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 […]
Mohammad Idris Ali of Chittagong metropolitan, killed allegedly as a result of torture inflicted upon him at Baizid Bostami police station lockup and in the central jail
Mohammad. Idris Ali (35) of Burma Colony, Baizid Bostami, Chittagong metropolitan, died at 6:10 am on the morning of 26th September, 2010, while receiving treatment in ward number 13 of Chittagong Medical College Hospital. He was the son of Noor-Jahan Begum and deceased Nazrul Islam. As per the allegations of his family, it is thought […]
Allegation of a young man being shot and killed and of another being shot and injured, while at custody in Gulshan police station in capital city Dhaka
Families of the victim’s alleged that, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (35), Mohammad. Aslam Sheikh (35), Mohammad Manik (29) and Mohammad Jalal (28), were arrested on the morning of 29th June, 2010, by Sub Inspector (SI) Anisur Rahman. Mizan’s family claimed that, early morning of 29th June at around 4:30 am, police personnel arrested Mizan from their residence at […]
Disappearance of Mohammad Chowdhury Alam, Ward Councilor Number-56 of Dhaka City Corporation
Mohammad Chowdhury Alam (66), Councilor of 56 number ward of Dhaka City Corporation and a resident of 315/C Khilgaon, was abducted from in front of Metro Garden on 75, Indira road on June 25, 2010. The family alleges that he was taken away in a micro-bus, by 7/8 men who dressed in plain clothes and […]
Mohammad Manik allegedly died in the custody of Kotwali police in Chittagong
On 11 May 2010 at around 7.00 a.m, Mohammad Manik (38), a night guard of Anjuman Residential Hotel of Reazuddin Bazar, 116 Station Road, under the Chittagong City Corporation, died in the Kotwali police station of Chittagong, while he was in custody of the police. The family alleged that Sub Inspector Yunus Mia arrested Manik […]
Disappearance of Mohammad Akbar Ali Shorder
On March 19, 2010 at around 4:30 pm, Mohammad Akbar Ali Shorder (28), a resident of Collegepara in Salondo village, Thakurgaon, was arrested by members of RAB-5 from a road in front of the Biswa Islami Mission Mosque, alleged wife of Akbar Mosammat Parvin Akter. At the time, it is also alleged that Sri Chandro […]
Themes
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)