The Police Reform Commission (PRC) has advised limiting the authority of police commissioner to restrict of us’s factual to own assemblies or processions as the large majority of respondents in a see catch belief about such rights as valuable for flourishing nation’s democratic ambiance.
“Some 71.2% respondents desire to interchange this provision of the police administration to abet the rights of keeping meeting or procession to flourish the nation’s democratic ambiance,” per a most contemporary public see achieved by the PRC.
Per allotment 29 of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1976, the police commissioner may maybe maybe additionally simply, by give an explanation for in writing, restrict any meeting or procession every time and for thus long as he considers such prohibition to be needed for the preservation of the general public peace or security: supplied that no such prohibition shall live in drive for greater than thirty days with out the sanction of the authorities.
Despite the proven truth that there is no longer always any provision for acquiring prior permission for keeping an meeting or procession in the ordinance, prior police permission is required on this respect.
As many as 24,442 other folks took allotment in the see and 17,411 desire modification to the provision whereas 7,031 (28.8%) create no longer desire any substitute to the provision.
Some 51.8% respondents catch belief about taking prior permission for keeping rallies from the metropolitan police commissioner as an adversary of the total rights as Article 37 of the Constitution has assured keeping meeting and procession as total rights.
Alternatively, 37.4 respondents catch expressed their difference whereas 10.8 p.c are uncertain or hesitant about the understanding.
The general public see titled “What create of police will we desire (kemon police chai)” became as soon as implemented in the wake of most contemporary criticism in Bangladesh and around the realm about the violent role of some police personnel in suppressing the anti-discrimination student bound.
To that pause, the intervening time authorities fashioned the “Police Reform Commission” to reform the police drive.
In replying to a quiz on how the allegations of human rights violation and misuse of vitality by police desires to be investigated, 60% of 24,442 the of us taking allotment in the see, urged forming a complete investigation commission to pursue the matter.
Whereas 20% of them catch advised the formation of a permanent investigation commission led by a retired justice of the Excessive Court docket division and 20% wanted to evaluation the allegation by the National Human Rights Commission by amending the relevant regulation of 2009.
The nation desires a regulation-abiding, corruption and politically affect-free self adequate police to own regulation and give an explanation for equally for the of us regardless of their identity, the see said.
“Some 89.5% of us opined to forestall employ police drive for political capabilities and 77.9% desire police to no longer like corruption by misusing vitality,” it also said.
As a substitute of these, 74.9% opined to carry police underneath accountability for violations of rights that encompass enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
The see is now readily available on the net page of the PRC (www.prc.mhapsd.gov.bd), per a assertion of the dwelling ministry.
PRC has received solutions from 24,442 other folks of diversified sections following its quiz to put up their opinions by 15 November.
