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Akash and Tikka shot and killed by RAB at Khoksha, Kushtia

It was learned from the accounts of witnesses and the RAB that Golam Hossain Akash (35) from the village of West Bishoikhali of Jhenaidah district was arrested at around 2.00 am on June 18, 2008 by RAB-6 of Khulna and RAB 12 of Kushtia from the village of Udibari of Kushtia. On the other hand, […]

June 27, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

A man shot dead by police at Mirpur in Kushtia

According to the witnesses, in the afternoon on April 18, Abbas (40) was picked up from Alamdanga by the police of the Uslampur Police Camp under the Alamdanga Police Station. Abbas’s family alleged that he was shot and killed by the police from the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district at night on the same […]

June 18, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A man allegedly tortured to death by police at Narayanganj

A man named Fakir Chan (35) from the village of Mijimiji of Siddhirganj Upazila (Sub-district) in Narayanganj district was arrested from Maulvibazar by the police on April 13, 2008. The police authorities urged that while Fakir Chan was in police remand, he fell ill and was taken to the hospital on April 19, 2008 when […]

June 13, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Two men shot to death by RAB at Keraniganj, Dhaka

On April 12, 2008, Anwar Hossain Anu (37) and Md. Babul (38), residents of Lalbagh, Dhaka were shot to death by RAB-10 while they were at the Shaon Washing and Dyeing factory located at the South Keraniganj Police Station. This has been alleged by the family members of the deceased. Dhaka-Men death Keraniganj-Extra judicial killing-2008 […]

June 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

17 months of emergency in Bangladesh : let the law take normal and transparent judicial course

Odhikar monitors the status of human rights situations according to the rights available in the existing Constitution of Bangladesh as well as in various international instruments. For the last 17 months, since the State of Emergency was imposed on January 11, 2007, Odhikar paid special attention to ‘Emergency’, an extraordinary measure in itself that poses […]

June 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

A Man allegedly shot to death by police at Chuadanga

At around 11.30 pm on April 4, 2008, Mohir Uddin (26) from the village of Jagonnathpur of Alamdanga, Chuadanga, was allegedly shot to death by police. However, the police have stated that Mohir Uddin was killed in a “shootout”. Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full text in English, PDF) Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full […]

June 4, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed