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find out where her husband was, but it revealed a lot more. ringback ah, ah, the man being killed is acrimony hug. earlier that day, he had been taken by rod a special unit of the bangladesh, police long accused of kidnappings, torture, and murder. but this was the 1st time their violence was recorded on tape or d, w, and nitro news looked into the case with an on the ground investigations. i told them to lock the door there. thank gather the bows. accounts of the victims every time they're like putting the gun on my head. men again say that if we have any last wish said you're about to die. and for the 1st time, the testimony of 2 rab insiders shot, i don't know, but usually the trigger is pulled from a short distance is good at the heart. reg is definitely

a death squads. they claim that the crime exposed by this phone call is part of a wide spread system with complicity from the highest level. we though there were one of the prime minister, it is very unlikely that the whole minister will give an order, like the ministry of home affairs denies these allegations. so what is rob, and why is no one stopping it? ah, we travelled all the way to bangladesh, to investigate the accusations against rob. this special force made up of police and military personnel was created in the aftermath of the september 11th attacks. and during the us led war on terror. at the time, bangladesh was suffering from a search in terrorism, ah, would advise some u. s. government,

and also the british goblin, the creed to them that production batavia and it provided them trade in equipment. today, rob has more than 13000 members because of them days. no more temporary went back about this, but it's been accused of human rights violations from the start. but minimal condition was but think that they have this mindset that it takes a lot of time to prosecute somehow and by act of gum live did cough foot with the puckett and sometimes people post bail and return to criminal activity. will be about oprah. 48. that's why they ignore the law. i did kill people. hot book. i'm double did the phone book at the boy. we're here to shed light on these crimes. our 1st lead is hawks murder. and the 1st person we want to talk to is

his wife. ah, but we don't want to be noticed. we know she's being launched. so we make our way to her house, under the cloak of darkness. ah, the one on the deck barrel. we only had a room back then the 4 of us used to sleep in the one bed. we didn't even have enough space to approve whatever the day got the lemme. ah me. if not, let me figure out his daughters a lot. he was very fond of them, no matter where he was, no matter how far away. if he heard that his daughters went any sort of trouble,

he would leave his meetings and come back home. do you want to go? only don't ask though. ah, her husband was killed in 2018 but their modest house is still filled with grief for his absence. nashika gossip is painful of my father wants us to do well and that is who we are trying to for his leg annually packed the debt honey. the day he was killed, a man from military intelligence kept calling him and asking to meet to discuss a land deal. his wife says initially he resisted it was ramadan and it was late. i know another one. we trusted them because he was not involved in anything. i thought they were not going to cause any trouble. if he met validated at the e t law listener told me i will return. god willing you both sleep. i'm coming ash

dissing, woodson mm ah, that fateful evening hawk drove down this road to meet the man who was loring him into a trap. we secretly filmed the lobby of this hotel where the meeting took place. soon after the meeting, hock is handed over to the execution squad. that's when his wife reached him for the last time and a little girl. we don't know if he somehow managed to take her call or if it went through automatically. but the call connected, his wife recorded what happened next. hello. hello. hello, verizon's unaccountable, the, the thing i look at. yeah. well it was it again,

this is direct evidence of how an operation is staged conroy. but it is essentially stage to the performance of songs. this, this, this is one of 2 whistleblowers who helped us expose rob's crimes. we spent days interviewing them, probing into their memories, cross checking their confessions. but we can't reveal much. we question them separately against a bright light to conceal their face and re enacted their answers to hide their voice. all of this, to protect them from robber. they would go any extent to punish me. it would be even a study. she'll kill me. largely that's why i'm hiding my face while i'm talking to you. i got her. well, that's because they're the 1st ever to have served in rob and speak out. i did day

for the in extension b shell, keeping dog joe investigations did a moderate all the things that i've seen during my time include children with criminals, should out what us killing killings and bride taking that this would have to we couldn't verify each detail of their accounts because the secret operations are seemingly ordered verbally to avoid a paper trial, but their testimonies and our research helped us piece together. what likely happened during the operation that to cox life and identify who bore responsibility for it. his murder was not an anomaly, but a stark illustration of the systematic human rights abuses committed by rabb, a macabre performance repeated hundreds of times them the opening act centers around monitoring the

victim or rather the target we don't consider the person as a person, rather it target into demons. we kind of forget that the pass and where targeting, she's acting as a life that addicted di bonaza family. it went back again, the good addict of body, but aunt act as a place in society she took into under we from way back about a bully day volatility. we asked our source to draw an example of how an extra judicial killing is carried out. consider it as the boards and this is the water body. first vin eater lender and stop over here, the booty. very good here and here we stop on kind of movements. ah,

god bless you. civilian bands with tinted windows. each of rob's operations is unique, but they share props and procedures that also take center stage in hawks last phone call for good because the person who was talking to him before opening file was probably trying to keep him distracted. doesn't get a conversation deluxe him with a shuttle to soft cost. so towels are typically used to avoid leaving any mark on the body. i've got a hook shot. i don't know. do usually the trigger is cool from a distance of one or 2 feet general or your stick model so that the muzzle flash 1000 detach the targets, clothing or scale atwood samurai, for from that way. oh ah!

