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Title
"Crossfire"
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Continued human rights abuses by Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Alffram, Henrik (Contributor)
Ganguly, Meenakshi (Contributor)
Thapa, Tejshree (Contributor)
Human Rights Watch (Organization) (Contributor)
Subject
Bangladesh. Rapid Action Battalion
Police brutality--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Torture--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Detention of persons--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Justice, Administration of--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Homicide--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Human rights--Bangladesh (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
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Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: HV8250.6.A45 R373 2011 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
Content
text
Summary
Set up as an elite crime fighting force drawn from the military and police, Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has routinely engaged in extrajudicial killings and torture of people in custody and claiming falsely that they died during an exchange of fire. According to RAB's own figures, the force has gunned down well over 600 alleged criminals since 2004. This report documents the ongoing human rights violations perpetrated by RAB officers in and around Dhaka after the current Awami League-led government came to power. Created by the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), RAB was heavily criticized by the Awami League while in opposition. However, after the Awami League took office in January 2009 the killings have continued and no RAB officer has been prosecuted. Government officials have even justified or denied RAB's abuses. Though there may be some within the system urging reform and accountability, RAB continues to operate with impunity. The Bangladesh government should follow through on its commitments and ensure that there are prompt, impartial, and independent investigations into torture and deaths in the custody of RAB. The government should prosecute all former and current members of RAB, of whatever rank, who are found to be responsible for human rights violations.
Table Of Contents
Map of Bangladesh
Summary
Key Recommendations
Methodology
I. Killings and Other Cases of Abuse by RAB Since the Awami League Government Came to Power in 2009
Killing of Rasal Ahmed Bhutto
The Disappearance of Mohammad Rafiqul Islam
The Killing of Azad Hussein Pappu and Abdus Sattar
The Death of Mohiuddin Arif
The Killing of Lutfar and Khairul Khalashi
The Torture of F.M. Masum
Killing of Kaiser Mahmud Bappi
Killing of Moshin Sheikh and Ali Jinnah
II. RAB Impunity: The Failure to Punish Human Rights Abuses
III. Concerns about RAB Expressed by Civil Society Actors and Others
IV. International Cooperation
Recommendations
To the Bangladesh Government
To the National Human Rights Commission
To the Chief Justice
To Bangladesh's Bilateral and Multilateral Donors
To the US Government
To the United Nations
Appendix I: Letter to Home Minister Sahara Khatun, April 22, 2010
Appendix II: Letter to Home Minister Sahara Khatun, copying RAB Director General, Mukhlesur Rahman, October 27, 2010
Acknowledgments.
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Alffram, Henrik "Crossfire"
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Description Conventions: Anglo-American cataloguing rules
Identified By: bf:Local, 17260672
Change Date: 2017-04-21T11:11:43
Creation Date: 2012-04-18
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: LC Copy Cataloging
Assigner: VVJ

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Alframm, Henrik "Crossfire"