Church condemns Bangladesh s climate of fear
Human Rights Watch report details repression of dissent, sexual violence and a culture of impunity
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Ethnic minority students participate in a rally in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to protest violations of human rights. (Photo: UCA News)
A senior Catholic official has called on Bangladesh’s government to take effective steps to improve human rights in the country following a damning report from a global rights watchdog.
In its World Report 2021 published Jan. 13, New York-based Human Rights Watch slammed Bangladeshi authorities for failing to stop crackdowns on dissent, unabated extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances amid increasing authoritarianism under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The other charge-sheeted accused included Baharchhara Investigation Centre s Inspector Liaqat Ali, Sub-inspector Nandadulal Rakshit and constables Safanur Karim, Abdullah Al Mamun and Mohammad Mostafa; Armed Police Battalion s Sub-inspector Mohammad Shahjahan and constables Md Rajib and Mohammad Abdullah; Teknaf Police Station s constables Rubel Sharma and Sagar Deb; and three villagers of Maroshbunia village Nurul Amin, Mohammad Ayaz and Nejamuddin.
Among the 15 accused, Pradeep is now in Chattogram district jail, 13 are in Cox s Bazar jail while Constable Sagar Deb is on the run.
Superintendent of Police in Cox s Bazar ABM Masud Hossain, however, was not formally indicted. The investigation officer recommended that departmental action be taken against him [SP Masud], said Lt Col Ashiq Billah.
Sinha Murder Charge Sheet: He knew too much to be spared
OC Pradeep threatened to destroy Sinha for finding his links to drug trade
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Days before Maj (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan was murdered on July 31, then officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das had threatened to destroy him unless he left the area. While filming for his YouTube channel, Sinha independently looked into drug trade in Teknaf and found its links with Pradeep, Lt Col Ashiq Billah, director of Rab s legal and media wing, told a press conference yesterday. Sinha was a friendly person and people opened up to him, telling him how the OC oppressed and used them for the drug trade. Upon finding such allegations, he went to meet Pradeep at the Teknaf Police Station in mid-July, he said.