BLAST, along with other human rights organizations, filed a writ petition challenging deaths at the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the name of ‘crossfire’ or ‘encounters’.
The High Court issued a Rule Nisi calling upon the respondents to explain within four weeks why extra-judicial killings in ‘crossfire’ or ‘encounters’ by law enforcement agencies should not be declared illegal and why departmental and criminal proceedings should not be initiated against those responsible for such killings.
Mr. Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain
Mr. Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui
Constitution, Articles 31, 32 and 35;
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898;
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), 1984
BLAST, along with other human rights organizations, filed a writ petition challenging deaths at the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the name of ‘crossfire’ or ‘encounters’.
The High Court issued a Rule Nisi calling upon the respondents to explain within four weeks why extra-judicial killings in ‘crossfire’ or ‘encounters’ by law enforcement agencies should not be declared illegal and why departmental and criminal proceedings should not be initiated against those responsible for such killings.
Mr. Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain,
Mr. Justice Quamrul Islam Siddiqui
Constitution, Articles 31, 32 and 35;
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898;
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), 1984