Extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh lower than in US
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday claimed that the number of extrajudicial killings was much lower in Bangladesh than in a developed country like the United States.
He was addressing a workshop on “Right to Information Act, 2009 and Informing about Online Tracking System” at the Sylhet Zilla Parishad.
The minister said false information regarding extrajudicial killings was being spread across the country.
“The government doesn’t even want to see a single extra-judicial killing. Only a handful of extrajudicial killings happen in the country.”
Momen alleged that many media outlets were spreading false information. “But the government has guaranteed correct information through the Right to Information Act.”
He said proper implementation of this law was necessary for reaching the goal of Digital Bangladesh.
Chief Information Commissioner Mortuza Ahmed, Sylhet Divisional Commissioner Mashiur Rahman and Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet Kazi Emdadul Islam also spoke at the programme, jointly organised by the Sylhet district administration and the Information Commission.
According to statistics of Ain o Salish Kendra, a human rights organisation, around 2,700 people were killed in “shootouts” across the country from 2004 to 2019. Of them, more than 900 were killed after being picked up by the law enforcement agencies.
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