Torture

Torture

File photo of Prime Minister’s Political Assistant Rashed Khan. Photo: Collected

Rashed Khan alleges torture at DMP cybercrime unit in 2018

Rashed had filed the complaint over the alleged torture during the quota reform movement in 2018 and visited the tribunal on 30 April 2025 regarding the matter. 

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Woman found hanging two days after husband chained, assaulted her

Prime Minister's Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon speaks at a discussion organised by the Uttaranchal Chhatra Forum at the Jatiya Press Club to mark Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s 18th jail release anniversary on 2 September 2026. Photo: TBS

Tarique still bears scars of torture suffered during 1/11 regime: Rumon

This screengrab from video footage shared online shows a man blindfolded and restrained before a crowd in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila on 4 June 2026. Photo: Collected

Man tortured at village arbitration over drug-dealing allegations in Brahmanbaria

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman today (25 April) spoke at the National Consultation on the Prevention of Torture and the Implementation of UNCAT and OPCAT as chief guest held at a hotel in Dhaka. Photo: BSS

Ending torture requires societal, institutional change beyond laws: Law minister

Case filed against former JU student over assaulting, torturing of female student in Savar

Case filed against former JU student over assaulting, torturing of female student in Savar

The girl sustained injuries on multiple parts of her body. Photo: Police via Prothom Alo

'Burn marks all over her body': Father alleges months of torture on 11-year-old girl at Biman CEO's residence

Screengrab from the footage, shared on 21 January on Facebook.

Disturbing video of child abuse at Dhaka school sparks outrage

Abu Zubaydah was treated as a "guinea pig" for controversial US interrogation techniques. Photo: BBC

UK government settles claim with Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah for complicity in torture

Photo: Collected

13, including 10 from July Shaheed Smrity Foundation, sued for torturing couple during interrogation over uprising

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage, with more than 38 million child brides. Photo: Reuters

A crisis in plain sight: Child marriage and violence stalk RMG sector in Bangladesh

Unresolved mysteries behind abductions, rescues

Forced to sell assets, mounting debt: Inquiry commission reveals impact of prosecutions on disappearance victims, families

The Bangladeshi nationals, seen standing in line after being rescued from the Sundarbans’ Mandarbaria area in Satkhira, allege they were blindfolded, tied, and severely abused while in Indian custody before being abandoned at the border on the night of 9 May. Photo: TBS

'Tortured, blindfolded' and left in Sundarbans by BSF: Returnees recount events, demand rescue of families