We cannot build a new Bangladesh using brutal old tactics

But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial

In Bangladesh, wholesale reform of the criminal investigation and justice system is necessary.

Extrajudicial killings and disappearances should never reappear

Instead, investigate and stop human rights violators

The next few months are perhaps going to be the toughest test for Awami League’s resilience in recent history.

Visiting US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu yesterday expressed satisfaction that Rab reduced extrajudicial killings since late 2021, when the US imposed sanctions on the force.

Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.

Extrajudicial killings is appealing to people who feel their justice system will fail them.

At least 15 people were killed in “extrajudicial killings” and “custody of law enforcement agencies” across the country till September of this year, Ain O Salish Kendra said in a report.

The High Court does not like “extrajudicial killings,” the bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice KM Kamrul Kader have said while giving an observation on Rifat Sharif murder.

The overall human rights situation last year was extremely alarming, Ain o Salish Kendra has said.