after the target has been shot and while he's bleeding to death, the 2nd act begins the cover up of the murder as a shoot out. ah, demo we, for example, a weapon is placed in the individual's althea, the o n n e t cartridges are scattered around the bellow. oh yeah, we identified 2 voices in the recording as that of men who served at rab at the time of the murder. their involvement directly implicates rob in the case. judy eda, if they want to make it look like a drug related case if they definitely plant drugs either in his pocket or inside the bag, he is carry go begging mother medic, adela. oh,

lou fox, death is shrouded in mystery. according to the police report, rab got a tip off about a drug deal. all the drug dealers were able to slip away apart from one who got killed in issued out in a cruel hawk. but his wife reject these allegations around equinox reason for the girl. he was never involved in anything like that. he was always again struggling. look on the and the report is full of discrepancies with a recorded phone call, which it doesn't even mention from this reconstruction. it's clear that rob takes every measure to ensure that their crimes leave no implicating traces, but they do because their procedures are so systematic, they create distinct patterns that reveal rob's hand. let's go back to this drawing. a location like this is not so easy to find. it

needs to be isolated, easy to patrol, camera free and inspected several times. due to the shopping, i use those signs time and again to reduce administrative hassle at a speed on all the right hand side about about her good attack him according to the whistleblowers, these are some common execution sites. yes, i believe like these they up and these area this matches with what we found in hawks case. he was executed in one of these sites here on the marine drive of the south east coast of bangladesh or even glory one day. i timed it with my watch during an operation. i lead it dick, at least 20 minutes. at least 20 minutes. 20 minutes for 20

minutes. you hear the sound of groaning that brought us then slowly it stops. according to the 2 former rab commanders, most victims are not killed instantly but left to bleed to death. we managed to get hold of hawks post mortem report. it shows the same pattern, bullet wounds in the upper body, death due to hemorrhage. and as the final act draws to a close rewards await the performers. bull dick, all these are there are points allocated for each operation must use it ordered at the end of the month will every battalions, points are tallied. and the one with the most points it is declared the winner, but a bottle. our other whistleblower confirmed the existence of these grim competitions

. they both told us that to get ahead of other teams. rab officers tried to score as many points as possible towards the end of the month. after trawling through the data of reported shootouts compiled by activists, a trend emerges almost half of the killings occurred in the last 3rd of a month. this data relies on media reports and might be under reported the phone call, our sources and the data paint a bleak poor trail of wraps crimes. which begs the question, why isn't anyone putting a stop to it? we're not just the current bangladesh government, but all bangladesh governments in power during the existence of the rob have have been quiet and have never been willing to acknowledge these. these concerns about human rights violations within the rob. the fact that the government has been

unwilling to acknowledge that there is a problem or even there that there needs to be an investigation that to me suggests that the government has some in the high school and the government in bangladesh means shay casino. ah, she's the head of the alarming league. and for the last 14 years, the prime minister under her rule route has been accused not only of stage shootouts, but also more covert operations, such as abductions and torture. who the ministry of home affairs told us that according to their investigations, the allegation made appears not to be authentic. ah, back in the capital dot com, we are meeting someone who blames the government for rob's crawling. rat picked up, my brother and tennis is missing. this is sandita islam to lee the spokes person of an association of families whose fathers,

brothers and husbands were taken by rob. it's called maya dark mothers call. i was the younger one. anyway, i'm going to was to hold my hand so i couldn't do that gives me that i couldn't do anything. i still couldn't find me. what is happening with him. so i will till my last breath. whatever happens at my foot, or they often meet and hold rallies, determined to pressure the government to act. mm. move. i love that much. i love it, but i ready. as soon as i begin with it,

i just like said jesus brother, many of those abducted were local activists for b and p, bangladesh. main opposition party and were picked up in the run up to the 20142018 elections. this seems to align with what the whistleblowers claim. rab acts on government orders. lou wanted to go digging gauge meant decision for any political target would come at the very least from the ministry of home, a fast hole minister. you had to get clearance from the home ministry before doing a shoot out. i don't know if i thought us to look if the home minister gave such an order. it is highly unlikely that the prime minister of bangladesh didn't know about it because they also carry a sombre message. a does he with a message, this interview as a message for those who are waiting for their beloved ones to return? if they had been gone for a year or 2, then the chance that they will return alive is one percent. less than one percent.

