53 abducted in a month, 11 of them killed
HR report says
Staff Correspondent
Within the past one month at least 53 people, including millionare Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, were abducted and 11 of them were killed, said a survey report of Bureau of Human Rights Bangladesh (BHRB).About 50 children were also murdered during the same period, according to Odhikar, a coalition for human rights. On an average, 12 people were killed a day in July, Institute of Democratic Rights (IDR) said. Seventeen journalists were tortured, threatened and victimised while over 202 incidents robberies were also reported, IDR added. Political killings also rose alarmingly across the country. In the past eight months were killed about 271 people, 40 of them in August and 36 in July. Around 3,945 were injured and 1,565 were arrested also for political reasons in the eight months, says Odhikar. According to Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum, 639 incidents of child rights violation took place across the country last month. Forty-two girls were raped, four of whom were killed afterwards. The monthly survey report of Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BESHR) revealed that 27 people were lynched in August. Bangladesh Jatiya Mahila Ainjibi Samity in their survey reports said 706 incidents of women's rights violation took place in August. They said 176 women were raped of whom 17 of them were killed and three committed suicide. At least 70 women committed suicide in the face of severe torture.
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