At 3.30 pm on August 24, 2009, the Detective Branch (DB) of police in Kushtia arrested Shahinur Rahman Dablu (38) of the village of Shaldoho Kushtia at his house. It has been alleged by the family members of late Dablu that he was shot and killed by the DB the following day on August 25, […]
Allegation of a shrimp merchant being shot to death at Tala, Shatkhira
At around 7.30 pm on August 18, 2009, Mohammad Lutfor Rahman Gazi (32) from the village of Shahapur, Tala was arrested by the police of the Shatkhira Police Station from the house of Advocate Shabuj at Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Road. It has been alleged by the family of the victim that the police took Lutfor […]
Sayeedur Rahman Sayeed killed in a ‘gunfight’ with RAB and Police at Alamdanga, Chuadanga
On May 8, 2009, Sayeedur Rahman Sayeed (28) from the village of Khashkorra in Alamdanga, Chuadanga was arrested by Police Officers of the Islamic University Police Station, Kushtia, at Ujangram Bazaar. He was handed over to the authorities of the RAB-6 Camp. On the same day it was alleged by the family members of Sayeed […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-June 2009
The January-June 2009 six-monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: State Minister’s comment on ‘crossfire’ is a cause for concern Torture in custody must be stopped BDR revolt and human rights violations Political violence Repression on the ethnic minority people Violation of religious minority rights […]
Death of a young man in RAB and Police encounter in Defolbari village of Jhenaidaha Sadar Upazilla
On the 27th of April 2009, Md. Siddik Mondol (30), son of Late Motaleb Mondol and Noorjahan Begum of Defolbari village of Jhenaidaha Sadar Upazilla was killed in an encounter by RAB-6 and the police of Jhenaidaha Sadar police station. The family complained that Siddik was arrested in the evening from the Holidhani Bazar and […]
Samsel Islam Robin shot and killed by the Police at Kotchandpur, Jhenaidaha
It was alleged by the family members of the deceased that Samsel Islam Robin (42), son of Fakir Mondol from the village of Sreerampur, Magura, was shot and killed by the Police of the district Detective Branch beside the Kaliganj-Dorshona road near the Kotchandpur bus-stand at 12.00 pm on February 3, 2009. fact-finding-extrajudicial killings-Samsel Islam Robin-2009-eng (full text […]
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