Members of the Detective Branch of police (DB) in Dhaka shot 16-year-old Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Roni to death on October 13, 2012 at around 3:00pm in Ashulia, his family members have claimed. Roni is the son Hazrat Ali and Anu Begum of Chanpur village under Savar Police Station and was an 11th grade student of commerce department in […]
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Human rights report 2012 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh
The Human rights movement does not merely revolve around activities to protect victims of human rights violations from the abuses of the State, but by its very gesture interrogates the nature of political power and the moral and cultural foundations of a society. In countries like Bangladesh, where democratic transformation is still a task to […]
Submission by Odhikar and the ALRC to the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of Bangladesh
The report covers the period from July 01, 2008 to September 30, 2012 that includes two governments; the caretaker government in power from July 1, 2008 to January 5, 2009, and the current 14-party Grand Alliance government, led by the Awami League that assumed power on January 6, 2009. During the first UPR session, 42 recommendations were made of which […]
Human rights monitoring report January – September 2012
The report of human rights violations during the first nine months of 2012 contains the following sections: 28 persons killed by BSF in nine months 24 persons allegedly disappeared in nine months On average 7 persons killed extra judicially every month Torture in custody-death in jail-public lynching Lack of accountability of law enforcing agencies Obstructions […]
Police in Kushtia shot Mohammad Rahat Ali to death
On September 16, 2012, Mohammad Rahat Ali (53) son of late Nawab Ali and Mosammot Romesa Begum of Bashbaria village under the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district was arrested by the Mirpur police from Shah Ali Mazar Market area in Dhaka. On September 18, 2012 at around 3:45 am, Rahat was taken to Kursha […]
Man allegedly shot to death by RAB in Kumarkhali of Kushtia
On September 12, 2012 Mohammad Atear Rahman (30) son of Samsuddin Molla and Tara Khatun of Baroipara village under Ambaria Union Parishad 9 of Khoksha police station in Kushtia district was shot dead by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members. Atear and his family lived as tenants in Shafi Sheikh’s house in Ataikula moholla of Ataikula police station in […]
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