Jallad : death squads and state terror in South Asia / Tasneem Khalil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalil, Tasneem, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death squads--South Asia.

Death squads.

State-sponsored terrorism--South Asia.

State-sponsored terrorism.

Political atrocities--South Asia.

Political atrocities.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Summary:

Extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearance and torture - these are the tools used by death squads across South Asia. Across the region, human rights abuses are perpetrated behind the closed doors by the 'jallad', or hangmen, of secret detention facilities, while death squads roam the streets with impunity. By using first-hand experience and newly discovered sources, Tasneem Khalil connects these abuses to a disturbing fact - that Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are national security states connected to an international system of state terror, patronised by sponsors like the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Israel. Looking at infamous 'enforcers' such as The Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh, the 'encounter specialists' of India, army units of Nepal, the Frontier Corps of Pakistan and 'the men in white vans' of Sri Lanka, Khalil reveals a huge system of specialists in violence deployed by the state in campaigns of state terror, a bloody logic of domination and repression that lies at the very core of statecraft in South Asia.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: After the Colony

2.Bangladesh: Men in Black

3.India: Brutal Encounters

4.Nepal: The Royal Army

5.Pakistan: Agents of the State

6.Sri Lanka: White Vans

7.State Terror in Post-Colonial South Asia

8.Specialists on Violence

9.International System of State Terror

10.A Note from the Torture Chamber.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783716944

1783716940

9781783716937

1783716932

OCLC:

934382739