On December 31, 2012 at around 8:15pm, members of the Pallabi Police station shot Mohammad Shah Alam (28) dead in front of H and S Polythene factory at Plot 1/6 on Road 7, Section 7 of the Post Office Street. Shah Alam was the son of Mohammad Ali Akbar and Morjina Begum. They were residents […]
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Police allegedly tortured Mohammad Sekandar Ali at Rajibpur Police Station in Kurigram district
Members of Rajibpur Police Station arrested Mohammad Sekandar Ali (37) son of late Goribullah and Mosammot Zabeda Khatun of Borai Dangi village, on September 26, 2012 at around 2:20am, from his home. They took him to the police station as a suspect in the murder of his neighbour Mansur Ali. Unidentified people killed Mansur on […]
BNP leader Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar was abducted and killed by men identifying as RAB
On January 5, 2013 at around 7:45pm Haji Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar (42) was abducted and killed by men identifying themselves as RAB officials, claimed his mother in law, brother and relatives. Rafikul was the General Secretary of Ward 56, Dhaka unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and vice president of the Hawkers’ Market Committee […]
The alleged torture of Rehana Yeasmin Dolly an activist of Jatiyotabadi Mohila Dol of ward no.74 of Dhaka Metropolitan area by DB police members
On April 29, 2012, at around 9.30 pm, Rehana Yeasmin Dolly (40), daughter of Sirajut Ullah and Anowara Begum, resident of Goalghatlane, Wari Thana of Dhaka and general secretary of Jatiyotabadi Mohila Dol of ward no.74 was allegedly picked up and tortured by the police force of Dhaka City Detective Branch (DB) claims Dolly and […]
Two persons were disappeared after being arrested at Savar allegedly by RAB and DB Police
On February 5, 2012 approximately at 1.00 a.m. Al Mukaddas (22), 4th year student of the Department of Al Fiqah and Mohammad Waliullah (23), a Masters candidate of Dawah and Islamic Studies Department of Islamic University, were allegedly arrested and disappeared by some persons who identified themselves as RAB-4 and DB Police members from Savar. […]
Bangladesh : criminal justice through the prism of capital punishment and the fight against terrorism
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) fact-finding mission’s mandate was to enquire on the death penalty and the administration of criminal justice in Bangladesh, with a focus on people convicted for so-called terrorist offences. The principal objective was to assess the respect of the fair trial guarantees, in particular the prohibition of torture, in capital cases. The mission […]
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