The overwhelming lack of political tolerance, absence of necessary and effective institutions to ensure a democratic polity and blatant violations of human rights still remain the biggest hurdles for democracy in Bangladesh.This atmosphere leads to the manifestation of undemocratic and dictatorial nature of power that abuses the state machinery for parison and narrow political gain. Immediately after coming […]
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“Trigger happy” : excessive use of force by Indian troops at the Bangladesh border
This report documents a pattern of grave abuses by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) against both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals in the border area along India’s 2,000 kilometer long international fontier with Bangladesh in West Bengal state. The abuses include cases of indiscriminate killing and torture. Most of the abuses documented in this report are […]
Human rights monitoring report : November 2010
The November 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Extra-judicial killings continue: Incidents of extra-judicial deaths proved in Home Ministry report Tortured to death and false autopsy report Death in jail Allegation of enforced disappearances following arrest by law enforcement agencies Political violence continues BNP […]
Mohammad Fozlul Haque Fozol allegedly shot to death by RAB at Shiddhirgonj in Narayanganj
Odhikar fact-finding team found that at around 9.30 pm on November 13, 2010, members of RAB 11 CPC-1 arrested Mohammad Fozlul Haque Fozol (44) at Dhakesshori Bus-stand No. 2 at Shiddhirgonj. Later, his body was found at the plot of one Abu Mia in the Ati Housing area at Shiddhirgonj. Fozol’s family members alleged that Fozol at around […]
Human rights monitoring report : October 2010
The October 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Ferocity of political violence Protest against taking of land for an ‘Army Housing Scheme’ for the armed forces Torture and killing persists at borders despite assurances to the contrary given by the Director General of […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-September 2010
The January-September 2010 nine-monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: On an average every 3 days, 1 person is reported killed extra judicially Death in custody Torture in custody The Government shut down a photo-exhibition on ‘crossfire’ Freedom of media and incidents of government prohibition […]
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