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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 […]

March 19, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Md. Zakir Hossain allegedly tortured to death in Ramna Model Police Station custody

On March 4, 2010 at around 12.05 pm, Senior Assistant Police Commissioner of the Detective Branch, Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman arrested Md. Zakir Hossain (42) from his rented house at Shahidnagar residential area in Fatulla under Narayanganj district. Zakir Hossain was taken on 2 days remand by DB police. He was sent to Court on March 8, […]

March 4, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Leader of the landless, S M Saifullah Lashkar allegedly killed by the police at Satkhira

On December 5, 2009, it has been alleged by the family members of the deceased that S M Saifullah Lashkar (65), resident of the village of Lashkarpara of Satkhira was murdered in a pre-planned manner by the Town Sub-Inspector (TSI) Md. Nazrul Islam of the Katiya Police Line and Shamsul Alam Sarkar, the Assistant Police […]

February 5, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mamun from Meherpur District allegedly shot to death under the cover of ‘shoot-out’ by police at Doulatpur in Kushtia District

Mohammad Mamun-Ar-Rashid (37), a resident of the village of Akubpur under the Gangni upazila in Meherpur district, was allegedly shot to death by police at Khalishakundi under the Doulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. Family members of the victim and witnesses claimed that a team of police from Kushtia arrested Rashid at Akubpur at around 4pm […]

January 15, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Allegation of Nurujjaman being tortured to death by the Police at Pirgacha, Rangpur

At around 7.30 pm on November 5, 2009, Nazrul Islam, Sub-Inspector (SI) of the Pirgacha Police Station arrested Mohammad Nurujjaman Mia (56) from the village of Purba Chandipur, Pirgacha, in front of Mohammad Mahtab Hossain’s (35) shop at the Pirgacha Railway Station after which he took Nurujjaman to the Police Station. It was learned from […]

January 5, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights report 2009 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh

The human rights agenda never seems to be a very big issue with the Bangladeshi government. Despite the multitude of human rights abuses and deprivations of guaranteed rights, each and every regime in Bangladesh has carried out its term in blissful ignorance, denial or suppression. 2009 has not been an exception, despite the present government emerging after a […]

January 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }