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A RESEARCH PAPER ON VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH

Introduction: Human right is one of the most buzzing issue in the present world situation. Every country of the world is trying to protect the human rights for the well establishment of the state. But in the third world human right is not establish strongly yet. Like one of the developing countries human rights are obstructed in Bangladesh. Extrajudicial killing, torture, ill treatment, random arrest becoming very common in the society. This makes the human rights questionable in Bangladesh.
Body: Bangladesh is a democratic country. The government is elected by free and fair election. But the opposition parties often called strikes to fall the government through violent demonstration.
[1] “The party in power usually takes advantage of state resources to suppress opposition activities. Opposition to ruling government policies are often portrayed as anti-state treasonable activities and the state police machinery is used to make politically arrests and repression of opposition members”
[2] “The police in Bangladesh is also known is corrupt-partially as a consequence of being misused as party functionaries by the ruling government. Police related human rights abuses are plentiful- unlawful detention, excessive use of force, torture, deaths in custody stories abound in the media”
[3] According to Human Rights Watch,” successive government s have promised but failed to ensure the law enforcement officials and soldiers responsible for abuses are brought to justice.”
[4] In a report of human rights watch,” ignoring executions and torture: impunity for Bangladesh’s security forces, details the involvement of soldiers, parmilitary officers and police in so called ‘crossfire killings and other custodial killing, torture,’disappearances’, and arbitrary arrests.”
[5] Upon which battalion the duty has given to save the rule of law now they are involved to break the law. The first cause of this problem is the law and the appropriate apply of it. Though the government has take policy to protect the unlawful activities but still it has no use at all in practical.
[6] The Human Rights Watch has recommended to make a independent commission for the judgment of the extrajudicial killings, arrest and torture which will work maintaining the quality of the rules of international human rights. Torture and ill-treatment is another reason which are violating the human rights in Bangladesh. From the MP to common people many people are suffering for ill-treatment and torture. Mr. Mahmudur Rahman, the editor of Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Amar Desh’ is recently tortured by arbitrary detention and ill-treatment.
[7] In border area many Bangladeshi nationals are abuse and torture by the Border Security Force (BSF).these abuse range form intimidation and verbal abuse to beatings and electric shocks, sometimes resulting in deaths. “Research carried by Human Rights Watch and Odhikar reveals that Bangladeshi nationals are sometimes subjected to torture and ill-treatment of they are apprehended crossing into India. Some victims are actually involved in illegal trade. But because the border is not demarcated, many cross the border by mistake”
[8] Bangladesh garments sector is another area where the workers and activists are subject to torture and ill-treatment.
[9] The garments workers demanding increase their wages of labour. Bangladesh government announced the monthly amount of wages but the workers refuse to accept it. To prevent them the police used excessive forces to them for which many of them were subjected to torture and ill treatment. “Amnesty International remind the authority that Bangladesh has international treaty obligations to protect the right of life. International law places severe restrictions on the use of force by law enforcement officers. Amnesty International urges the government to ensure that no one is tortured of ill- treated in custody, and no one is held in custody without a recognizably criminal charge against them”
[10] The human rights record of Bangladesh is not pleasing. Sometimes the level of torture increase, but the victims don’t open their mouth in fear of being more tortured. It is alleged that various security and intelligence agencies, including law enforcement forces were used for the porpous of inhuman or degrading treatment.
[11] Tortured is applied to fulfill the investigation. The enforcement agencies apply it cause they believe it helps the investigation and after tortured a person open up and tell the truth. That’s why now a days torture is a logical to questioning into custody. “In Bangladesh torture is used for different purpose as a part of questioning a suspect, getting confessions, extracting money, forcing a person to make a false statement, oppressing the poor and often to repress opposition against the government party”.
Conclusion: Everyone in Bangladesh has the right to remedy against human rights violation and to truth and justice. The right should not be violated. Bangladeshi parliament should take necessary steps about it. They must follow their own conscience to seek the proper way to save the human rights of every common people. The political parties should change their out look and should do work for the well being of the citizen of Bangladesh. The law enforcement agencies must follow the rule of the International human rights so that no one will be tortured by them or anyone. They should use their power in a right way only to prevent the criminal and to establish the truth. They must ensure the believe of the common people over them and make themselves to be the real power of the country.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • www.amnesty.org/en/region/bangladesh
  • www.hrw.org/asia/bangladesh
[1] While Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with reasonably free and fair election, opposition to government policies is often display through violent demons tractions and enforced strikes(hortals), Virtual Bangladesh : Human Rights, paragraph-2 ,Google.
[2] Virtual Bangladesh : Human Rights,paragraph-3, Google.
[3] Virtual Bangladesh : Human Rights, paragraph-4, Google.
[4] Human Rights Watch, Bangladesh : execution, torture by security forces go unpunished, paragraph-1
[5] Report of human rights watch released on may 18, 2009, page-76
[6] Bangladesh new government has declared a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy for extrajudicial executions and stated that state officials who engage in such acts will be punished. There are, however, no indications into past abuses or into credible allegations that several suspects in the February 2009 rebellion and massacre at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, the country border security forces, have been tortured and killed while in custody. Virtual Bangladesh : human rights, Bangladesh: executions ,tortured by security forces go unpunished,paragraph-12, Google.
[7] World Organization Against Torture, Bangladesh : ongoing arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Mr. Mahmudur Rahman, paragraph-2. Google.
[8] Human Rights Watch, Torture and Ill-treatment of Border Residents.

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