A 20-year-old man from Dhaka’s Dhamrai, who had allegedly been forcibly disappeared since August 29, 2023, showed up yesterday at a police station close to the border between Bangladesh and India in Chapainawabganj.
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.
They were last seen by loved ones on December 4, 2013
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 current government must also identify those who have been killed during their disappearances.
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.
'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
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.
Must work together for democracy and reforms
A 20-year-old man from Dhaka’s Dhamrai, who had allegedly been forcibly disappeared since August 29, 2023, showed up yesterday at a police station close to the border between Bangladesh and India in Chapainawabganj.
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.
They were last seen by loved ones on December 4, 2013
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 current government must also identify those who have been killed during their disappearances.
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.
'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
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.
Must work together for democracy and reforms
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.
