custodial death
How many years must Jonny’s family wait?
Custodial torture must cease to exist.
When law enforcers become criminals
Such sinister and premeditated actions raise grave concerns about whether our law enforcers are scrupulous enough to serve citizens.
Custodial Death Of Jonny / A long wait for closure
Justice continues to elude the family members of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Mirpur, whose custodial torture and death in 2014 sparked outrage and led to the country’s sole case filed under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013.
Court’s order to sue police for torture commendable
Now it must be ensured that the order is followed through.
Investigate Alal’s custodial death
Those responsible must pay for their crime
How did Sultana Jasmine die?
Sultana’s death only re-emphasises just how helpless we are at the hands of law enforcement members.
Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’
Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
Sued under DSA: Woman dies in Rab custody
An employee of a Naogaon union land office who stood accused in a case under the Digital Security Act died in the custody of Rab-5 after suffering haemorrhages of the brain
Mechanisms to hold the police accountable do exist; why aren't we using them?
It is imperative to bring the police under a system of accountability that earns public confidence.
Death of murder accused hours after arrest
A murder case accused has died in police custody in Jamalpur’s Sharishabari upazila, hours after he was arrested from capital Dhaka.
3 Dhaka cops indicted over custodial death of youth
A Dhaka Court has framed charges against five persons, including three former cops of Pallabi Police Station, over death of Jonny in police custody in February 2014. The court has set May 16 to start trial proceedings.
Breaking of spirits and bones
Forty-four years since independence, must we remain a caricature of a dysfunctional, postcolonial state where law enforcers...
Fugitive ‘killer’ cop arrested in old Dhaka
The former policeman, who fled from a Dhaka court yesterday while being sent to jail over the death of a detainee in 2012, is arrested in old part of Dhaka city.
2 SIs, informer sent to jail in murder case
A Dhaka court sends two sub-inspectors of Pallabi Police Station and one of their informers to jail in a case filed in connection with the custodial death of a man in 2012.
UGC official’s death: Legal notice for judicial inquiry
A Supreme Court lawyer sends legal notice to the government seeking judicial inquiry into the custodial death of a UGC official by 24 hours.