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Police kill man for refusing to pay bribes
A mechanic died violently in police custody in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, shortly after he refused to continue paying bribes. The police reportedly started extorting money from the victim after they seized the auto-rickshaw that he operated and the two men he hired to drive it. The man was delivered dead to a hospital shortly after police picked him up, bearing signs of torture. The hospital has refused to release his medical records. The case shows how Bangladeshi police are able to trade on justice, to arrest persons at will, and to kill with impunity. The wife and nephew of the dead man have been threatened repeatedly by the officers involved in the case.

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2010/3502/
Filed under: Bangladesh Bribery Corruption Human Rights Police Torture
 

How the West poisoned Bangladesh

Up to 20 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of suffering early deaths because of arsenic poisoning -- the legacy of a well-intentioned but ill-planned water project that created a devastating public health catastrophe. The World Health Organisation called it "the largest mass poisoning of a population in history."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/how-the-west-poisoned-bangladesh-1924631.html

Filed under: Aid Bangladesh Fail Water
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