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Odhikar Report 2005 Published by Odhikar House No. 8 (Ground floor) Road No. 125, Gulshan Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh Tel: 880 2 988587, Fax: 880 2 9886308 Email: odhikar@citech-bd.com Website: www.odhikar.org Supported by Academy for Educational Development (AED) Eureka , House No. 10 A Road No. 25 A, Banani Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh Tel: 880 2 9894016 Fax: 880 2 9894016 (Ext. 106) Website: www.aed-bd.org Cover Design Md. Sazzad Hussain Copyright (c) Odhikar Any material published in this report may be reproduced with acknowledgment to Odhikar. Report 2005
TABLE OF CONTENT Chapter 1 : Odhikar and the AED: Partnership for Change 7 Chapter 2 : Civil and Political Rights in Bangladesh 19 Chapter 3 : Odhikar s work involving law enforcement : agencies and their behaviour 27 Chapter 4 : Fact Findings in 2005 41 Chapter 5 : Recognising the need for laws to protect victims and witnesses 45 Chapter 6 : Other Major Achievements Made: Linkages and Networks 91 ANNEXTURE Annex- i Fact-finding reports 2005 93 Annex- ii Country Papers that were presented at the Discussion Meeting 151 Annex- iii Newspaper Clippings 207 Report 2005
Page 4 and 5: 2005 sees the third, and final year
Page 6 and 7: Synopsis of Activities Covering the
Page 8 and 9: laws of Bangladesh, particularly th
Page 10 and 11: they find the monitor writing notes
Page 12 and 13: Problems faced during thana monitor
Page 14 and 15: After the 2004 High Court directive
Page 16 and 17: (4) Sumon Tortured to Death by Rapi
Page 18 and 19: through a Government Order issued o
Page 20 and 21: 22 Persons Reportedly Killed by Law
Page 22 and 23: iii. Conflicts with political right
Page 24 and 25: Chapter-3 Odhikar's work involving
Page 26 and 27: Environment of the custody cell Fin
Page 28 and 29: Police’s behavior towards accused
Page 30 and 31: 4. Motijheel Thana During the monit
Page 32 and 33: In all, the findings from the monit
Page 34 and 35: Children were seen kept with the ad
Page 36 and 37: 1. If any domestic animal is slaugh
Page 38 and 39: Chapter 4 Fact Findings in 2005 One
Page 40 and 41: General findings It becomes difficu
Page 42 and 43: Recognising the need for laws to pr
Page 44 and 45: * Second Working Session (2:00-4:00
Page 46 and 47: focus on legal agencies and human r
Page 48 and 49: due to insecurity providing protect
Page 50 and 51: We are in such a situation that you
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the whole judicial system. Ensuring
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threatening looks or gestures at a
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concrete suggestions to how to disc
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force against basic freedoms and hu
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Leave us alone. We will get on with
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cultivating and having their liveli
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own judicial system. It is a proble
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name of eviction, etc., but also be
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Farhad Mazhar: Some of the suggesti
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come to terms with the emotional im
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ecourses, a strong commitment of th
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initiative, SAARC cooperation, SAAR
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� Police and even powerful local
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* To facilitate bilateral agreement
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grievous offences like rape, murder
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see how the press, the police and p
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2. Victims must be given some compe
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Susan Ward, AED: I have just two fe
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Chapter 6 Other Major Achievements
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Annexture: 1 Fact-finding reports 2
Page 92 and 93:
A Medical Officer of Mymansingh Med
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However, six of them were held by t
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that he was shifted to bed no. 16 o
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Alleged fabricated news about the r
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at Courtbari in Gabtoli. A sergeant
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down the factory, said a senior off
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Bangladesh. This is not humanly pos
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Medical Offficer of the Roumari Hea
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throwing stones at them. Four polic
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ecommendations would be made to the
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Mr. Mallik Sayeed Mahbub, the Upzil
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Death of a young person in prison i
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Abul Qulam Azad alias Suman was the
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case. The other case was filed unde
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was not tortured during remand, he
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Masum killed at Crossfire by Detect
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Metropolitan Detective Police Nurul
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into the room. They were those he w
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perpetrators, you need evidence for
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things I am doing in my business, i
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commitment of engaging her in house
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Torture of a Political Activist by
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number of those cases or the laws u
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victim was made one of the accused.
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morning to protest the robbery of a
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judgment, Fazley Rabbi Chowdhury, s
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police and police station simply to
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Annexture: 2 Country Papers that we
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and continues to harm victims and w
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either victims or witnesses tend no
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The Nature and Extent of Witness In
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Gang-Inspired Fear: A Particularly
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Other Forms of Intimidation Less co
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V ictim and witness protection - Sr
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Procedure, made a request to the Sr
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of court". Assistance available to
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6. Acknowledgements and References:
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charges saying 16-year-old Mathura
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National Police Journal one of the
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At the international level, rights
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law are maxims that Indian state an
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combined with the fact that no inde
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other local boys, including Firoz a
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sorely missing as an utterly callou
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nor India are signatories to the Ro
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(f) Rape, sexual slavery, enforced
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Superior orders and prescription of
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witness are determined by the conse
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is valid because the society is mor
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necessary. Such action plan calls f
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Protection to witnesses The State p
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Monitoring of the protocol The Stat
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attention. Victims have the right t
Page 198 and 199:
Nepal's Human Rights Obligations un
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