The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Statistics based on the national dailies show that 403 people were killed and 163 women, including disabled and children, raped in the last three months from July-September this year.

This was disclosed at a press conference jointly organised by Bangladesh Development Partnership Center (BDCP), South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), Bangladesh Human Rights Defenders Group (BHRDG), Nari O Manobadhikar Foundation (NAMAF) at the National Press Club in the city.

They demanded security for each and every woman of the country especially before and after the national polls.

They said women are being tortured both at home and outside. They became victims in many forms of maltreatments. They said 65 people alone received acid burns this year.

They also said repression against the minorities have increased manifolds over the previous years.

The conference was organised marking Grameen Nari Dibos, being observed since 1997.