did that, i will, we should, they actually keep the ministry of home affairs dismissed the allegations of political involvement. as mollified and politically motivated. we had to cut our meeting with sun cheetah islam short this this doll. this store there was standing on the store, the that to parson was available. yeah. a lot that on my pi, several men, some in uniform, we're approaching her house. we left with a different car to divert their attention. it needs to quality of the so i told them to lock the door there drank gather i think in vogue about oh

oh we don't know if we had been followed or not. but it wouldn't be anything unusual for son gita. just a taste of the continuous harassment she and her friends are facing. these families live hoping to see their loved ones again, not knowing what happens after rob knox at your door. but we also talked with someone who knows it very well. that night i cannot forget it like knock that knock on my door that opening the handle and getting past on the face. i cannot forget december, this is no fees mohammed along. he was arrested on november 3rd 2021. as this news report shows, he was accused of illegally selling alcohol, a controlled substance in bangladesh. we filmed the building where he says he was

taken after his arrest. call to his the fournier auto row on had orders for the 1st round floor in the right corner. did the doctor. so this is the and real this sill one fainter. this is the open space. there is a chair and there is a whole to hang up i was getting horrified like what kind of place is this and like when i was taken to the sales and i got flawed that i did, this is a very well organized and managed dr. brook dictor lumina is a hidden sound system in every room, he didn't sound system. little thought is always also, you're mostly a to create psychologically sola lucre. we identified one of the sounds played in the cells.

for the next 36 hours. alum says he was tortured and tortured by one person. specifically. major knob is governor. navi kaiser is considered one of rob's tortures. we confronted him with the allegations, but he did not respond. navea garcia need kaiser is a bit arrogant. i'm not aware of anyone who has a good relationship with him. don't any alarm says that his torture asked the journalists not to film his face, but with this screen shot, we identified him up there in the corner. that proves that he was there. another team, they also had a playstation in that room and a tv. so when i was getting beaten, ah novice guy thought of playing jessica's 3 on the playstation

he instructed them to put the hoop on my lake. in the hand come a finely and navigator, pissed a switch, and the hook was like pulling me up, pulling me up. he says he was beaten and given electric shocks. but his life was spared wrapped file charges against him and handed him over to the police. he was imprisoned, still, bearing the wounds of torture, unsure of what lay ahead, went on december 10th, 2021 at the stroke of 7 p. m. unexpected news brightened his day. ready he us has announced new sanctions against a dozen officials of foreign governments for their alleged rolls in human rights abuse sanctions against dozens of people and entities tied to china, bangladesh against individual associated with the police. both in bangladesh, accused of extra judicial killings. you have no idea like people in the deal and the like, the prisoners went like shouting with joy. they were like,

beating the place still play through each other the floor so many getting like shouts of joy like everyone out there so happy. despite providing it with training and equipment for many years, the u. s. had imposed sanctions on rap for their involvement in a gross violation of human rights, namely the extra judicial killing of after mohawk. ah, the fit was remarkable. almost immediately, the number of killings went down. what's more, many bangladesh is welcomed them as the 1st sign of a long awaited reckoning for a forest that his wielded power with near impunity. and even though you can say anything against them in bolivar, the other countries in the war are like they are concerned that these things are going on. it was real light at the end of the tunnel for us.

but impunity remains pervasive for as important as the sanctions were. they only targeted 7 high ranking officials by name countless others got away with literally murder abductions and torture. remember this face levied, kaiser one of wraps alleged tortures was not included in the sanctions less. in fact, he was given extra responsibilities. those we identified who were present at hawks murder were also not on the list. and the man who lord him into the trap was even awarded a lucrative posting. as a un peacekeepers, i'm out of their cup. as far as i know, everyone has gone un peacekeeping mission after serving and rather good. and even though the number of killings went down after the sanctions, rob is still committing crimes with general electron

scheduled to take place by early next year. they could become even more dangerous. for the doctor need about john donna ashi to combine with or any national election tuition for the human rights situation in bangladesh. did you re, rates in didn't, but to look at the be sure got to looking into but from our experience of the last 3, especially the last 2 elections. there are enough reasons to believe that those in power will try to stay in power. by any means, dick gonna broke out is that a company that has just a quote of it. 2 2 2 like rab was created in big part to fight terrorism, but it's now itself terrorizing many in bangladesh to these types of

entities. unfortunately tend to be hard wired for the use of violence in great part because they do enjoy impunity. evidence suggests not only that, rob uses its special powers and tools to circumvent the court system and commit crimes. but also that the force itself is used as a political tool. i'm blaming goldman bar it lesson them in a wrong bar. it lesson them to kill general people about this, do abduct, and i'll talk to them to maintain their power. while these accusations are not new, our investigation and the unprecedented testimony of to rob insiders make them harder to ignore. bad is what makes the so important the fact that these testimonies come from the inside from those that know exactly what has been going on on the inside. there's going to be a lot more questions now. and one question,

in particular, what could be done to put an end to robs crimes that but that everyone who is responsible needs to be identified and be placed on the sanctions list. if it means targeting the highest level of the state, it needs to be done to about this should be in a minute. there should not be any such kind of organization in the country like bangladesh. 2 2 do ah

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