It is now irrefutably evident that Sheikh Hasina’s despotic regime systematically weaponised enforced disappearance as a ruthless tool of political repression.
The current government must also identify those who have been killed during their disappearances.
Never did I imagine that I would be a victim of enforced disappearance one day.
Commission on enforced disappearances must provide answer, justice
Their families deserve answer, justice, and closure
Government must protect rights workers from intimidation and legal persecution
Usually, one sees the families of the victims of enforced disappearances demanding their loved ones be returned. But in a rare occurrence, the survivors came to the fore at a programme yesterday to narrate the ordeals they went through.
No credible and independent investigation has so far been carried out into any of the alleged incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
The government is looking into the cases of 28 victims of enforced disappearance, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said today.
Apart from eyes that fight weariness, each of them has one thing in common: they are all waiting for their husbands -- who had gone missing years ago in a notorious spate of enforced disappearances.
