Between 1.00 and 4.00 am on January 28, 2009, Alamgir Hossain (20), son of Abdul Aziz from the village of Keragachi, of Kolarowa, Satkhira, and Puto Hossain Pintu (16), son of Abdur Rashid, were bringing cattle from India. As they were crossing a field named Tarali inside India, they were arrested by BSF members. After […]
Complaint of the death of BDR member Mobarak at the Pilkahna BDR Headquarters
On the 22nd of March, , Nayak Mobarak Hossain(42), the who was on duty in the riffles security unit at the Pilkhana Bangladesh Riffles(BDR) Head Quarters(HQ) passed away at the Dhaka Medical Collage hospital(DMCH) after being assaulted by the army men, as complained by the deceased’s family. While investigation it was found that Late Mobarak […]
Soldier Al Masum allegedly tortured after the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny
Al Masum is the eldest of five children of Motahar Hossain and Razia Begum of Dohorpara village, Kotalipara Thana of Gopalgonj district. He was a soldier of the 24 Battalion of BDR. His family alleged that he was arrested in March 2009 and subsequently tortured due to the incident of BDR mutiny at Pilkhana, Dhaka. At […]
Yasin Hossain, a painter commissioned by the BDR, died due to lack of proper medical treatment and for keeping him in degrading atmosphere
On 26 February, 2009, Yasin Hossain (50) was arrested by Army, while unwell, from Pilkhana and admitted to the National Institute of Kidney Diseases and Urology Hospital. His family alleged that on 7 April, 2009 at 8.30 in the morning, he died due to lack of proper medical treatment and keeping him in degrading atmosphere. Yasin Hossain was […]
Allegations of Habib being tortured to death by the Police at Chandgaon, Chittagong
It was unearthed through fact-finding that Md. Habib (18) and Arif (20) were arrested by a group of Police Officers led by SI Md. Rafique in the Chandgaon Police Station in the Chittagong municipality’s Badamtol area at 3.45 am on January 28, 2009. Following the arrest, Md. Habib and Arif were taken to the Police Station. The […]
Human rights report 2008 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh
The Human Rights Report 2008 is one of the reports that Odhikar brings out at the beginning of a new year, consolidating and compiling its various reports published over the preceding year. Odhikar focuses on host of rights guaranteed under international human rights instruments and those protected by the Constitution of Bangladesh. It monitors violations of the right to […]
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