BAL Regime (2009-2013): Five Years of Human Rights Violation Page | 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 8 Hindrance on Political Activities ............................................................................................... 10 2009............................................................................................................................................... 10 Imposition of Strict Conditions for the Registration of Political Parties .................................. 10 Banning of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Bangladesh .............................................................................. 10 2011............................................................................................................................................... 11 Arrest from Independence Day Rally ....................................................................................... 11 Police Attack in Hospital! ......................................................................................................... 14 Countrywide Mass-Arrest ......................................................................................................... 14 Attacks on Jamaat-Shibir Offices ............................................................................................. 15 Attack in Dhaka ........................................................................................................................ 15 Attack in Sylhet......................................................................................................................... 17 2012............................................................................................................................................... 18 Ruling Party Shuts Entry to Dhaka ........................................................................................... 18 2013............................................................................................................................................... 18 Cancellation of Registration of Jamaat ..................................................................................... 18 Killings and Enforced Disappearances ..................................................................................... 21 2009............................................................................................................................................... 24 Mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles Headquarters ........................................................................ 25 2010............................................................................................................................................... 26 Upazila Chairman Killed by Ruling Party Men in Daylight..................................................... 26 3 Shibir activists murdered by ruling party men ....................................................................... 28 Page | 2 DU student Killed by Chhatra League ...................................................................................... 28 2011............................................................................................................................................... 28 Two Jamaat Activist Killed ...................................................................................................... 28 Jamaat Leader Missing in Rajshahi .......................................................................................... 29 2012............................................................................................................................................... 31 Police Kills Four in Chandpur .................................................................................................. 31 Shibir-man killed in Dinajpur ................................................................................................... 31 Shibir-man killed in Police Custody ......................................................................................... 31 Jamaat Leader killed by Police-fire .......................................................................................... 32 Enforced Disappearances .......................................................................................................... 32 2013............................................................................................................................................... 33 28 February Countrywide Violence .......................................................................................... 33 5 May: Motijheel Massacre ...................................................................................................... 35 Narayanganj Clash .................................................................................................................... 44 Killings after Molla Execution.................................................................................................. 44 Arrest and Custodial Torture .................................................................................................... 49 2009............................................................................................................................................... 49 2010............................................................................................................................................... 50 Top Jamaat Leaders Arrested .................................................................................................... 50 Arrest during prayer .................................................................................................................. 51 BNP top leader arrested ............................................................................................................ 51 2012............................................................................................................................................... 52 Student Leader Tortured Brutally in Police Custody ................................................................ 52 Inhuman Torture on Mohila Dal Leader ................................................................................... 52 Page | 3 Campus Violence ......................................................................................................................... 54 2009............................................................................................................................................... 54 2011............................................................................................................................................... 54 BCL Violence in Islamic University......................................................................................... 54 Torture on Shibir activists in Educational Institutions ............................................................. 55 Torture on Dhaka University Students ..................................................................................... 57 Attack on Students of Jagannath University ............................................................................. 58 2012............................................................................................................................................... 59 Historical College Burned in Sylhet ......................................................................................... 59 Teacher killed in the hands of BCL-men!................................................................................. 59 BCL-men Shoot on Opposition in Daylight ............................................................................. 59 Minority Persecution .................................................................................................................. 61 2009............................................................................................................................................... 61 Repression on Ethnic Minority ................................................................................................. 63 2012............................................................................................................................................... 64 Bishwajit Murder ...................................................................................................................... 64 BCL Set Fire to Buddhist Hostel .............................................................................................. 64 2013............................................................................................................................................... 65 Ramu Violence on Buddhists.................................................................................................... 65 Sathia Attack by Ruling Party Men .......................................................................................... 66 Hindu Property and Temple Attacked by Ruling Party Leader in Barisal ............................... 68 Attack in Bashkhali, Chittagong ............................................................................................... 68 Hindu Temple Attacked in Ramgati ......................................................................................... 69 BCL Rampage on Hindu Temples and Residents in Madaripur