Bangladesh police accused of abusing Rohingya refugees

DW

Arafatul Islam
16 August 2023

Rights groups say the Armed Police Battalion is committing arbitrary arrests, torture and harassment of Rohingya refugees living in precarious conditions in Cox's Bazar's overcrowded settlements. 

The Armed Police Battalion is a specialized combat unit of the Bangladesh police force

 

Rohingya people living in refugee camps in the Bangladeshi city of Cox's Bazar are being arbitrarily detained, beaten and tortured by members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) — a specialized combat unit of the Bangladesh police force — revealed an investigation by the human rights NGO Fortify Rights