Torture and Custodial Death
Government must not shrug off custodial deaths
The reality of 24-year-old law student Istiak Ahmed Pranto’s death in police custody demands much more than a police probe
4 July 2026, 19:14 PM
Custodial torture calls for independent probe
Empower NHRC to probe alleged violations by disciplined forces.
28 June 2026, 19:22 PM
Breaking of spirits and bones
Forty-four years since independence, must we remain a caricature of a dysfunctional, postcolonial state where law enforcers...
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM
HRFB demands rejection of police proposal
THE Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB), a network of 19 rights bodies, has expressed grave concern over the recent police proposal to amend the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013, terming the recommendations as unconstitutional and in violation of fundamental human rights.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM