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Pledges not fulfilled

37 extra-judicial killings in 3 months

Staff Correspondent
Despite the government's repeated pledges to end extra-judicial killings, at least 31 such incidents happened in last three months, said a human rights body.
Twenty-six were killed in "crossfire or encounter or gunfights", three tortured to death and two shot dead, according to a report of Odhikar released yesterday.
Home Minister Shahara Khatun in January last year said no extra-judicial killings took place since the Awami League-led grand alliance assumed office in2009.
However, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina later in that month at a programme in London said her government had taken all-out measures to stop extra-judicial killings in the country.
In the report, the rights organisation said that at least six people disappeared in last three months. And at least 21 people died in jail and 34 others were allegedly killed in mob beating. Besides, six Bangladeshis were killed, 19 abducted and 26 injured on Indo-Bangladesh border by Indian Border Security Force (BSF).
As per the report, at least 42 were killed and 3,663 injured in political violence.
At least 54 women were killed for dowry while some 90 others were reported to have fallen victim to dowry-related violence. Another 25 faced acid violence.
Moreover, at least 166 females and girls were reportedly raped. Of the women, 19 were killed after rape, one child committed suicide and 36 were victims of gang rape.
At least 96 girls and women were victims of sexual harassment. Among them, six committed suicide.
According to Odhikar's documented statistics, two journalists were killed, 30 injured, 35 threatened, two attacked and 23 assaulted in last three months.
A total of 33 instances of the imposition of section-144 of CrPC (Criminal Procedure Code) were recorded across the country, mainly to prohibit political gathering and rallies, which, Odhikar believes, is a violation of democratic rights.
The country's overall human rights situation is deteriorating, said ASM Nasiruddin Elan, director of Odhikar. "Lack of government's willingness and political unrest are the key reasons behind this."
He also stressed the need for effective measures by the government to end human rights violation for strengthening democracy.
The report says presidential clemency to the accused persons on death-row adds to the lack of people's confidence in the judicial system.
Odhikar in the report placed a 13-point recommendation to protect human rights. The recommendations include stopping extrajudicial killings, torture by law enforcement agencies, obstruction of political programmes, all forms of criminalisation in the name of politics and violence against women. The organisation also suggested that the government should intensify its protest against human rights violationbyBSE