The inquest of Ahmed Timol’s death in detention, seeking the final truth
By Shafiq Morton THE re-opening of the inquest into the causes of Ahmed Timol’s death in detention, 45 years after the fact, is most certainly a long-awaited constitutional triumph. However, with it comes tremendous pain, and the nightmares of an era when security policemen were licensed killers. For me, it is a distressing story to write – as like so many – these shadowy men were once an integral, and […]
