Extrajudicial killing
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
UN rights chief hits the nail on the head
Government must allow impartial investigation into rights abuse allegations
Return of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing?
It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.
Cops must be more careful
Law enforcers must be more careful so that extrajudicial killings do not take place, the High Court warned yesterday. “Everyone must be given the legal protection provided by the law,” it said.
Home boss defends deaths in crossfire
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended crossfire deaths saying the law enforcement agencies opened fire during the anti-narcotics drives only in self-defence.
Extrajudicial killing at its highest ever
According to human rights group Ain O Salish Kendra, last year witnessed the highest number of extrajudicial killings recorded in our country's history. Other serious human rights abuses such as enforced disappearances also continued throughout 2018.
BNP demands judicial probe into ‘extrajudicial killing’
BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman demands a judicial investigation into the “extrajudicial killings” carried out by law enforcers during the ongoing nationwide anti-narcotic operation.
EU for probing deaths of ‘criminal suspects’
The European Union (EU) Delegation in Dhaka urges the authorities concerned to investigate all incidents involving the deaths of alleged criminal suspects in Bangladesh with due processes.
Extrajudicial Killing / Extrajudicial Killing: Sordid admission, cryptic apology
"There were quite a few cadres (armed goons) and hoodlums in Savar. Now the situation is still as water. No one dares to utter a word. I have put five persons to cross fire and have prepared the list of another 14."
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
UN rights chief hits the nail on the head
Government must allow impartial investigation into rights abuse allegations
Return of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing?
It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.
Cops must be more careful
Law enforcers must be more careful so that extrajudicial killings do not take place, the High Court warned yesterday. “Everyone must be given the legal protection provided by the law,” it said.
Home boss defends deaths in crossfire
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday defended crossfire deaths saying the law enforcement agencies opened fire during the anti-narcotics drives only in self-defence.
Extrajudicial killing at its highest ever
According to human rights group Ain O Salish Kendra, last year witnessed the highest number of extrajudicial killings recorded in our country's history. Other serious human rights abuses such as enforced disappearances also continued throughout 2018.
BNP demands judicial probe into ‘extrajudicial killing’
BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman demands a judicial investigation into the “extrajudicial killings” carried out by law enforcers during the ongoing nationwide anti-narcotic operation.
EU for probing deaths of ‘criminal suspects’
The European Union (EU) Delegation in Dhaka urges the authorities concerned to investigate all incidents involving the deaths of alleged criminal suspects in Bangladesh with due processes.
Extrajudicial Killing: Sordid admission, cryptic apology
"There were quite a few cadres (armed goons) and hoodlums in Savar. Now the situation is still as water. No one dares to utter a word. I have put five persons to cross fire and have prepared the list of another 14."
2 PBCP outlaws killed in Rajbari gunfight: Rab
A regional leader of an outlawed party and his aide are killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district. Acting on a tip-off that Rakibul was holding a meeting with his cohorts at Rakhalgachi char, two Rab teams cordoned off the area around 3:30am and asked the outlaws to surrender using loudspeakers.
