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Wednesday 22 December 2010

WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi 'death squad' trained by UK government | World news | The Guardian

WikiLeaks cables: Bangladeshi 'death squad' trained by UK government | World news | The Guardian: "British government has been training a Bangladeshi paramilitary force condemned by human rights organisations as a 'government death squad', leaked US embassy cables have revealed.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), which has been held responsible for hundreds of extra-judicial killings in recent years and is said to routinely use torture, have received British training in 'investigative interviewing techniques' and 'rules of engagement'.

Details of the training were revealed in a number of cables, released by WikiLeaks, which address the counter-terrorism objectives of the US and UK governments in Bangladesh. One cable makes clear that the US would not offer any assistance other than human rights training to the RAB – and that it would be illegal under US law to do so – because its members commit gross human rights violations with impunity"

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