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A young boy died after being tortured by BSF in the Thakurpur Border at Damurhuda, Chuadanga

On 21 January 2010, Hasnat Halsham Inu, a 15-year-old boy, was tortured by the BSF at the Thakurpur border in Chuadanga district of Bangladesh. Hasnat and his family lived in the Sakolia village which is located next to the Ichamoti River and makes up the border between India and Bangladesh. On the fateful day, at […]

January 21, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Odhikar, New Age and RCT, Denmark jointly organised a roundtable in Dhaka and rallies in six districts

On 10 December 2009, Odhikar and New Age, an English language national daily newspaper, jointly organised a roundtable on “Extra-judicial Killings and the Rule of Law” at Spectra Convention Centre in Dhaka on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. The red-letter day was observed under the project ‘Human Rights Defenders Training and Advocacy Programme […]

January 20, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

A Bangladeshi farmer picked up by BSF from the Rotnai border of Thakurgaon District and detained in Indian jail

Mohammad Dilbar Hossain was a farmer who lived in the village of Barosha under Baliadangi Police Station in Thakurgaon district which fell near the Indian borders Sonamothi. On the Bangladesh side the village is within the pillar no 382 sub-pillar 3 at the Rotnai border. Dilbar was living with his wife and father. He had […]

January 19, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mamun from Meherpur District allegedly shot to death under the cover of ‘shoot-out’ by police at Doulatpur in Kushtia District

Mohammad Mamun-Ar-Rashid (37), a resident of the village of Akubpur under the Gangni upazila in Meherpur district, was allegedly shot to death by police at Khalishakundi under the Doulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. Family members of the victim and witnesses claimed that a team of police from Kushtia arrested Rashid at Akubpur at around 4pm […]

January 15, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A Bangladeshi citizen was killed by BSF at the Kazipur Border in Gangi, Meherpur

Shahidul Islam, a 37-year-old Bangladeshi was killed by the BSF shooting along the Kazipur border in Meherpur district at some time between the evening of January 14 and morning of 15 January 2010. Kamala Khatun, wife of Shahidul Islam, told Odhikar that Shahidul was released from an Indian prison, about six weeks ago where he had […]

January 14, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Shafiqul Islam allegedly stabbed and killed by the BSF at the Uksa border, Kaliganj under Satkhira District

On January 13, 2010 early in the morning, Md. Shafiqul Islam (27), a resident of Sheetalpur village of Kaliganj Upazila under Satkhira District was allegedly stabbed and killed by the BSF members at Barunhat camp of the Hasnabad Police Station under North Chobbis Pargana in India. It was learnt during the fact-finding mission that at […]

January 13, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed