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Bangladesh Rifles revolt

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The Bangladesh Rifles revolt was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a paramilitary force mainly tasked with guarding the borders of Bangladesh. [1]

40 relations: Amnesty International, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Civil Service, Bangladesh National Cadet Corps, Bangladesh Police, Bangladeshi general election, 2008, Border Guards Bangladesh, Chittagong, Death in custody, Dhaka, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, Electrocution, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Feni District, Human rights in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch, List of revolutions and rebellions, List of United Nations peacekeeping missions, Moeen U Ahmed, Mutiny, Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu, Navi Pillay, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Operation Dal-Bhaat, Pilkhana, Bangladesh, Prothom Alo, Rajshahi, Rapid Action Battalion, Sahara Khatun, Scotland Yard, Senakunja, Shakil Ahmed (general), Sheikh Hasina, Sylhet, The Daily Star (Bangladesh), The Telegraph (Calcutta), Torture, United Nations Convention against Torture, Yahoo! News.

Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Army

The Bangladesh Army (BA, বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী, Bangladesh Senabahini) is the land forces branch and the largest of the three defence service of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

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Bangladesh Civil Service

Bangladesh Civil Service (বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of the Government of Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh National Cadet Corps

The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC) is a tri-services organisation comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force for school, college and university students.

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Bangladesh Police

The Bangladesh Police (বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ) is the main law enforcement agency of Bangladesh.

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Bangladeshi general election, 2008

The Ninth National Parliamentary Elections 2008 (নবম জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০০৮) were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008.

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Border Guards Bangladesh

The Border Guards Bangladesh (Bengali transliteration: বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ; translated from English: বাংলাদেশ সীমান্ত রক্ষক; BGB), formerly known as the Bangladesh Rifles, is the oldest uniformed force in Bangladesh.

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Chittagong

Chittagong, officially known as Chattogram, is a major coastal city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh.

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Death in custody

A death in custody is a death of a person in the custody of the police, other authorities or in prison.

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Dhaka

Dhaka (or; ঢাকা); formerly known as Dacca is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

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Directorate General of Forces Intelligence

The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (ডিরেক্টরেট জেনারেল অফ ফোর্সেস ইন্টেলিজেন্স, abbreviated DGFI p), is the foreign military intelligence section of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

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Electrocution

Electrocution is death or serious injury caused by electric shock, electric current passing through the body.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Feni District

Feni is a district located in the South-Eastern part of Bangladesh Administrative division of Chittagong.

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Human rights in Bangladesh

Human rights in Bangladesh are enshrined as fundamental rights in Part III of the Constitution of Bangladesh.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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List of revolutions and rebellions

This is a list of revolutions and rebellions.

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List of United Nations peacekeeping missions

This is a list of UN peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.

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Moeen U Ahmed

Moeen Uddin Ahmed (মঈন উদ্দিন আহমেদ) was a Bangladesh army general and the 12th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009 with last one-year extension during the caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.

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Mutiny

Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people (typically members of the military or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject.

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Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu

Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.

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Navi Pillay

Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (born 23 September 1941) is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (commonly known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.

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Operation Dal-Bhaat

Operation Dal-Bhat was an operation carried out by Bangladesh Rifles to provide grocery items (Dal Bhaat) to low income groups in Bangladesh.

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Pilkhana, Bangladesh

Pilkhana is a place within Dhaka City in Bangladesh.

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Prothom Alo

The Daily Prothom Alo (প্রথম আলো Prothom Alo "First Light") is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language.

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Rajshahi

Rajshahi (রাজশাহী,; historically Rampur Boalia; nicknamed Silk City) is a metropolitan city in Bangladesh and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of North Bengal.

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Rapid Action Battalion

Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police.

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Sahara Khatun

Sahara Khatun (alternate spelling "Khatoon"; born 1 March 1943) is a Bangladeshi politician and former cabinet minister.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), the territorial police force responsible for policing most of London.

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Senakunja

Senakunja is the official auditoriam/ convention centre of Bangladesh Army and is located in Dhaka Cantonment.

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Shakil Ahmed (general)

Major General Shakil Ahmed was a two-star general of the Bangladesh Army and head of Border Guard Bangladesh.

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Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina Wazed (শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ;,; born 28 September 1947) is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in office since January 2009.

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Sylhet

Sylhet (সিলেট, ꠍꠤꠟꠐ), also known as Jalalabad, the spiritual capital; is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh.

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The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

The Daily Star is the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in Bangladesh.

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The Telegraph (Calcutta)

The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982.

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Torture

Torture (from the Latin tortus, "twisted") is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim.

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United Nations Convention against Torture

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment around the world.

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Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_revolt

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