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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Yarno Ritzen, Kevin Hirten

Notorious Bangladesh police unit received spy training in the UK

The RAB has been accused of extrajudicial killings, torture and forced disappearances [Reuters/Andrew Biraj]

Several members of a Bangladesh anti-crime unit accused of human rights abuses travelled to the United Kingdom in 2022 to receive security training, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) reports.

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a law enforcement unit dubbed a “death squad” by human rights organisations, went to the UK in May and October 2022 for a cybersecurity course and training on the use of mass surveillance equipment.

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