A powerful reflection on Geoffrey Robertson KC's landmark legal argument that prolonged detention on death row constitutes torture, and how a promise made to a condemned prisoner led to a precedent that has commuted more than a thousand death sentences.

On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we join 11 organisations worldwide to express our grave concerns over continuing acts of torture and other ill-treatment committed by law-enforcement agencies and security forces in Bangladesh.