Women-and-Children-Repression-Prevention-Act

Police arrested a madrasa teacher over allegations of threatening and sexually abusing three minor students at a madrasa and orphanage in Birampur, Dinajpur. Birampur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shamim Al Mamun confirmed the matter. The arrested teacher has been identified as Md Ali Hasan. The father of one of the victims filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act at the police station on Friday. OC Shamim said the three children had been studying...

High Court announced 10 verdicts in the last month following prioritized hearings of death references and appeals in cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury formed a special High Court bench on 10 June to specifically hear death reference approvals and appeals in women and child abuse cases due to several brutal incidents in the country. A special team of state lawyers, led by Attorney General Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal, was...

Allegations of abuse of power at every step have been raised against former Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka, Md. Sanaullah, to escape a woman abuse case. The complainant, Nasrin Akhter, claims that Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman assisted in this effort. She a...