Extra Judicial Killing

Extra Judicial Killing
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal speaks at the seminar

We ourselves are looking for 35 persons on the enforced disappearance list: Home minister

Home minister Asaduzzaman Kamal has said that the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances had handed over to the government a list of 76 persons who have been victims of enforced disappearances ...

Police attack BNP rally in Narayanganj

Death of Narayanganj Jubo Dal activist BNP men flee homes in fear of police, AL men

The BNP leaders allege that apart from the police, Awami League activists are also looking for them. Apart from showdowns in front of the houses of BNP leaders, they are also threatening the family ...

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam speaks to media at his office in Dhaka

Rights situation Proposal for independent investigation not logical: Shahriar Alam

The proposal to set up any independent and specialised mechanism to investigate the allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings is not logical, remarked state minister for ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet’s visit to Bangladesh There’s lack of accountability for rights issues

Democratic and civic space, as well as effective checks and balances and accountability are essential as Bangladesh aims for the next levels of development. It also contributes to decrease the risk ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet

Will Bachelet’s visit make a difference to human rights?

Michelle Bachelet said that she was deeply concerned about the allegations of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killing, torture and other serious human rights violations. She called for a ...

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a press conference in the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on 17 August 2022 after warping up her official visit to Bangladesh.

Enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings Form independent body for investigation: Bachelet tells govt

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet has said she urged the government to form an independent and specialised mechanism to investigate enforced disappearances and extrajudicial ...

United Nations high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet

Meeting with Michelle Bachelet Activists express concerns over rights violation, freedom of expression

During the meeting, the issues of rights situation in Bangladesh, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, Chittagong Hill Tracts, torture of minority communities, and attack and filing cases ...

Law minister Anisul Huq

Framework done for commission to unearth 15 August plotters: Law minister

Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq has said a framework has been prepared for forming a commission to unearth the behind the scene plotters of 15 August

Editorial

Torture in custody: Investigation should be carried out under judicial magistrate

In most of the cases the provision of taking legal actions or punishment against members of law enforcement involving in torturing any accused in custody is ineffective. Torture and Custodial Death ...

Victim Rayhan Ahmed (L) and

HC grants 6 months bail to accused Sylhet cop in custodial death case

The High Court granted six months bail to the suspended sub-inspector of police Md Hasan Uddin, one of the accused in the murder case of Rayhan Ahmed in police custody

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Bangladesh cancels top human rights body's licence

Bangladesh has cancelled the operating licence of its top human rights group and accused it of tarnishing the country's image, the organisation said Monday -- prompting a chorus of condemnation from ...

Adama Dieng, United Nations designated expert on human rights in Sudan, speaks at a press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 4 June 2022.

Accelerate probe into Sudan post-coup killings: UN rights expert

UN human rights expert on Sudan called on Saturday for accelerated investigations into killings of protesters and other atrocities, as the death toll since last year's coup nears 100.

Gunfight

Deaths in ‘gunfight’, custodial deaths increase in April: MSF

The report has been prepared on the basis of the events that took place from 1 to 30 April this year

Md Raju

Journalist Mohiuddin murder case: Main accused killed in ‘gunfight’

Md Raju, the main accused in Cumilla’s journalist Mohiuddin murder case, was killed in an alleged gunfight with RAB on Saturday night

Bangladesh security forces getting widespread impunity, says a US State Department Report

Bangladesh security forces getting widespread impunity: US Report

These were said in the ‘2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ report published on Tuesday by the US Department of State

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