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Human rights report criticizes SKorean police

By Thu, Sep 22, 2011 10:20AM UTC View Comments

Original article in Korean is at this link. A study has found that human rights violations by the police continue to occur with little improvement. On the 22nd Rep. Kim Chung-jo, a Democratic Party member of the National Assembly committee on public administration and security, released statistics of the National Police Agency (경찰청) showing that...

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Bangladesh:Abdul Quader gets bail on all three cases

By Thu, Aug 04, 2011 5:28PM UTC View Comments

Abdul Quader, student of biochemistry and molecular biology department of Dhaka University, has been finally freed on bail on August 3 after 18 days of detention. During 11 of these days, he was tortured by the police. The charges imposed on Quader by the police include carjacking, robbery and possessing sharp weapons. While the last...

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