The February 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Clashes between Bangali settlers and members of the ethnic minority communities at Rangamati and Khagrachori; Political violence continues: Two students killed during clashes at Dhaka and Rajshahi Universities; BDR mutiny trials begin at Panchagar, Thakurgaon and Dhaka. […]
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Human Rights Defenders Conference : Odhikar stressed for establishing a nationwide HR Defenders Network to effectively safeguard human rights
Odhikar, with the support of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, organised a two-day Human Rights Defenders Conference on February 19
A Bangladeshi rickshaw van puller was killed by the BSF at the Tentulia Kazipara border under Panchagar District
Farid Hossain (28), a rickshaw van puller, lived in the village of Sharialjot under Tentulia Upazila in Panchagar District. He had a wife, two children, mother, father and a grandfather. He also had one brother. He had been asked by a local resident Zahir, a cattle trader, to cross the Indian border and fetch cattle […]
Leader of the landless, S M Saifullah Lashkar allegedly killed by the police at Satkhira
On December 5, 2009, it has been alleged by the family members of the deceased that S M Saifullah Lashkar (65), resident of the village of Lashkarpara of Satkhira was murdered in a pre-planned manner by the Town Sub-Inspector (TSI) Md. Nazrul Islam of the Katiya Police Line and Shamsul Alam Sarkar, the Assistant Police […]
Human rights monitoring report: January 2010
The January 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically covering the following areas and cases: Issue of human rights violations at the border not brought up during the Prime Minister’s visit to India Bangladesh deprived of its deserved share of water; the Mujib-Indira Agreement yet to be established […]
Teenager killed by BSF at the Wahedpur border under Chapainababganj District
The people of Bishroshiay Charpaka village under Shibganj Thana, Chapainababganj are mourning the death of Shaymol Karmokar. Shaymol Karmokar (17) was the only barber in the village and with his death by the bullets of BSF on 27 January 2010; no one in the village cuts their hair or shaves in the salon any more. […]
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