Kamrul Islam (38), a fisherman, from Shibnathpur Boroputa village and Aktarul (17), from Putkhali village in Benapole were tortured by the BSF while returning from India on 23 January 2010. They were returning to Bangladesh from India with cows at 4.30 am through the Putkhali border in a group of four. Every one in the […]
A day-labourer killed by BSF in the Nabin Nagar Khalpar border at Meherpur
Nazrul Islam (40), a day labourer from Baribaka village in Meherpur district was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on 22 January 2010 at 4.30 am in Nabin Nagar, Khalpar border near the no. 116 pillar, as he tried to cross the border fence between India and Bangladesh. He was a poor […]
A young boy died after being tortured by BSF in the Thakurpur Border at Damurhuda, Chuadanga
On 21 January 2010, Hasnat Halsham Inu, a 15-year-old boy, was tortured by the BSF at the Thakurpur border in Chuadanga district of Bangladesh. Hasnat and his family lived in the Sakolia village which is located next to the Ichamoti River and makes up the border between India and Bangladesh. On the fateful day, at […]
Odhikar, New Age and RCT, Denmark jointly organised a roundtable in Dhaka and rallies in six districts
On 10 December 2009, Odhikar and New Age, an English language national daily newspaper, jointly organised a roundtable on “Extra-judicial Killings and the Rule of Law” at Spectra Convention Centre in Dhaka on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. The red-letter day was observed under the project ‘Human Rights Defenders Training and Advocacy Programme […]
A Bangladeshi farmer picked up by BSF from the Rotnai border of Thakurgaon District and detained in Indian jail
Mohammad Dilbar Hossain was a farmer who lived in the village of Barosha under Baliadangi Police Station in Thakurgaon district which fell near the Indian borders Sonamothi. On the Bangladesh side the village is within the pillar no 382 sub-pillar 3 at the Rotnai border. Dilbar was living with his wife and father. He had […]
Mamun from Meherpur District allegedly shot to death under the cover of ‘shoot-out’ by police at Doulatpur in Kushtia District
Mohammad Mamun-Ar-Rashid (37), a resident of the village of Akubpur under the Gangni upazila in Meherpur district, was allegedly shot to death by police at Khalishakundi under the Doulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. Family members of the victim and witnesses claimed that a team of police from Kushtia arrested Rashid at Akubpur at around 4pm […]
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