Tag Archives: Extra Judicial Killings

Dead men tell no tales

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 23, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Vijay Prashad 21 October 2011 — The Greanville Post – Qaddafi, From Beginning to End NATO’s Agenda for Libya On the dusty reaches out of Sirte, a convoy flees a battlefield. A NATO aircraft fires and strikes the … Continue reading →

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Crimes unseen: Extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Amnesty International Report. Bangladesh-Crimes Unseen Aug 2011 ” href=”http://www.amnesty.org/sites/impact.amnesty.org/files/bangladesh-fakir-560.jpg”> Bangladeshi journalist Masum Fakir was arrested and tortured by the RAB © Masum Fakir 24 August 2011 The Bangladesh authorities must honour their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by … Continue reading →

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Attack on “Solidarity for Limon” rally

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The regular weekly “Solidarity for Limon” rally had been steadily attracting bigger crowds, despite the monsoon rains. The gathering this Friday the 24th June 2011 was especially large. The street plays were popular and since this was … Continue reading →

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Meeting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 4, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Abbas Faiz – South Asia researcher for Amnesty International It was a welcome opportunity to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her official visit to the UK. Three of us, Lord Eric Avebury of the UK … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi ‘death squad’ trained by UK government

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rapid Action Battalion, accused of hundreds of extra-judicial killings, received training from UK officers, cables reveal By Fariha Karim and Ian Cobain guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 21 December 2010 21.30 GMT The British government has been training a Bangladeshi … Continue reading →

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RAB’s Photo Sessions and the Visual Construction of Criminality

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 16, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed The title of my column is somewhat misleading, I think it’s best to state that right away. Intrigued by the press briefings that RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) offices hold every so often where `criminals’ are displayed alongwith … Continue reading →

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‘We want to know’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 13, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Kalpana Chakma’s unresolved abduction 20 years on… Photographs and interviews by Saydia Gulrukh Kalindikumar Chakma (Kalicharan) Kalpana’s eldest brother ‘The hill people do not get justice, look at Yasmin, some justice was done, but people of the … Continue reading →

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