Bangladesh: End Wave of Killings by Elite Forces

12 Aug

Posted by Otto in Human Rights

Donors Should Not Fund Rapid Action Battalion
The military-backed interim government should take prompt action to end a wave of unlawful killings by Bangladesh’s elite crime-fighting force, Human Rights Watch said today. Since June 1, 2008, officials from the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the police have killed at least 50 individuals under suspect circumstances.
Link to HRW

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