Custodial Death

Map of Tangail district

Man dies in police custody in Tangail

A 50-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of the toilet of Banshtoil police camp in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail district

Deceased Sumon's wife Zannat Akter laments with her son Raquib in her lap in front of Hatirjheel police station on 20 August 2022

Death in police custody Police set 'condition' in handing over Sumon's body

Police have allegedly set a condition in handing over the body of Sumon Sheikh, who died in police custody on Saturday, to the family

Deceased Sumon's wife Zannat Akter laments with her son Raquib in her lap in front of Hatirjheel police station on 20 August 2022

Death in police custody Police claim suicide, family says murder

A youth, Sumon Sheikh, has died in police custody at the Hatirjheel police station in Dhaka. Police said he committed suicide. However, his family claims that police have beaten him to death

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 ...

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

Uzir Mia

Allegation of torture in police custody ‘Police said I would live for a week’

Family members alleged that Uzir Mia was tortured in police custody

Hatibandha police station

Held for killing wife, man dies in police custody

A man allegedly died in police custody in Lalmonirhat district on Friday, hours after he was arrested on charges of killing his wife

High Court

Rangpur custodial death: HC forms 3-member committee

The High Court on Wednesday formed a three-member committee to investigate the death of Tajul Islam at Haragach police station in Rangpur

High court

Rangpur custodial death HC seeks police probe report by 11 Nov

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday directed police to submit their probe report over the death of Tajul Islam allegedly after police torture at Haragach in Rangpur

National Human Rights Commission logo

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

Raihan Ahmed

Death in SMP police custody: SI Akbar among 6 indicted

The charge sheet in a case filed over the custodial death of Raihan Ahmed at Bandarbazar police outpost in Sylhet has been filed against six including the outpost’s sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan

World Press Freedom Index 2021

Bangladesh drops one notch in 2021 World Press Freedom Index

The Index data reflect a dramatic deterioration in people’s access to information and an increase in obstacles to news coverage. The coronavirus pandemic has been used as grounds to block ...

Installation work of the last span (41st) of Padma Bridge is underway at 10:49am on 10 December 2020

Bangladesh at 50 Booming economy, shrinking rights

Bangladesh turns 50 this week as an economic success story but also an increasingly repressive de facto one-party state where a cartoon or Facebook post can land you in jail, or worse

Writer Mushtaq Ahmed

Mushtaq's death still haunts suspecting minds

Several factors evoke questions as to whether writer Mushtaq had died a natural death, or he had undergone inhuman physical torture immediately after his arrest

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore

Cartoonist Kishore files complaint 'over torture in custody'

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore on Wednesday filed a complaint with a Dhaka court over alleged torture on him in custody after his arrest under the Digital Security Act

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