In Bangladesh, 'remand' is synonymous with 'torture'

DHAKA. 8 June 2010. According to the latest report on Mahmudur Rahman by the Human Rights Organisation Odhikar, the Metropolitan Magistrate Ismail Hossain of Court no. 7 placed Mahmudur Rahman under a four day remand in the Anti-Terrorism Case at Uttara Model Police Station and and another 4 day remand in the sedation case lodged at the Airport Police Station.T

Pathology of Repressing Dissenting Voices

The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government of Bangladesh, elected by a landslide electoral victory in 2008, has closed down the Bengali-language newspaper, Amar Desh, country’s third largest national daily by cancelling its declaration on 1st June, 2010. The Acting Editor, Mahmudur Rahman was arrested at about 4 am (the early hours of 2nd June, 2010) from the Amar Desh office in Kawran Bazar, Dhaka. The dai