Police reform must enable the force to function freely, fairly, justly, and independently.
The police reform debate seems to be attracting a wider and more serious audience.
It is time for discerning citizens to ponder over the factors and circumstances that have brought us to this precarious condition.
There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent
The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.
For police reform to be substantive, the first order of business should be the enactment of a new Police Act
The onus of ensuring malpractice-free management of the police force squarely rests with the police hierarchy.
Since the community has to be involved in the rooting out strategy, residents have to know about the doable on their part. Therefore, the visibility of men, women, and children in their usual course of activities, especially the recreational ones would be a definite indicator of normalcy.
Commenting on the sorry state of prosecution of criminal offenses, a lead report of this newspaper on July 19 stated that “the long-standing demand for reforming the prosecution system with professional lawyers remains unmet” and “loyalty to the party in power
International cooperation has to be sought discreetly from countries like the USA, UK, France, and Turkey, wherein there is a pool of information about the strategy and tactics of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Closer to home, in Indonesia, there are admirable educational and rehabilitative programmes that have proved successful in weaning away people from the violent path.
Arrest under Section 54 for prosecution under preventive detention cannot be entertained.
The murders of bloggers, intellectuals, priests, academicians, rights activists, and also persons of ordinary vocations committed by allegedly extremist groups...
Public confidence increases when the police complaints system provides for an external body to supervise an investigation, or review the evidence and conclusions drawn by the police investigation
Excessive use of force is decidedly more complex and multidimensional than the few bad apples' theory would imply.
A concerned commentator feels uneasy at the modus operandi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police in laying down conditions for holding...
Believers know full well that patriotism is an inseparable part of faith. That being so, persons accused of crimes against humanity in 1971 have quite manifestly defied and defiled their own faith.
One may wonder if our politico-bureaucratic elite suffer from a lack of tradition on strategic thought. Such a worry arises in the...
