UA: 298/11 Index: ASA 13/009/2011 Issue Date: 7 October 2011

KM Shamim Akhter, former vice-president of a left wing student organisation, the Bangladesh Chhatra Union, was abducted by men in plain clothes suspected of being security officials on Thursday 29 September near his house in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 73/11 Index: ASA 13/002/2011 Issue Date: 15 March 2011

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 26 APRIL 2011 .
Check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

A 20-year-old man, Manik, is at risk of torture and extrajudicial execution in Bangladesh after being arrested on 8 March 2011. He was showing his relatives the place where his elder brother was killed on 12 February 2011, allegedly by security forces. [ Lire la suite » ]

UA: 184/10 Index: ASA 13/008/2010 Issue Date: 23 August 2010

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 04 OCTOBER 2010 . Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

In recent weeks, police have detained at least 21 garment factory employees and labour rights activists following violent street protests in and around the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. They are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Some workers and activists have gone into hiding. Several others have said that they or their relatives have received death threats from security forces. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 20/10 Index: ASA 13/004/2010 Issue Date: 1 February 2010

No further action is requested. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.

Five men found guilty of killing Bangladesh’s first president were executed in Dhaka Central Jail in the early hours of 28 January, 13 hours after the final judicial review of their sentences.
Syed Farooq-ur Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Bazlul Huda were hanged one by one soon after midnight on 28 January 2010. [ Lire la suite » ]