He said, “The people who beat the police and Ansar to death in broad daylight, attacked the Chief Justice's residence and the police hospital and harassed journalists are not political leaders or activists, they are rioters. In public interest and national interest, these rioters must be punished.” Responding to a question from reporters, Obaidul Quader […]
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the assassination of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and to protest against proposed amendments to the country’s constitution, in Moscow, Russia, on 29 February 2020.Reuters file photo
‘Government offered BNP leaders release from jail to participate in elections’
Amar Bangladesh Party (AB Party) held a symbolic hunger strike in Dhaka on Monday in solidarity with the nationwide blockade. Dhaka City South convener BM Nazmul Haq chaired the meeting, where member secretary Mojibur Rahman Monju and joint member secretary Asaduzzaman Fuad, among others, spoke at the event. Mojibur Rahman Monju said, the episodes of […]
Although the country’s prisons were already full of prisoners, the situation became worse with the influx of prisoners following the political unrest. According to the data of the prison department, the capacity of 68 prisons in the country is less than 43,000 prisoners. On November 5, the jails were filled with a total of about […]
‘In front of death’: Bangladesh’s most dangerous executioner
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for the freeing of political prisoners and protecting the right to peaceful assembly. HRW, an international non-governmental organization based in New York, made the call in a report on its website on Wednesday. The Bangladesh government is ignoring international calls for restraint and its promises to hold peaceful, free […]
After paying a fine at the European Court of Human Rights, Russia made some changes and built a separate glass chamber for prisoners considered dangerous. But many human rights organizations do not support it. In developing democracies, they are also removing docks. It’s been nearly half a century since the docket was removed from American […]
Azizul Haque was elected Member of Parliament from Pabna-2 in 2014. It is learned that on April 19, 2022, a woman had filed a rape case against Azizul Haque in a Dhaka court. The court directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the matter. Later, the PBI filed a charge sheet in the […]
Two films from Berlin Festival show torture in Iranian prisons
“If you lock a man in a punishment cell, where he can either stand or sit on an iron stool for 16 hours a day, then after a month in such conditions even a healthy person will undoubtedly There will be back pain. I have spent the last 3 months like this. Naturally, my back […]
‘You’re Charles’ He was jailed in India for poisoning a group of French tourists in the capital New Delhi in 1976, before he could stand trial on the charges against him in Thailand. Sobhraj escaped from India’s Tihar Jail in 1986 by feeding sleeping pills to prison guards in biscuits and cakes. Police arrested Sobhraj […]
