enforced disappearance

Mikel Changma lodges complaint against Hasina

United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Mikel Changma yesterday lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with his enforced disappearance.

11 years on, three JnU students still remain missing

They were last seen by loved ones on December 4, 2013

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 invisible prisoners of state

The current government must also identify those who have been killed during their disappearances.

'Let my blood bring peace to the sacred soil of Bengal'

If it had not been for the student’s uprising, the heaviness of the pain for many in a similar situation would not have been relieved.

Bangladesh signs UN treaty on enforced disappearances

'It's a historic occasion,' says Yunus after signing instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances

Enforced disappearance: Govt sets up inquiry commission

The government yesterday formed a five-member inquiry commission to identify and find the people who were forcibly disappeared by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies between January 1, 2010, and August 5, 2024.

EDITORIAL / Dr Yunus’s address and the path forward

Must work together for democracy and reforms

Inside the Aynaghar / ‘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.

December 19, 2024
December 19, 2024

Mikel Changma lodges complaint against Hasina

United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Mikel Changma yesterday lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with his enforced disappearance.

December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024

11 years on, three JnU students still remain missing

They were last seen by loved ones on December 4, 2013

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.

August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024

The invisible prisoners of state

The current government must also identify those who have been killed during their disappearances.

August 30, 2024
August 30, 2024

'Let my blood bring peace to the sacred soil of Bengal'

If it had not been for the student’s uprising, the heaviness of the pain for many in a similar situation would not have been relieved.

August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024

Bangladesh signs UN treaty on enforced disappearances

'It's a historic occasion,' says Yunus after signing instrument of accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances

August 28, 2024
August 28, 2024

Enforced disappearance: Govt sets up inquiry commission

The government yesterday formed a five-member inquiry commission to identify and find the people who were forcibly disappeared by various intelligence and law enforcement agencies between January 1, 2010, and August 5, 2024.

August 27, 2024
August 27, 2024

Dr Yunus’s address and the path forward

Must work together for democracy and reforms

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.