Torture

Torture

This screengrab from video footage shared online shows a man blindfolded and restrained before a crowd in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila on 4 June 2026. Photo: Collected

Man tortured at village arbitration over drug-dealing allegations in Brahmanbaria

Video footage shared online appears to show the man blindfolded, restrained and assaulted after being made to stand before a crowd.

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman today (25 April) spoke at the National Consultation on the Prevention of Torture and the Implementation of UNCAT and OPCAT as chief guest held at a hotel in Dhaka. Photo: BSS

Ending torture requires societal, institutional change beyond laws: Law minister

Case filed against former JU student over assaulting, torturing of female student in Savar

Case filed against former JU student over assaulting, torturing of female student in Savar

The girl sustained injuries on multiple parts of her body. Photo: Police via Prothom Alo

'Burn marks all over her body': Father alleges months of torture on 11-year-old girl at Biman CEO's residence

Screengrab from the footage, shared on 21 January on Facebook.

Disturbing video of child abuse at Dhaka school sparks outrage

Abu Zubaydah was treated as a "guinea pig" for controversial US interrogation techniques. Photo: BBC

UK government settles claim with Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah for complicity in torture

Photo: Collected

13, including 10 from July Shaheed Smrity Foundation, sued for torturing couple during interrogation over uprising

Bangladesh is ranked among the top 10 countries with the highest rates of child marriage, with more than 38 million child brides. Photo: Reuters

A crisis in plain sight: Child marriage and violence stalk RMG sector in Bangladesh

Unresolved mysteries behind abductions, rescues

Forced to sell assets, mounting debt: Inquiry commission reveals impact of prosecutions on disappearance victims, families

The Bangladeshi nationals, seen standing in line after being rescued from the Sundarbans’ Mandarbaria area in Satkhira, allege they were blindfolded, tied, and severely abused while in Indian custody before being abandoned at the border on the night of 9 May. Photo: TBS

'Tortured, blindfolded' and left in Sundarbans by BSF: Returnees recount events, demand rescue of families

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Couple arrested for inhumanly torturing 15-yr-old niece in Chandpur

Multinational victims of scam centres, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, queue to get food at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan), as they wait for their embassies to pick them up, in Tak province, Thailand February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion

Dr Adnan Al-Bursh. Photo: Collected

Gaza doctor 'raped, tortured to death' in Israeli custody, new report reveals