Document #1127756
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
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.