At around 3:30 pm on January 4, 2009, Touhidul Islam Touhid (27) from the village of Shostipur, Kushtia, was arrested at Shenerchatal in the village of Bottoil by police from Kushtia Sadar Police Station. Touhid’s family alleged that Touhid was shot and killed by the police near Boriya graveyard in the village of Boriya at […]
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Abdul Mukit allegedly tortured to death by police in Noakhali
On September 11, 2008 Police from Sudharam Police Station in Noakhali arrested Abdul Mukit (20) from Fatehpur village in Noakhali Sadar Upazila. The court sent him to jail the next day and on September 13, 2008. Mukit died in Noakhali General Hospital while under the custody of the Jail Police. His family alleged that Mukit […]
Afsar Uddin Alias Afsu allegedly tortured to death by RAB in Munshiganj
It was learnt from eyewitnesses that between 11.00 am and 12.30 pm on October 19, 2008, several officers from RAB 11 arrested Afsar Uddin alias Afsu (37) and Shumon (19) residents of Noyagaon, Munshiganj from Noyagaon. The RAB officers held them in custody at the place of the incident till 4.00 pm and severely beat […]
19 months of emergency in Bangladesh : Election under state of emergency is violation of constitutional and human rights
Odhikar has been monitoring the State of Emergency since its imposition on 11 January 2007. The democratic and human rights concerns Odhikar has been raising since the political, constitutional and human rights crisis started to deepen in Bangladesh. This report covers: Democratic & human rights concern under ‘State of emergency’ Experience of election observers Neither truth nor […]
Clashes between police, army and agitated workers at Narshingdi
On 31 May 2008, at the bus stand that is under construction at Shalidha, Narsingdi Poursava of the district of Narsingdi, a gathering organised by the power-loom workers to demand to increase their salary and other allowances, reducing power load-shading and justice of killing one of the worker Taslima by the owner. It was complaint from the […]
State of emergency in Bangladesh : reviewing the situation after 18 months
The Caretaker Government was constituted under the provisions of the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, proclaimed State of Emergency on 11 January 2007 purportedly under Article 141 A of the Constitution, in the absence of the Parliament and obviously without satisfying constitutional requirement ‘for its validity the prior counter signature of the Prime Minister. Odhikar has, […]
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