Indian BSF kills 193 Bangladeshis since Jan 2009
According to figures available with rights organisation Odhikar, 998 Bangladeshis were killed, 996 injured, 226 arrested, 957 abducted and 14 raped by BSF
India's Border Security Force has killed 193 and inured 200 Bangladesh citizens in the frontiers since January 6, 2009, when the Awami League-led alliance assumed office.
According to figures available with rights organisation Odhikar, 998 Bangladeshis were killed, 996 injured, 226 arrested, 957 abducted and 14 raped by BSF personnel or Indian hooligans and 107 went missing after being attacked allegedly by them between January 1, 2000 and August 31, 2011.
Of the victims, 75 were killed and 335 injured by the Indian civilians, while the BSF soldiers were the perpetrators for the rest of the victims.
Between January 6, 2009 and August 31, 2011, a total of 200 Bangladeshis were killed, 215 injured, 74 abducted and a woman was raped in the frontiers.Of the victims, 7 were killed and 15 injured by the Indian civilians while others were made victim by the BSF, the Odhikar report says.
The killing and other human rights violations by the BSF in the borders still go unabated despite repeated pledges made by the Indian authorities and calls by by different international organisations on the Indian government to stop such human rights violations.
New York-based Human Rights Watch in a statement on July 25 urged India to take a speedy, fair and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture and other abuses by the BSF in the border with Bangladesh.
The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the BSF in the border with Bangladesh, the statement said.
The call had coincided with India's ruling alliance leader Sonia Gandhi's brief tour of Dhaka to attend an international conference on autism.
In December 2010, the Human Rights Watch released a report, 'Trigger Happy,' documenting extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment by the Indian border guards.
After the release of the report, Indian authorities assured Bangladeshi officials that such border killings would be stopped. The government announced that it would order restraint and encourage the use of rubber bullets instead of more lethal ammunition, the Human Rights Watch said in Monday's statement.
While the number of deaths by shooting has substantially decreased in 2011, the Bangladeshi rights watchdog Odhikar documented at least 17 killings of Bangladeshis by the BSF and other instances of severe abuse since January, the statement said.Local groups have documented several cases of deaths as a result of severe beatings by the BSF, the HRW said.
The Odhikar secretary, Adilur Rahman Khan, on Tuesday told New Age that the Bangladesh government must raise the issue during its formal talks with the visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and formulate an effective device to stop killing and other forms of human rights violations on the frontiers by Indians, especially the BSF.
http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/frontpage/32321.html According to figures available with rights organisation Odhikar, 998 Bangladeshis were killed, 996 injured, 226 arrested, 957 abducted and 14 raped by BSF personnel or Indian hooligans and 107 went missing after being attacked allegedly by them between January 1, 2000 and August 31, 2011.
Of the victims, 75 were killed and 335 injured by the Indian civilians, while the BSF soldiers were the perpetrators for the rest of the victims.
Between January 6, 2009 and August 31, 2011, a total of 200 Bangladeshis were killed, 215 injured, 74 abducted and a woman was raped in the frontiers.Of the victims, 7 were killed and 15 injured by the Indian civilians while others were made victim by the BSF, the Odhikar report says.
The killing and other human rights violations by the BSF in the borders still go unabated despite repeated pledges made by the Indian authorities and calls by by different international organisations on the Indian government to stop such human rights violations.
New York-based Human Rights Watch in a statement on July 25 urged India to take a speedy, fair and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture and other abuses by the BSF in the border with Bangladesh.
The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the BSF in the border with Bangladesh, the statement said.
The call had coincided with India's ruling alliance leader Sonia Gandhi's brief tour of Dhaka to attend an international conference on autism.
In December 2010, the Human Rights Watch released a report, 'Trigger Happy,' documenting extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment by the Indian border guards.
After the release of the report, Indian authorities assured Bangladeshi officials that such border killings would be stopped. The government announced that it would order restraint and encourage the use of rubber bullets instead of more lethal ammunition, the Human Rights Watch said in Monday's statement.
While the number of deaths by shooting has substantially decreased in 2011, the Bangladeshi rights watchdog Odhikar documented at least 17 killings of Bangladeshis by the BSF and other instances of severe abuse since January, the statement said.Local groups have documented several cases of deaths as a result of severe beatings by the BSF, the HRW said.
The Odhikar secretary, Adilur Rahman Khan, on Tuesday told New Age that the Bangladesh government must raise the issue during its formal talks with the visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and formulate an effective device to stop killing and other forms of human rights violations on the frontiers by Indians, especially the BSF.
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