Crossfire killings disquieting:
Justice Nozrul
'Extrajudicial killings in the name of crossfire must be stopped,'
Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury said while addressing a national advocacy
meeting at the BRAC Centre Inn. Justice Nozrul said, 'It is suicidal for
the nation and the government to let a few members of the law enforcing
agencies take the lives of the people.'
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Betar-BTV autonomy
remains far cry
Govt asked to give progress report by Dec 8
Autonomy for
state-run electronic media, one of the key pledges made by three political
alliances in their joint declaration on November 19, 1990 when the
movement against the then military dictator HM Ershad reached its climax,
still remains a far cry
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Getting away with torture
A culture of impunity protects the
perpetrators and since most of the investigations are carried out by the
same agencies it is almost impossible to get redress for torture victims.
There is no independent authority to complain against the law enforcement
authorities, writes Adilur Rahman Khan
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Rights overruled
Saad Hammadi finds out how the government
continues the legacy of defying human rights in the country by scrapping
prominent human rights coalition, Odhikar’s, training and advocacy
programme
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Minister excoriated for
crossfire comments
Shahiduzzaman
Eminent citizens on Sunday termed outrageous shipping minister Shahjahan
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Young man missing
since RAB took him over a year ago: rights group
Human rights watchdog Odhikar, in a report on Saturday, said that a young
man of the city's Rampura area has been missing since elite crime force
Rapid Action Battalion picked him up 15 months ago.
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