Aynaghar

Rab admits, apologises

Rab Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman has apologised to the families of the victims of enforced disappearances, murders, and abductions.

Rab DG acknowledges existence of Aynaghar

The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances instructed Rab to keep it as it is and not to make any changes in it, the Rab DG says

Enforced disappearances: Inquiry commission finds 8 detention centres

The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances found eight secret detention centres in Dhaka and its surrounding areas.

Aynaghar should be a site of remembrance

According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), at least 623 people were victims of enforced disappearance in the country from 2009 to 2022.

The need for a clear charter for the intelligence agencies

The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.

Where are our loved ones?

Ayesha Ali has been praying every day for over 10 years to see her son.

'We want you to die. We won’t have to kill you then.'

Never did I imagine that I would be a victim of enforced disappearance one day.

NHRC demands full disclosure about 'Aynaghar'

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded full disclosure of information about secret detention cells called “Aynaghar,” including their current status, the identities of its administrators, and those responsible for establishing them

Inside the Aynaghar / ‘They didn’t even let me drop off the milk for my child’

After years-long legal battles, all 110 cases against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his organisation Grameen Telecom over alleged labour law violations were dropped by union workers and employees on May 23, 2022, following a settlement regarding payment claims.

December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024

Rab admits, apologises

Rab Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman has apologised to the families of the victims of enforced disappearances, murders, and abductions.

December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024

Rab DG acknowledges existence of Aynaghar

The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances instructed Rab to keep it as it is and not to make any changes in it, the Rab DG says

November 6, 2024
November 6, 2024

Enforced disappearances: Inquiry commission finds 8 detention centres

The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances found eight secret detention centres in Dhaka and its surrounding areas.

October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

Aynaghar should be a site of remembrance

According to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), at least 623 people were victims of enforced disappearance in the country from 2009 to 2022.

September 3, 2024
September 3, 2024

The need for a clear charter for the intelligence agencies

The catch-all definition of national security must not be used as a cloak to hide abuses.

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

Where are our loved ones?

Ayesha Ali has been praying every day for over 10 years to see her son.

August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024

'We want you to die. We won’t have to kill you then.'

Never did I imagine that I would be a victim of enforced disappearance one day.

August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024

NHRC demands full disclosure about 'Aynaghar'

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has demanded full disclosure of information about secret detention cells called “Aynaghar,” including their current status, the identities of its administrators, and those responsible for establishing them

August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024

Inside the Aynaghar

After years of denial by the authorities, chilling details about secret prisons are now emerging as victims of enforced disappearances begin to speak out after their release following the dramatic fall of Sheikh Hasina’s 16-year regime.

August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024

‘Captors kept watch on my family’

On the evening of December 4, 2017, around 6:45pm, M Maroof Zaman, former Bangladesh ambassador to Vietnam, was on his way from his Dhanmondi home to receive his daughter at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.