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UPDATE (Bangladesh): Police investigation regarding the alleged torture of three men and the death of one by the Army in Khulna continues

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the governmental authorities have started investigations regarding the case of the alleged torture of three men by the Arm...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Intelligence wing investigating into torture case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the government authorities have started an investigation into the case of two torture victims, Mr. Muzibur ...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Alleged fabrication of charges against 2 NGO leaders soon after the High Court’s release orders

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that as we worried, the police now allegedly fabricated charges against two prominent NGO leaders: Mr. Md. Abul Kashem Pala...

BANGLADESH: Arbitrary detention of two prominent NGO leaders for two months since the state of emergency

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of two prominent NGO leaders: Mr. Md. Abul Kashem Palash, Principal Programme Coo...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Court rejected bail petition of a man who made death threats to Santa’s husband

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to inform you that the Magistrate of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court has rejected the bail petition of Mr. Jafor Mollah on...

BANGLADESH: A bus driver severely assaulted and arrested on an unlawful charge by police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source of the alleged assault and arbitrary arrest of a public bus driver in Dhaka on 23 January 2007. W...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Torture victim Santa and her husband are under extreme death threats

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your immediate intervention to ensure the security of torture victim Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband Mr. Atinur Rahrman, who ...

BANGLADESH: Brutal police torture of a man in Bogra district

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding an alleged brutal torture of a man by the Kotwali police in Bogra district on 25-26 J...

INDIA/BANGLADESH: Alleged abduction of one Indian farmer by the Bangladesh Rifles

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of the Bangladesh authoriti...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): A prominent human rights defender falsely implicated with a murder case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest of the NGO leader namely Mr. Shahidul Islam by army personnel in Satkhira...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Court granted bail to two torture victims

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that bails for two torture victims, Mr. Muzibur Rahman and Mr. Waheduzzaman, who were arbitrarily arrested, deta...

BANGLADESH: 29 persons killed by law enforcement agencies, 52027 arrested and slum eviction drives cause human rights violation during the first 30 days of emergency 

11th February 2007 Odhikar From 12 January to 10 February 2007 during the total 29 persons have been reportedly killed and 52027 persons have been arrested. Of the 29 people killed by law enforc...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Prolonged and arbitrary detention of two torture victims

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the arbitrary arrest of Mr. Muzibur Rahman and Mr. Waheduzzaman by the army in the Paikgachha Upazilla...

BANGLADESH: Alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of NGO leader by army in Satkhira

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of an NGO leader named Mr. Shahidul Islam by the Army in Tala upazilla (sub distric...

BANGLADESH: Human rights defender and father hiding due to army harassment in Khulna

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a human rights defender namely Mr. F M Abdur Razzak and his father, Mr. Nur Ali Fakir, were summoned twice by the Army in ...

BANGLADESH: Three men allegedly tortured by soldiers in Khulna; one dead

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three men were allegedly tortured by the Army deployed in Paikgachha, Khulna district, Bangladesh, after their arbitrary a...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Ongoing struggle for two businessmen arbitrarily arrested, tortured and detained by the army in Khulna district

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the second arbitrary arrest of a businessman named Muzibur Rahman and his relative Mr. Muzibur by the ...

BANGLADESH: A nation living in fear & hope

AS-019-2007 January 26, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: A nation living in fear & hope Bangladesh is in a deep political and social crisis. Its president, Profess...

BANGLADESH: A man tortured by the Gournadi police in Barisal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Md. Aminul Islam Shahin was tortured by the police personnel from the Gournadi police station in the Barisal di...

BANGLADESH: Around 3000 people arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that around three thousand persons were arbitrarily arrested en masse by the Bangladesh law-enforcement in Dhaka on the eve of ...