Bangladesh: Tortured human rights defender facing imprisonment

Bangladesh: Tortured human rights defender facing imprisonment

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Index Number: ASA 13/007/2008
Date Published: 1 December 2008
Categories: Bangladesh

Jahangir Alam Akash, journalist and head of two local human rights organizations, was detained for more than a month in October 2007 and tortured by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). There is a pattern of silencing human rights defenders in Bangladesh by bringing contrived criminal charges against them.


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