Rumi Akhter Nipa a 12-year old girl was shot by the BSF at the Nawdapara border in Roumari under Kurigram District on 4 October, 2009. On the day of the incident Rumi was returning with a group of girls from a pond that falls between the international pillars no. 1063 and 1064 at the border. […]
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) must stop killings and violating human rights against Bangladeshi citizens
15 November, 2009 Press Statement The Indian Foreign Secretary, Ms. Nirupama Rao, is in Bangladesh for a 2 day official visit for preparing grounds to finalise which issues should be discussed during the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s upcoming three day visit to India from December19, 2009.The Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mr. Mohammed Mirajul Quayes and Indian Foreign […]
Human rights monitoring report : July 2009
The July 2009 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Repression and Police brutality on anti-Tipaimukh Dam procession ‘Criminalisation’ of Bangladeshi citizens by BSF Chief Mahendro Lal Kumawat A Human Rights Commission subservient to the Government will fail to protect human rights Harassment and human rights violations […]
BSF Beat a Bangladeshi Citizen to Death and Raped His Wife
At 2.00 am on April 23, 2009, Rabindranath Mondol (45) and his wife Kollani Rani Mondol (38) from the village of Bolabari, of Ashashuni, Shatkhira were arrested by BSF Officers from India’s Ghojadanga Camp as they were returning to Shatkhira from India along Main Pillar Number 4. The BSF Officers beat Rabindranath to death and […]
Three Bangladeshi Men Tortured at the Hands of BSF at the Boikari Border, Shatkhira
At 8.00 am on March 21, 2009, Md. Sultan Hossain Dhabok (20), Bokul Hossain Dhabok (19) and Alamgir Hossain Dhabok (18) from the village of Choyghoriya of the Boikari Union, Shatkhira, went to the neighbouring Khoitola field near ‘zero point’ at the Boikari border to cut grass. At around 11.00 am, BSF Officers from India’s […]
BSF killed a 13-year boy and injured another teenager at the Sundrail border under Naogaon District
The event took place on 13 March 2009 at 12.30 noon in the Sonadanga and Horitokidanga villages of Naogaon when the BSF opened fire on some young Bangladeshi boys. A BSF soldier had an argument with a boy fishing in the Dolakhari Lake situated 20 yards from the 248/1/R international pillar between India and Bangladesh. […]
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- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
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- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)