Custodial torture

How did Sultana Jasmine die?

Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.

Ordinary citizens’ vulnerability to custodial torture

The police’s heavy-handed approach in dispersing a crowd that was peacefully protesting the price hike of a medical service has appalled citizens.

Mechanisms to hold the police accountable do exist; why aren't we using them?

It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.

UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change

UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.

The lawlessness of law enforcers

Despite strong laws, why is torture still their go-to practice?

Woman dies in DB custody hours after being picked up

A woman has died in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of police hours after being picked up in Gazipur last night.

Custodial Torture, Death: Cops want bail provision for the accused

Police yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take measures for amending the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act so that accused policemen can get bail.

CUSTODIAL TORTURE / Breaking of spirits and bones

Forty-four years since independence, must we remain a caricature of a dysfunctional, postcolonial state where law enforcers...

STRAIGHT LINE / Custodial torture and accountability

In fact, one could justifiably say that whatever the wrongs which an individual might have been accused of committing, it is not for the police to punish him, for law does not give him any such power.

March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023

How did Sultana Jasmine die?

Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.

January 23, 2023
January 23, 2023

Ordinary citizens’ vulnerability to custodial torture

The police’s heavy-handed approach in dispersing a crowd that was peacefully protesting the price hike of a medical service has appalled citizens.

October 19, 2022
October 19, 2022

Mechanisms to hold the police accountable do exist; why aren't we using them?

It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.

August 20, 2022
August 20, 2022

UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change

UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.

June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

The lawlessness of law enforcers

Despite strong laws, why is torture still their go-to practice?

February 19, 2020
February 19, 2020

Woman dies in DB custody hours after being picked up

A woman has died in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of police hours after being picked up in Gazipur last night.

January 9, 2018
January 9, 2018

Custodial Torture, Death: Cops want bail provision for the accused

Police yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take measures for amending the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act so that accused policemen can get bail.

December 10, 2015
December 10, 2015

Breaking of spirits and bones

Forty-four years since independence, must we remain a caricature of a dysfunctional, postcolonial state where law enforcers...

May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015

Custodial torture and accountability

In fact, one could justifiably say that whatever the wrongs which an individual might have been accused of committing, it is not for the police to punish him, for law does not give him any such power.