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A Bangladeshi farmer tortured by BSF in Putkhali border, Jessore

Motiar Rahman (28), a farmer of the Kadamtola village under Benapole Police Station went to cut grass for his cows on 25 January 2010 at 7.30 am in a field near the border area. After 15 minutes, two BSF men came and arrested him on the accusation of intruding into India. They blindfolded Motiar and […]

January 25, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A rickshaw van puller killed by the BSF at the Putkhali border under Jessore District

Abdul Jalil (43) who was a rickshaw van puller and a day-labourer also used to work for the cattle traders. According to the eye-witness, Ahmed Ali, on 23 January 2010 at night he along with Jalil, Ashadul and Nuruddin started their journey towards India by boat. They crossed the Ichamoti river and reached the Indian […]

January 24, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Two Bangladeshis tortured by the BSF at the Putkhali border, Benapole under Jessore District

Kamrul Islam (38), a fisherman, from Shibnathpur Boroputa village and Aktarul (17), from Putkhali village in Benapole were tortured by the BSF while returning from India on 23 January 2010. They were returning to Bangladesh from India with cows at 4.30 am through the Putkhali border in a group of four. Every one in the […]

January 23, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A day-labourer killed by BSF in the Nabin Nagar Khalpar border at Meherpur

Nazrul Islam (40), a day labourer from Baribaka village in Meherpur district was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on 22 January 2010 at 4.30 am in Nabin Nagar, Khalpar border near the no. 116 pillar, as he tried to cross the border fence between India and Bangladesh. He was a poor […]

January 22, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 }