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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

Police in Kushtia shot Mohammad Rahat Ali to death

On September 16, 2012, Mohammad Rahat Ali (53) son of late Nawab Ali and Mosammot Romesa Begum of Bashbaria village under the Mirpur Police Station of Kushtia district was arrested by the Mirpur police from Shah Ali Mazar Market area in Dhaka. On September 18, 2012 at around 3:45 am, Rahat was taken to Kursha […]

September 18, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

College student Sumaiya Sultana Shima and her mother Aleya Akhter were given electric shocks and physically tortured in six days of confinement in police custody at Kushtia

At around 3 am on September 9, 2012, Aleya Akhter (50) and Sumaiya Sultana Shima (18), respectively the wife and daughter of late Salam Molla, resident of 1 no. Beradanga area of Rajbari pouroshobha of Rajbari district was detained without any case by the police of Khoksha Police Station of Kushtia. The police of Khoksha Police Station and […]

September 9, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mohammad Anwar Hossain of Bhola district was allegedly tortured at the Lalmohon Police Station

On August 20, 2012 at around 8:00 pm Lalmohon police arrested and took Mohammad Anwar Hossain, son of Manik Showdagar and Bibi Sokhina to Lalmohon Police Station of Bhola district in custody. His family alleged that the police tied his hands from behind, blindfolded him and beat him on the leg inside the police station. Odhikar’s Statement Torture […]

August 20, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Farmer Mohammad Abdul Wahab was allegedly dead and Hasan was allegedly injured in the police fire

Mohammad Abdul Wahab (51) was the son of late Shukur Ali Mondol and Mochammat Rahima Begum of Paikpara village of Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district. Hasan (40) is the son of Munnaf Ali and Saira Khatun of the same village. At around 1 am on June 10, 2012, Abdul Wahab was shot dead and Hasan was injured in […]

June 10, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Khulna city unit Chhatra Dal activists Mahmudul Haque Titu and Ferdousur Rahman Munna allegedly tortured at Khulna Police Station

On April 22, 2012 at around 10.30 am, during the hartal called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the police of Khulna Police Station arrested Chhatra Dal Khulna unit’s Assistant General Secretary, S M Mahmudul Haque Titu (26) and Chhatra Dal activist Ferdousur Rahman Munna (22) from Tutpara Central Road area, Khulna. The police took Munna […]

April 22, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed