ah ah ah ah, this is dw lying from berlin. extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out by bangladesh, elite police squad, and the w investigation reveals how the rapid action battalion set off to fight terrorism takes the law into its own hands. also on the program. russian authorities, lane ukraine for a bombing that killed prominent pro war blogger. a woman is arrested over the blast

in a cafe in saint petersburg and kosovo, a former resident ha, she thought, she pleads not guilty at the start of his trial and he for war crimes. ah, i'm the cough relish it's good to have you with us. and he w investigation has uncovered details of killings linked to bangladesh, elite police force, the rapid action battalion or rob was set up in 2004 as part of the us led war on terror. it was trained and equipped by the us and other western countries to fight extremist violence. a battalion has long faced accusations of human rights abuses which the bangladesh in government has repeatedly denied. working with sweden's natural news, dw investigative unit spoke with former rob commanders who revealed evidence of how

the force commenced extra traditional killings. you may find elements of this report disturbing. 2 the phone call you about to hear captures in alleged murder in southern bangladesh. was recorded in 2018 by shabby whom she connected to aspen phone only seconds before he was killed. oh, ah. 3 early in the day i common hack had been taken by the rapid action battalion, an elite unit of the bag, reddish police, long accused of kidnappings, torture and hundreds of killings on the day. so to get their whole other i want justice. how was my husband killed and why the who gave the order that any the recording continues for another 10 minutes. we're sirens and orders to plant

ammunition and drugs close to the dying man. more shots are fired. later the official police report stated that a criminal hack died in a shootout between drug dealers. the audio dumb little d a police audio is classic evidence of how an operation is staged. i did take part in extra judicial killings and torture, torture this vis a blow is one of 2 former rac command us, who are the 1st to speak up about the rab systemic human rights abuses which bangladesh government has long the night in detail, they describe how the elite squad has abducted torchlight and kid revealing the wraps playbook for extra judicial killings. ah, it dark. in some cases, the scenes are made up beforehand or sometimes afterwards and but all the evidence is planted to block gra hope imbedded and there's nothing written about it. well, no, no order is given in writing. for months d, w,

and netra news investigated the rapid action battalion a thaws of $13000.00, which was originally founded to fight terrorism and crime in bangladesh. but according to the whistleblowers, it is also used as a political tool to silence opponents of the government. political, the engagement decision on any political target would come at the very least from the ministry of home affairs, whom he needed was a must to get clearance from home affairs. little it won't trust to any of the home affairs minister gave such an order. it's very unlikely the prime minister of bangladesh, it didn't know about it. recall as there's no paper trail, it's hard to verify that claim, but he corroborated the whistle blowers. testimonies was victims, accounts, medical records, police reports and data from human rights organizations. when confronted was our findings, bangladesh, the prime minister did not respond. the rap referred us to the ministry of home

affairs, which cited their own investigation and denied all allegations as baseless and uncle. the bank of the scope and keeps denying to these abuses of a good. it is these testimonies once again, show them that they need to stop denying and start holding psycho deposit to come back and so from bangladesh. i shabby eagle shows us the glasses, her husband, when he was killed. she received them with his body. since then she says rob offices have pressured, heard her firmly to remain silent or near death. he said, just one thing. he said, your husband has died and you could die at any moment to the worry. but i shall begum once a proper investigation. she says she will continue to speak up until those who killed her husband are held to the count. and joining me now for more is michael coleman. he is the director of the south asia institute at the wilson center in washington, dc. mr. coleman. good to have you with us. these allegations against bangladesh,

rapid action battalion are nothing new. now our colleagues have got 1st hand accounts from inside are saying that they have taken part in extra judicial killings. how likely that, that something will be done about this, how much more evidence is needed? well, it's true that for so many years, are there any concerns expressed about what was going on with the rab and the fact that your, your documentary is now brought out these accounts from, from whistleblowers. clearly that is going to change the state of play a keep in mind as well that you know more than a year ago, the us government sanctioned rabb because of the human rights violations. so i think that after about, after the rab was sanctioned, i think that woke up the government in bangladesh to the need to do more to address these concerns. so i like to think that, you know, those sanctions are more than a year ago, combined with this new documentary will create a spark, so to speak,

for this government to, to, to do more because clearly it knows that, you know, the world is, is paying a lot of attention to what is going on with this with this entity and validation by which is government is one that is always concerned about its image. it's global image, bangladesh is image, and clearly the, you know, the new revelations don't improve that image when it comes to these very troubling things going on with this pre eminent security institution and the united states and the both provide support and training to rab, despite the knowledge of an exit judicial killing. do they bear any responsibility here? well, you know, i think that one main reason why the u. s. and the you have provided the support to, to the rod is that it serves, it carries out functions that serve the interests of american and european

countries. you know, that the route one of its major initial functions is to serve as a counter terrorism force. and certainly, i know that washington has a strong interest in bangladesh that does not suffer from terrorist violence and terrorist risks. so i'm sorry to jump in there, but it was, it was conceived as a force to combat terrorism. but has it ever fulfilled this mission? well, i mean if you look at the numbers you had a period of time, some years ago when bangladesh was, was hit with a wave of terrorist violence and that has receded to to the rob credit. but i think that the broader issue is the fact that the, you know, the very troubling tactics that, that the, that the, that the rap has used over these years. clearly, that's where the problem lies. and indeed, you know, we could talk about this more, but there are indications that militancy may be making a comeback in bangladesh,

which certainly raises in trouble and questions on not only the means also, the fact that it looks like they're, they're targeting people who are, who are clearly non terrorist now now bangladesh is in the midst of a geopolitical and talk of war of sorts between washington and beijing. isn't it in life as all what we know now? how likely is it that the us sick to it's sanctioning of human rights violations and bangladesh? i think it's very unlikely that the u. s. will end the sanctions anytime soon. i think that this administration in washington is very focused on this idea of promoting rights and democracy overseas. it's a big pillar of its foreign policy. so i think for the us to ease up on the sanctions or to remove them, i think would send a message like it's essentially willing to give a pass to bangladesh. because as you know, you know, these concerns these, these, these obligations associated with, with rob play out against the broader backdrop of democratic backsliding.

crackdowns on the opposition. and there's a lot of concern in washington that the next scheduled election in bangladesh early next year may not be free and fair that the last few elections in bangladesh were widely viewed by international observers as not free and not fair. so i think that if the u. s. were to ease up on the sanctions against the rob, it was in the wrong message, especially when the u. s. wants to send this message to bangladesh. that is really looking for improvements across the board on democracy in rights, particularly mine the election do early next year. as of this investigation on inside the death squad on you to on the d w documentary channel, make sure to check that out. moving on jeremy's lines, chance or what, how that has joined a lot of the lines on a visit to a ukrainian village were alleged russian war crimes took place. a year ago, they visited the school basement, where nearly $400.00 villagers were held captive for almost a month by russian troops. 11 people died during the ordeal and the village,

north of case president lands. he said it's important for ukraine's allies to see what russia has done. mister ha, back talked to reporters about what he'd seen. death, isaac litem, only thing you can hope for when you are so directly confronted with its horror. war is that it will and at some point on finish, this argument doesn't mean it should. and just anyhow, on high snooping schmidt and, and at some point means as soon as possible as fall, how it can. and the only way is that ukraine concludes this war. able to decisively determine the conditions for peace, misty this year. what is important to me politically is that there can be no neutrality. that one must distinguish between the attacker and the attacked from them between the perpetrator and the victim. and the cause of this war lies in the kremlin and the perpetrators, putin in a way of correspond la, spend the day with vice chancellor ha, back and here is his summary. when minister hobbit arrived and keith this morning,

he said his visit was a strong signal from germany to ukraine, that their country would be rebuilt, and in the end they would be victorious. now what this victory would exactly look like, he wouldn't further elaborate on only that it was up to the ukrainians to decide but he took the opportunity to renew his promise to germany with further support ukraine with military. another important part of his visit was economic cooperation . between the 2 countries, therefore, what topic was accompanied by a delegation of representatives from the german industry. together, they're trying to assess how to further help companies that are already operating in ukraine and create further incentives for future investments. urgent authority say ukraine was behind an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg that killed a well known pro war blogger. the kremlin,

describe the blast as a terrorist attack, carry down by ukrainians. secret service gave denies involvement, and has blamed russian domestic terrorism. a woman moscow claims has links with anti war rallies, has been arrested. in this footage, posted on line flatland, sitarski is seen being handed a statue doing a tool in petersburg, cafe. he jokes with the gathered crowd as he inspects the gift. so a short while later, the 40 reel pri will blocker will be dead, killed by a bomb. russian media claims was hidden inside the bust. russian blog is a shaming dis, unverified footage, claiming to show the moment of the deadly explosion which is now being treated as an act of terrorism. by the kremlin. this figuring head of the minor in hamlet they put his summer back there without

a 2nd thought and he carried on with his questions. then suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke. it was like a slow motion movie for the sit in the back half of the whole. everyone started to run and we needed to run. so we ran those for the near had blood all over them of close. but you can use it. oh, i don't really to task you whose real name is maxim? firmin was a prominent back of russia's invasion of ukraine. filming himself last year at the grand kremlin palace, celebrating russia's annexation of ukraine's occupied regions. gospels of summer, we will beat every one we will kill every one he says in his defiant tirade that went viral, helping to build his popularity among pro war russian nationalists. he may be behind his death or that the attack is now the subject of much speculation in russia. the cctv pictures being widely shared on russian online channels

appearing to show some one carrying a package into the cafe before the blast. and according to russia's interior ministry, and 26 year old local woman arrested over the incidents has now confessed, claiming in a video to have planted the bomb. but without providing a motive, the kremlin says it was orchestrated by ukraine with the help of a russian opposition group. but without providing any evidence, he lives at it. but that value is not shared by everyone, including the head of the russian wagner, mercenary group. you have jenny pr, goshen, who owns the cafe, where the blast took place over the stairway operator was here paying tribute to tusky in a video filmed in the besieged ukrainian city of buck moods. late to suggesting that domestic radical groups are responsible for the blog as death, and note the key government, the board. and as investigators try to establish a motive for the attack,

that's the claim that is unlikely to go down well within the kremlin, which is doing all kinds of paints a picture of domestic harmony over its special operation in ukraine. and take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. nato secretary general against oldenburg, says finland will formerly join the alliance on tuesday. this will bring the number of nato member states to 31 your neighboring sweden's membership bed has been stalled by objections from hungry and turkey. former us president donald trump is heading to new york to face criminal charges. after leaving his home in florida, is due to appear in court on tuesday over the alleged payment of hush money to an adult film actor in 2016. mr. trump support among republican voters has surged since becoming the 1st former president to face criminal charges. are watching the w still to come growing anger in the democratic republic of the congo. people say

united nations peacekeepers are failing to protect them from attacks by militants at 1st, a war crimes trial related to kosovo. find for independence from serbia and the late 19 nineties has opened in the hague former kosovo. president hutchings thought she has pleaded not guilty, dodgy, and 3 others are accused of murder and torture victims. families have been waiting for justice for more than 2 decades. of the trial with more than 300 witnesses is unlikely to deliver a quick word act. ah seems that she is the rebel who became president only for his past to catch up with him at the height of his powers indicted for war crimes by the cost of all special court orders from though put them in order to protect the integrity of the presidency of republic of kosovo,

i resigned to day from the position of president of the republic of crossover that she was a taught commander of the kosovo liberation army during the 1997. seen here taking notes diplomat called him the voice of reason. the cursed ha that. busy oh, but prosecutors accused him of responsibility for nearly $100.00 murders carried out by his forces during the uprising against sabby and rule. hello. throughout the legal process, thought she has vowed to clear his name. ah, nobody got a lot of it. we thought maybe we could reason just

