The attached section of Bangladesh: A Country Study provides general information on the Bangladeshi armed police and the alleged "corruption, inefficiency and occasional brutality" of the police (1989, 237-240).

The three additional attachments refer to the role of the armed police in internal events.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

References

Agence France Presse (AFP). 28 May 1995. "11,836 Killed in Kashmir since 1989." (NEXIS)

Bangladesh: A Country Study. 1989. James Heitzman and Robert Worden. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 18 January 1996. BC Cycle. "Bangladesh Police Ban Rallies in Bid to Foil Siege." (NEXIS)

The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 2 December 1990. "Situation Improves in Bangladesh." (NEXIS)

Attachments

Agence France Presse (AFP). 28 May 1995. "11,836 Killed in Kashmir since 1989." (NEXIS)

Bangladesh: A Country Study. 1989. James Heitzman and Robert Worden. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army, pp. 237-240.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 18 January 1996. BC Cycle. "Bangladesh Police Ban Rallies in Bid to Foil Siege." (NEXIS)

The Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 2 December 1990. "Situation Improves in Bangladesh." (NEXIS)

Additional Source Consulted

Amnesty International country file (Bangladesh).

Bangladesh: A Country Study. 1989.

Bangladesh: A Summary of Human Rights Cases. April 1993.

Bangladesh: State of Human Rights 1992. March 1993.

Bangladesh: State of Human Rights 1991. November 1992.

Country Profile: Bangladesh. July 1994.

Human Rights in Bangladesh. May 1992.

Human Rights Watch World Report 1995. December 1994.

Information Packet Series: Bangladesh. November 1992.

News from Asia Watch.

The Oppression of Regime-Opponents in Bangladesh: Some Documentary Evidence. 1989.

State of Human Rights 1994: Bangladesh. 31 January 1995.

State of Human Rights 1993: Bangladesh. 31 March 1994.

The Student Movement. March 1983.

World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Penal Systems. 1989.

On-line search of news articles.