Podcasts about rapid action battalion

On this week's show, we'll get an inside look at Bangladesh's notorious Rapid Action Battalion. Now, for the first time ever, two insiders from the elite force are claiming RAB has committed human rights abuses, systematically and with the explicit backing from the highest levels of government.

En hög officer beskriver hur elitpolisstyrkan Rapid Action Battalion för bort och dödar människor i Bangladesh. I inspelningen, som Ekots Beatrice Janzon kan avslöja, återges även fall av tortyr. Ekot avslöjar en hemlig ljudupptagning som beskriver grova människorättsövergrepp i Bangladesh. En högt uppsatt officer inom elitpolisstyrkan Rapid Action Battalion, RAB, har spelats in utan sin vetskap. Han berättar detaljer om hur styrkan för bort, torterar och dödar människor i Bangladesh. Uppdatering: Hör även Beatrice Janzons reportage, från Studio ett 5/4, om läraren Yasin Talukder som är en av de som förts bort. Nu kämpar hans syster för att få svar på vad som hänt honom.

State executioners in their various guises are explored in all their horrific detail by Tasneem Khalil, in his new book Jallad: Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia (Pluto, 2016). From the Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh to the men in white vans in Sri Lanka, the book interrogates both the brutal specificities of state agents, as well as the underlying themes that cross cut state terror in the region. Strong, brave and relentless Jallad is an important and timely book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State executioners in their various guises are explored in all their horrific detail by Tasneem Khalil, in his new book Jallad: Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia (Pluto, 2016). From the Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh to the men in white vans in Sri Lanka, the book interrogates both the brutal specificities of state agents, as well as the underlying themes that cross cut state terror in the region. Strong, brave and relentless Jallad is an important and timely book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

State executioners in their various guises are explored in all their horrific detail by Tasneem Khalil, in his new book Jallad: Death Squads and State Terror in South Asia (Pluto, 2016). From the Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh to the men in white vans in Sri Lanka, the book interrogates both the brutal specificities of state agents, as well as the underlying themes that cross cut state terror in the region. Strong, brave and relentless Jallad is an important and timely book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices