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Human rights monitoring report : November 2009

The November 2009 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Transparency and accountability must be ensured in the trial of the BDR Jawans to maintain human rights and political stability Increase in remand and torture may undermine the role of the judiciary to ensure human […]

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

Kaiser Mahmud Bappi allegedly shot to death by RAB at Rampura in Dhaka

At around 12.30am on September 10, 2009, a team of RAB officers, led by Flight Lieutenant Raihan Asgar Khan, the Operations Officer of RAB 1, conducted a raid at the newly-built Aftab Tower, located at 323 Purba Rampura, Dhaka. It was alleged by the members of the family of Kaiser Mahmud Bappi (24), a resident […]

November 10, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : October 2009

The October 2009 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan’s comment on extrajudicial killings The banning of Hizbut Tahrir Torture of a journalist under RAB custody State inflicted persecution of Lamppost members Incidents of torture in remand continue Law Minister’s comment […]

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

A furniture trader shot dead by the Detective Branch of Police in Kushtia

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, […]

October 24, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

October 18, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : January-September 2009

The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first nine months of 2009, specifically describing the following areas: Despite the Government’s declaration of zero tolerance, 97 have been killed extrajudicially in the past 9 nine months Torturing of BDR members in custody must stop Odhikar torture prevention programme has […]

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