December 13, 2006

Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Torture and Extrajudicial Killings by Bangladesh's Elite Security Force

Map of Bangladesh
I. Introduction and Overview..
Key recommendations
To the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh..
To the future Government of Bangladesh..
To Bangladesh's International Partners and Donors
To the United Nations
II. Background
Formation of RAB
Structure of RAB
III. Extrajudicial Executions by RAB
Killing of Debashish Kumar Das
Killing of Sumon Ahmed Majumder
Killing of Anisur Rahman..
Killing of Abul Kalam Azad Sumon..
Killing of Iman Ali
IV. Torture by RAB
Torture of Sheik Abubakkar Sultan (Bitan)
V. Statistics
Limitations of the data..
Magnitude and temporal pattern of reported killings
Geographic distribution of reported RAB killings
Battalion responsibility for reported RAB killings
Demographic profile of victims of reported RAB killings
VI. Impunity
VII. Recommendations
To the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh..
To the future Government of Bangladesh..
To Bangladesh's International Partners and Donors
To the United Nations
Acknowledgements
Appendix: Human Rights Watch Questions for the Government of Bangladesh