April 20, 2011
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-082-2011

20 April 2011
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BANGLADESH: Rapid Action Battalion fabricated charges against two cousins after four days of incommunicado torture
ISSUES: Illegal arrest; arbitrary detention; torture; fabricated charges; death threat; intimidation; impunity; rule of law
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Rapid [...]

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