NEW DELHI: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “Bangladesh: Polarisation, Political Violence & an Undeclared Civil War”, released today stated that about 90 people have been killed and more than a thousand were injured in the ongoing violent anti-government protests by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 20-party alliance demanding resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s […]
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Bangladesh: Sending death squads to keep the UN’s peace
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
Bangladesh: Sending death squads to keep the UN’s peace
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]