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Four journalists allegedly beaten while collecting information in Kumarkhali at Kushtia

After receiving allegations that low quality materials were being used by the contracting firm GM Enterprise which was given the responsibility to renovate Kuthibari , a famous house of noble laureate and Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, on June 03, 2011 Mohammad Touhidi Hasan Shiplu (26) Kushtia district correspondent of the national daily newspaper Prothom Alo, […]

June 3, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : May 2011

The July 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Extrajudicial killings continue RAB submitted an investigation report accusing Limon and family members University student disappears after being ‘abducted’ by RAB from the jail gate Home Ministry cautions the National Human Rights Commission Killings and […]

June 1, 2011 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Nayeem Pathan died in police custody after allegedly being beaten by mob and police

On May 07, 2011, Nayeem Pathan (18), Sakhawat Hossain (20) and Ibrahim Mia (25) were brought to the police station after some people caught them after an allegation of mugging. On May 08, 2011 at about 7.40 am Nayeem, the son of Mokles Pathan and Aklima Begum of Polash Police Station of Zinardi union of Babarchar village under […]

May 8, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mohammad Jamal Ahmed from Tongi Model Thana, Gazipur was abducted allegedly by law enforcement officers; and is missing

Mohammad Jamal Ahmed (32) is an inhabitant of the Amtali Keranitek slum in Tongi Model Thana of Gazipur district. At around 2 pm on 4 May 2011, he went to the ‘Dhaka Electric Supply Company’ situated in Cheragali Squib Road for a new electricity connection for his home. When he approached the gate of the Company, some people […]

May 4, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : April 2011

The April 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: HSC examinee undergoes amputation after being shot by RAB Deaths in police custody Extrajudicial killings continue Torture of a child at the Khulna Police Station BSF killings at the border continues Hartal Attack on political […]

May 1, 2011 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Mohammad Maniruzzaman Rubel, a medicine dealer has been killed, allegedly due to torture while in police custody at Tangail Model Police Station

Mohammad Maniruzzaman Rubel (28), son of Delwar Hossain and Begum Razia Delwar, residents of Adi Tangail area, Haji Modhu road in Tangail Metropolitan subdistrict was arrested and taken to remand and tortured at Tangail Model Police Station on April 20, 2011. He died the following day, April 21, 2011, at approximately 9:45 am at Tangail General Hospital, allegedly as […]

April 21, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed