Bangladesh’s government took no significant steps to investigate and prosecute torture in custody and extrajudicial killings during 2011. Although the number of killings by the paramilitary force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), dropped following domestic and international criticism, enforced disappearances increased. Activists and journalists were harassed or tortured. The government took some steps to promote women’s rights but failed to take adequate measures to protect women and girls from violence. Trials against those accused of war crimes during the 1971 war of independence were riddled with concerns over due process rights. Trials against members of the Bangladesh Border Guards accused in the 2009 mutiny were similarly rife with complaints.
Reports
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Continued Human Rights Abuses by Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion
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Excessive Use of Force by Indian Troops at the Bangladesh Border
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Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas
Bangladesh
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Jan 30, 2012
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Jan 23, 2012
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Nov 2, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011
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Jul 11, 2011
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Jul 6, 2011
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Jun 20, 2011
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May 18, 2011
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May 18, 2011
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May 9, 2011






