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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 […]

July 8, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

July 1, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

June 27, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

February 3, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Doctor Mizanur Rahman Tutu alias Tutul shot dead by Police at Naogaon

It was alleged that at around 4.15 am on July 27, 2008, Doctor Mizanur Rahman Tutu alias Tutul (49) was shot dead by the police at the Eidgah of Dighir Para of Kaligram of Raninagar Upazila, Naogaon. Odhikar’s fact-finding mission discovered that Tutu was the head of Rajshahi-Natore- Naogaon-Chapainawabganj region of Purbo Banglar Communist Party- […]

September 27, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

RAB alleged to have shot and killed a Chhatra Dal leader at Barisal

It was learned from the witnesses and RAB sources that Md. Moshiul Alam Sentu (34) from west Kauniya Bagan Bari, Barisal was arrested by a team of RAB at the Nilkhet area in Dhaka on July 15, 2008. Sentu’s family alleged that he was shot and killed by RAB following his arrest. His family also […]

September 15, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }