Thursday, April 25, 2024

Lawmen go unpunished

Extrajudicial Killings Lawmen go unpunished Says HR Commission in its report for UN HR Council Extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and torture by law enforcement agencies continue in the country with impunity, says a report on human rights conditions. The report, prepared by the National Human Rights Commission, also says while child labour continues to be ... Read more

Crossfire killings necessary

Wikileaks Crossfire killings necessary Rab’s former second man Bari told US envoy Chowdhury Fazlul Bari, former second-in-command of Rab, during a June 2005 conversation with US embassy officials had described extrajudicial killings in the name of “crossfire” by the force as a necessary, short-term expedient, according to a diplomatic dispatch. An influential figure during the ... Read more

‘One falls victim every 4 days’

Extrajudicial Killing ‘One falls victim every 4 days’ At least one person on an average becomes the victim of extra-judicial killing in every four days, a human rights watchdog reveals in a report. Odhikar, the rights organisation, on Friday, disclosed the report prepared on the basis of news published in the country’s 12 dailies, says

33 extrajudicial killings in 3 months: Odhikar

At least 33 people were killed extrajudicially in the first three months of 2011 of whom 28 were killed in so-called ‘crossfire’, cites the January-March quarterly report of rights organisation Odhikar. The organisation called on the government to bring all involved in extrajudicial killings before justice and demanded that extrajudicial killings must be stopped as ... Read more