29 extrajudicial killings in 11 months
At least 29 people fell victim to extrajudicial killings from August 9, 2024, to June 30, 2025, under the interim government, with eight people encountering such killings between April and June.
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Syria launches probes into extrajudicial killings in Druze
Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country鈥檚 Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed...
Bangladesh records another 8 extrajudicial killings in first quarter
At least eight individuals were subjected to extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies from January 1 to March 31, according to a quarterly report by human rights organisation Odhikar published on Wednesday...
Authorities should heed Mayer Daak鈥檚 demands
SLOW progress in the arrest and trial of accused Awami League leaders and officers of different law enforcement and security agencies involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings is disconcerting. What is more disconcerting is that the authorities are yet to trace the whereabouts and status of nearly 200 victims of enforced disappearance incidents. Families of...
FROM REPRESSION TO REFORM: Reviving due process of law
WITHOUT due process of law, justice becomes arbitrary, the rule of law collapses, and authoritarianism takes hold. The staggering scale of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 16-year despotic rule stands as undeniable proof...
BNP for RAB鈥檚 abolition
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party recommended the abolition of the Rapid Action Battalion, citing allegations of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings...
Lessons from Syria鈥檚 struggle for freedom
THE question of who ousted Bashar al-Assad has dominated countless headlines, debates and think tank discussions. Yet, for the millions of Syrians whose lives have been shaped 鈥� and shattered 鈥� by decades of brutal governance, this question is a distraction. The real focus should be on the human cost of oppression, the erasure of freedoms and the...
Comprehensive strategy for police reforms
ON AUGUST 5, the world witnessed a significant political upheaval in Bangladesh, as the long-standing autocratic prime minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee the country amid a revolution led by students and citizens. Her 15-year rule had deeply corrupted and politicised various government institutions, including the...