Torture
TortureAfghan journalists tell of Taliban beatings after covering protests
Two Afghan journalists were left with ugly welts and bruises after being beaten and detained for hours by Taliban enforcers for covering a protest in the Afghan capital
10 years of rights commission
NHRC avoids talking about ‘gunfights’, enforced disappearance
The NHRC has confirmed that none of its panel lawyers are giving assistance to victims of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances
Actress Eka lands in jail in 2 separate cases
Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Jasim passed the order as police produced Eka, who was detained from her house on Saturday, before the court
US voices alarm for press freedom in Bangladesh
The United States on Tuesday voiced alarm over what it called a deteriorating climate for press freedom in Bangladesh, which has increasingly made use of a draconian Digital Security Act
Bangladesh woman gang-raped in India: Probe begins in Karnataka
The law enforcement started investigating the incident after registering a suo motu case when the video of the incident went viral in the country and abroad in the month of April
Couple held for torturing domestic help in city
Police arrested a couple allegedly for torturing a 12-year-old domestic help from the city’s Topkhana road on Saturday night, said police on Sunday, reports UNB
Barishal woman alleges sexual harassment, torture in police custody
A woman arrested in a murder case alleged that she was harassed sexually and tortured in police custody at Wazirpur police station in Barishal after she had been placed on remand for two days
Khaleda subjected to ‘state repression’: BNP
Khaleda Zia has been imprisoned in completely false and fabricated cases, and she has been subjected to state repression, says BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Rozina Islam taken to hospital for checkup
Prothom Alo’s senior correspondent Rozina Islam has been taken to Square Hospital in the capital around 6.30 pm
Celebrities condemn harassment and arrest of Rozina Islam
Celebrities on the social media have also condemned the harassment and confinement of Rozina Islam.
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