saw to, to set cost of an all jacob barzon itch. she lost 2 brothers in the conflict. much more that was for a minute. maybe there some additional evidence as they call it, that will help the prosecutor and a judge to convict them quiet chair or the pomona. so that kinds of this kind of are not repeated. i her or so there thus said for vicious watching, if they were to stand upon avenue, the wait for justice will be long. the trial expected to last months, if not years. we can speak about this man as trial now with our correspond and lucy, a shoulder and she's been covering today's events in the hague for us, lucy, and walk as to what happened today on this birthday. yes. hello, so the day started this sir, for accused man repeating what they have said before that they are not guilty of

the charges. then the prosecution was laying out the charges that i brought against the man. it is that these are a heavy charges, such as crimes against humanity and of war. crimes are out of the 4 men have been leading figures in the cause of a liberation army. and they have supposedly been arcus trading and different of these crimes such as torture, murder, and aren't also unlawful. detainment of you had heard numbers off the prosecution and therefore, talking of a 102 murders, and also 440 detainment. they want to prove in the next week's month or better years after this. we also heard from the victims council and then the day was already over. so we will have to stay tuned. lot going on a little very day tomorrow is being here is being try and under of kosovo law though in the netherlands. why is that?

yes. so this is our lawyers call our hybrid court, and this goes back to 2015 when a cause of a law established this court. the reason for the establishment was also international pressure leg then there has been the thought that it might be very difficult to to have these trials in kosovo because the people that are being accused, we're still also in power in kosovo. so it was a very different or very difficult situation to, to seek for justice or to have these trials there. and they have also been issues about witnesses that have been intimidated. now, in the crimes that these, these men are on trial for happen more than 20 years ago. what took so long? yes, i have already alluded a bit to that. so the man that are being accused right now have been back then members of the kosovo liberation army. by then later they have been in power in

kosovo. so there has been a certain it has been described as a climate of fear and people have not been very willing to come out and be witnesses against these men, or like other trials against the kosovo liberation army. and it is maybe also important to see that even today, for a lot of people. and some of these people also came to the hague. touchy is a hero and not a war. criminal garcia shelton, in the hague, on the 1st of what promises to v. o many days trial or there in the hague. thank you so much. peas initiatives and the supposed cease fire have fail to bring an end to an insurgency. in the democratic republic of the congo government troops are finding rebel forces. the m 23 or march 23 movement was

founded by army deserters belonging to the ethnic tootsie minority. the group took up arms in 2021 saying the government broke a pledge to integrate their fighters within the national army. they say they need to protect tutsis from rival extremist groups. a fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, despite the presence of an expensive un peacekeeping force. they w respond my umbrella reports on growing public anger and the regional capital goma . ah, almost every day people take to the streets and easton congos goma. they're fed up with increasing attacks by militants, especially m. 23 rebels. they say un peacekeepers and troops deployed from east africa of failing to protect them. and they are tired of waiting for aid from the own government. oh not much john i we going hungry? the sick a dying because we can't even find porridge to feed them or not that we are not leaving empty handed. we know this food in a depot field,

so give it to us more dep will i be to the un says over 800000 people have been displaced by fighting between congo. leesville says, and m 23 rebels, the collapse of yet another sci fi and early march has aggravated the situation. thousands of displaced live in kenya, regina, north of goma, local authority say, protest is here, attack to passing un convoy, which then fired into a crowd, killing 8 civilians and wounding 28 mo. but to say about it, they did. we would like the bodies released from the morgue. don't get william was so that we can greet lushly, baby, there will be less tension, rather than good. this family is mourning the loss of samuel mahogany. the 22 year old was one of those shot dead by un peacekeepers. number one,

i said the us on long. he helped us though like a father magellio one. i own that, i am a widow, and he took care that me and the whole family, resentment us rife towards monasco, the un mission and congo. one escape is the you ins, largest and most expensive mission in the world. yet many here say it doesn't make them safer. but you knew was the mama there have been many deaths. just let them know the more deaths. there are more well the more soldiers there are. but one, look, they keep coming to look at dealers still no solution for found. the war continues, well known as yet the la universal don monasco is due to pull out of the d l. c next year, but many want them to leave sooner. if that sentiment grows, that monasco head worries the situation could become even worse to see on that she bone. you shall. so if we don't act urgently to try and reduce these tensions, we risk finding our cells and an even more complex situation than the one in which

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