) raided the house of Mohammad Salauddin at 167/1 South Jatrabari of Jatrabari, Dhaka to arrest a narcotics trader. During the raid, the RAB-10 members without reason arrested F M Masum (28), a journalist of the daily New Age. The RAB members tortured […]

December 22, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A 12-year old girl shot by BSF soldier at the Nawdapara border, Roumari under Kurigram District

Rumi Akhter Nipa a 12-year old girl was shot by the BSF at the Nawdapara border in Roumari under Kurigram District on 4 October, 2009. On the day of the incident Rumi was returning with a group of girls from a pond that falls between the international pillars no. 1063 and 1064 at the border. […]

December 4, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : November 2009

The November 2009 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Transparency and accountability must be ensured in the trial of the BDR Jawans to maintain human rights and political stability Increase in remand and torture may undermine the role of the judiciary to ensure human […]

December 1, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed