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A man was allegedly tortured to death by the police of Kushtia

The family members of Akhtar Hossain (35) alleged that at 2 am on March 10, 2008, Akhtar Hossain was physically tortured to death by the Police of the Kushtia Sadar Police Station. However, the Police commented that he was killed by a mob as he went to collect extortion money behind Bismillah Fish Hatchery at […]

May 10, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

One allegedly beaten to death in the custody of Botiyaghata Police Station in Khulna

On 7 March 2008 in the afternoon, a team of Khulna district Detective Branch of Police (DB Police) arrested Abul Hossain Dhali (25), a resident of the Boichana village of Shatkhira district, from Khunla Zero Point and handed him over to the Botiyaghata Police Station. The police authority of the Batiyaghata Police Station stated that […]

May 7, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

A man allegedly killed by BDR at Feni

Md. Kamal Uddin (28), son of late Latu Miah, who was a resident of the village North Birinchi under Ward No. 5 of Feni Pouroshobha, was arrested by Taskforce during its anti narcotics drive on January 20, 2008. It has been alleged by Kamal’s family that due to immense beatings by the BDR personnel following […]

March 21, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : January-September 2007

The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first nine months of 2007, specifically describing the following areas: Extrajudicial killings Torture/death in jail Freedom of expression Violence against women The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 4 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh. human rights […]

October 1, 2007 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : January-June 2007

The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first six months of 2007, specifically describing the following areas: extrajudicial killings deaths in jail freedom of expression violence against women violence against children violence in Indo-Bangladesh border area The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 13 […]

July 1, 2007 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : April 2007

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May 2, 2007 | Read full story | Comments are closed