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UPDATE (Bangladesh): Probe Commission has not yet started its investigation into the Chapainawabganj conflict 

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

BANGLADESH: Thousands still in detention following an arbitrary, politically-motivated crackdown against the poor

The Government of Bangladesh has conducted a political crackdown of massive proportions, arresting over 10’000 persons between February 2nd and 5th, 2006. The police have randomly an arbitrarily arre...

BANGLADESH: Under trial prisoner tortured and killed in Bogra district jail

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man was detained then tortured and subsequently killed by the prison staff and the inmates of Bogra District Jail. The i...

BANGLADESH: Arbitrary arrest and detention of ten thousand people by the police across the country 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the police have arrested at least 10,000 common citizens in the space of only three days beginning on 2 February 2006. The...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Transfer of the Executive Officer of Shibganj falls well short of appropriate punishment 

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in Chapainawabganj

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

BANGLADESH: Homeopathic doctor arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Detective Branch police in Dinajpur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Detective Branch (DB) police of Dinajpur district fabricated evidence and arbitrarily arrested a homeopathic doctor in...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police 

[RE:UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UA-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by poli...

BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you on 10 January 2006 (UA-013-2006) detailing the killings of two people and injuries to at least 35 others following the police openin...

BANGLADESH: Students beaten by the Rapid Action Battalion in Bagerhat 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that ten students were beaten by soldiers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The victims were demanding the punishment of som...

BANGLADESH: Turag police invade property in violation of court order 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Turag police forcefully invaded a disputed land, and the house located on it, despite a court order requesting them no...

BANGLADESH: Gang rape of a minority woman in Bagerhat district 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged gang rape of a woman belonging to a minority community by six men in Hogolpota village, Bagerhat d...

BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by Task Force against Torture (TFT) of the Rajshahi district that two persons were killed by police fire in the Chapainawabganj...

BANGLADESH: A man arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the Kotwali police remains detained in Barisal jail 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man, who was arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the Kotwali police continues to remain in Barisla jail despi...

BANGLADESH: Three people, including a schoolboy, killed and sixteen injured by police fire in Kustia district 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three persons were killed by police fire in the Kustia district. The policemen were working under a Mobile Court led by a ...

BANGLADESH: Minority community deprived from offering worships in Naogaon 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that in Naogaon, Bangladesh, attempts are underway to illegally occupy the land of a Hindu temple depriving the local Hindu com...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by...

NEPAL: Two girls and five other detainees are refused adequate access to lawyers and family members by the Udaypur police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed by a reliable source that two girls, aged 12 and 15, and five other detainees were arrested on 26 November 2005 by the Nepalese army o...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...

BANGLADESH: Illegal arrest, detention and severe torture of a man by Khilgaon police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a reliable source of the illegal arrest, detention and torture of Mohammad Abul Kashem Gazi, by policemen attached to the Kh...