BSF kills 875 Bangladeshis in border areas since January 2000
Some 875 Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Bangladesh-India border from January 2000 to August 31 this year.
During the period, the BSF also fired and wounded 923 people and kidnapped 933 others, according to 'Odhikar, a rights group.
Of the 875 people killed, some 47 were killed in the last eight months this year. Such kind of extrajudicial killings are not acceptable anyway, Odhikar said in a statement Tuesday.
Among the killed, many are farmers who were killed while working in their agriculture fields. The Indian BSF resorted to the killing, ignoring the international laws, Odhiker said.
Odhiker urged the government to ensure security of the Bangladeshi nationals living in the frontier and take steps to resolve the matter of killing by BSF through discussion with the Indian government.
http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-30508
During the period, the BSF also fired and wounded 923 people and kidnapped 933 others, according to 'Odhikar, a rights group.
Of the 875 people killed, some 47 were killed in the last eight months this year. Such kind of extrajudicial killings are not acceptable anyway, Odhikar said in a statement Tuesday.
Among the killed, many are farmers who were killed while working in their agriculture fields. The Indian BSF resorted to the killing, ignoring the international laws, Odhiker said.
Odhiker urged the government to ensure security of the Bangladeshi nationals living in the frontier and take steps to resolve the matter of killing by BSF through discussion with the Indian government.
http://www.unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-30508
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