Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Torture and Extrajudicial Killings by Bangladesh’s Elite Security Force

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• Map of Bangladesh

• I. Introduction and Overview

• Key recommendations

• 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

December 2006   Volume 18, No. 16(C)