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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 […]

March 6, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

DB Police firing allegedly killed Roni

Members of the Detective Branch of police (DB) in Dhaka shot 16-year-old Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Roni to death on October 13, 2012 at around 3:00pm in Ashulia, his family members have claimed. Roni is the son Hazrat Ali and Anu Begum of Chanpur village under Savar Police Station and was an 11th grade student of commerce department in […]

January 28, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : October 2012

The October 2012 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, and deals specifically with the following areas: Human rights violations by Indian BSF Political violence Odhikar and ALRC jointly submitted UPR report at the UN HRC Obstructions on political meetings and processions Extrajudicial killings Police (in) actions Verdict on the […]

November 1, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Bangladesh : State’s unpardonable failures deserve credible investigation

The entire governmental machinery of Bangladesh, with its retinue of law-enforcement units, intelligence agencies, and security forces, have totally and abysmally failed to protect minority communities in the South Eastern region of the country. A large number of monasteries, temples, houses and establishments of the Buddhist communities of the area, and even those belonging to […]

October 17, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

The simultaneous destruction of Buddhist and Hindu temples with flammable substances and explosives resulting in enormous damage to people’s property and trust

This report was prepared by an Odhikar fact finding team after visiting the crime scenes in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong. On September 29, 2012 about 7.30 pm, a controversial photo showing disrespect for the Holy Quran was shared from the facebook profile of a local Buddhist young man called Uttom Kumar Borua of Haitupi village, […]

October 17, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report January – September 2012

The report of human rights violations during the first nine months of 2012 contains the following sections: 28 persons killed by BSF in nine months 24 persons allegedly disappeared in nine months On average 7 persons killed extra judicially every month Torture in custody-death in jail-public lynching Lack of accountability of law enforcing agencies Obstructions […]

October 1, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed