THE recent revelation of the torture inflicted on a 13-year-old domestic worker in the Bashundhara residential area of Dhaka has reignited the discussion surrounding the plight of domestic workers. The young girl, subjected to relentless physical and mental abuse by her employer, endured unimaginable cruelty, including being burnt with a hair straightener...
THREE Bangladeshis allegedly having been tortured to death by India鈥檚 Border Security Force once again questions the commitment of Indian authorities to ending border killing. The police and the Border Guard Bangladesh found the bodies on three spots along the border with India near the River Ichhamati at Sharsha in Jashore on December 18. While the...
Human rights activists on Sunday called for the establishment of hotlines to support victims of custodial torture during the regime of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
WE WILL certainly bring home the benefits of this victory, which has been achieved through many sacrifices. To fulfil this expectation, the advisors to the interim government have been trying to live up to it since the beginning. The long history of an autocratic rule has its impact. Its extraction is a huge undertaking. Because reform is as difficult as it is fraught with obstacles. The road is long with obstacles...
Police are torturing arrested people in the ongoing crackdown on students, and opposition political parties after deadly quota reform protests, political parties and...
Different international and local rights organisations on Wednesday observed the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with a call to Bangladesh government to comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims...
A Rajshahi University student accused Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists of torturing and intimidating him at Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall of the university early Thursday...
State minister for information and communication technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Friday said that he was ashamed of the incident of abducting and torturing a chairman candidate in the forthcoming Singra upazila parishad in Natore elections...
The police on Tuesday arrested two people including an activist of Juba League, youth wing of the ruling Awami League, on charges of abducting and beating a chairman candidate in the upcoming Singra upazila parishad election...