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Bangladesh: Woman human rights defender at serious risk, Shampa ...
27 October 2011

On 23 October, woman human rights defender Shampa Goswami was threatened by a gang of men in Satkhira town, in Bangladesh's south western Satkhira district, after ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/010/2011

Bangladesh: Man abducted in Bangladesh
7 October 2011

KM Shamim Akhter, former vice-president of a left wing student organisation, the Bangladesh Chhatra Union, was abducted by men in plain clothes suspected of being ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/009/2011

Amnesty International congratulates Ain O Salish Kendra on their ...
22 September 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: ASA 13/008/2011. Thursday 22 September 2011. Amnesty International congratulates Ain ...

Public Statement       ASA 13/008/2011

Bangladesh: Crimes unseen: Extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh
24 August 2011

Hardly a week goes by in Bangladesh without people being shot in Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) operations. RAB is a special police force, created to combat criminal ...

Document       ASA 13/005/2011

Bangladesh: Government must act now to stop police unlawful ...
24 August 2011

The Bangladesh authorities must honour their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by a special police force accused of involvement in hundreds of killings.

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Bangladesh: Illegal 'crossfire' killing must stop
18 August 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA ADVISORY. 18 August 2011. Index: ASA 13/007/2011. Bangladesh: Illegal 'crossfire' killing must stop. On ...

PressItem       ASA 13/007/2011

Bangladesh: Do not expand the use of the death penalty!
22 July 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 22 July 2011. Index: ASA 13/006/2011. Bangladesh: Do not expand the use of the death penalty! ...

Public Statement       ASA 13/006/2011

Bangladesh: Further information: Bangladeshi man released
6 May 2011

A 20 year-old man, Manik, was released from detention on 29 March 2011. He had been held without charge in Bangladesh since 8 March. The Urgent Action issued on ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/004/2011

Indigenous land dispute turns deadly in Bangladesh
20 April 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 20 April 2011. AI Index: ASA 13/003/2011. Indigenous land dispute turns deadly in Bangladesh. ...

Public Statement       ASA 13/003/2011

Bangladesh: Risk of torture and extrajudicial execution
15 March 2011

A 20-year-old man, Manik, is at risk of torture and extrajudicial execution in Bangladesh after being arrested on 8 March 2011. He was showing his relatives the ...

Urgent Action       ASA 13/002/2011