Md. Afzal Khan (21), a resident of the village of Binodpur Charerkandi at Shariatpur district was arrested by a team of RAB-8 on March 18, 2008. Afzal’s family alleged that he later on fell ill due to torture by RAB and died on March 20 while receiving treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Shariatpur-Young […]
Young man shot dead by RAB in Narayanganj Bandar Upazila
The family of Mahey Alam Bipu (32) alleged that Bipu was shot dead by a special patrol team of RAB-11 at Narayanganj Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj district on 5 March 2008. However, RAB-11 claimed that Bipu was killed in an encounter between RAB and the cohorts of Bipu. Narayanganj-Man dead Bandar-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full text […]
A man killed in alleged encounter with RAB in Agargaon, Dhaka
At around 10 O’ clock in the morning on the day of Eid ul-Adha on December 21, 2007 Md. Abdul Hannan alias Hanna (38) left home to buy hide of the sacrificed animals. Later on, he was allegedly held and taken away by a group of people in RAB uniform from a road near Premgali […]
Journalist Noor Ahmed tortured and forced to stay away from profession by RAB in Sylhet
Noor Ahmed, the editor of the daily newspaper Doinik Sylhet Protidin and also the General Secretary of the Sylhet Press Club, alleged that on April 7, 2007, several officers of RAB 9 arrested him and subjected him to severe torture after which he was handed over to the police following the filing of an extortion […]
Extrajudicial killings during the first 30 days of emergency in 2007
From 12 January to 10 February 2007 during the first 30 days of emergency total 29 persons have been reportedly killed and 52027 persons have been arrested. Of the 29 people killed by law enforcement agencies, 11 persons were killed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), 9 by police, 6 by the army and 3 by […]
166 killed by different law enforcement agencies and 160 political killings in the last 6 months
Odhikar Bi-Annual Press Release From January 1 to June 30 2006, 166 people have been killed by the law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Of them, 84 people were killed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), 80 by the police, 1 by forest guards and the other 1 by the Detective Branch (DB) police. It […]
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- 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)