The Daily IIJ

By Jahangir Alam Akash, More two people were killed in extra judicially by RAB at Keranigonj of Dhaka. On 28th February, 2010 early in the morning it was happened. The killed are Pappu (27) and Abdus Sattar (26). Source: the Editor, 28-2-2010. With this killing, 155 people were killed extra judicially in Bangladesh under the present Awami League government. Extra judicial killings were started by RAB during BNP-Jammat government in 2004.

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Incoming Interior Minister, Mr. Martin Amidu, has told a public hearing, presided over by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, that “crime should not be attached with any political connotation.” “Crime is crime, no matter who is involved,” he told the Appointments Committee of Parliament yesterday, when he appeared before it for [...]

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146 people were killed extra judicially in Bangladesh under the present Awami League government. Extra judicial killing have been going on very rapidly of violating the highest court ruling order, the Constitution and the Universal Declaration by law enforcers.

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Sources close to the Chronicle indicates that authorities at the Nsawam Medium Prisons have allegedly offered for sale Presidential amnesty granted to a thousand and twenty seven (1,027) prisoners on humanitarian grounds to convicts.

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Interior Minister,Cletus Avoka, is obviously not happy with the conduct of some senior police officers in the country.
This became clear when he took the opportunity to interact with various commanders of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) at the national police command conference in Accra yesterday.

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Bangladesh is a non-secular state where violence and oppression against minorities has always been a big issue. Although the country attained independence nearly four decades ago, rights of minorities continue to be suppressed.

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Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion continues to engage in extrajudicial killings despite Supreme Court directives to halt it. Although the court is handling the issue of extrajudicial killings, RAB does not seem to be bothered either about the judiciary or the country’s laws.

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The Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF), an Accra based non-governmental organisation (NGO) has petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to probe the conduct of the former Youth and Sports Minister, Alhaji Mubarak Muntaka, whilst in office.

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BEARING RESPONSIBILITY for the security lapses which recently led to a failed Christmas terrorist attack, US President Barack Obama has equally blamed the intelligence community for not being aggressive in tightening loop holes on possible attacks on the homeland.
“As President, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people. And when the [...]

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Elite force of Bangladesh called Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). We had hoped that after the intervene of the highest court of Bangladesh (Supreme Court), RAB and police would be changed. But, still they haven’t changed. Still they have been doing extra judicial killings. Though, the matter of extra judicial killings is now under the court. Actually, RAB don’t bother to anybody, even court order. At least 12 people were killed in custody since its November 17 suo-moto rule upon the government for an explanation on the matter.

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