This human rights monitoring report covers the six-month period from January to June 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: Political violence continues into 2011 Political violence related to elections Extrajudicial killings Death in custody Public lynching Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) in the news The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 and […]
School student Shubho killed and two other children injured in Fatulla, Narayanganj
At about 8:00 pm on June 14, 2011, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)- 10, conducted an anti-drug raid in an alley at Islamia Bazaar, Pagla Bottola area, Fatulla station, Narayanganj district. During the raid, a student of the 9th grade Shadhin Ahmed Shubho (15), son of local resident Abu Sayeed and Rahima Begum […]
Human rights monitoring report : May 2011
The July 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Extrajudicial killings continue RAB submitted an investigation report accusing Limon and family members University student disappears after being ‘abducted’ by RAB from the jail gate Home Ministry cautions the National Human Rights Commission Killings and […]
Human rights monitoring report : April 2011
The April 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: HSC examinee undergoes amputation after being shot by RAB Deaths in police custody Extrajudicial killings continue Torture of a child at the Khulna Police Station BSF killings at the border continues Hartal Attack on political […]
Former Union Parishad Chairman Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was allegedly shot dead by RAB in Comilla
On April 4, 2011 at around 2.30 am, former chairman of Ziarkandi Union Parishad Mohammad Shafiqul Islam (45), son of late Chand Mia and Zabeda Khatun, and the resident of Ziarkandi village under Titas Police Station in Comilla, was allegedly shot dead by members of the Crime Prevention Company (CPC)-1 of RAB-11. Wife of Shafiqul told Odhikar that […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-March 2011
This human rights monitoring report covers the three month period from January to March 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: Reported statistics show that every 3 days 1 person is killed extra-judicially Bangladeshi girl killed and hung on barbed wire fence by BSF Complainant receives threats by the killers […]
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Members/Partners
- 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)
- CIVICUS
- HURIDOCS
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)