enforced disappearances
Rab must be rebuilt from the ground up
But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
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.
Where are our loved ones?
Ayesha Ali has been praying every day for over 10 years to see her son.
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 / ‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
Enforced disappearances: UN group records 5 more cases
Five new incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh were reported to the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances in the last one year.
‘Expatriate Diplomacy’ and ‘Mercenary Columnists’
Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.
Enforced Disappearances: 92 taken last year: report
At least 92 people became victims of enforced disappearances last year and 23 of them are still missing, says a new human rights report.
INT’L DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES / ‘I couldn’t find him anywhere’
Ever since her son went missing four years ago, Shahida Begum, 65, has knocked at every possible door -- local police, Rab, political leaders.
INT’L DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES / A thousand days of wait
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.
Disavowal is not the correct response
Five hundred and forty-four is a horrendous number of people to have gone missing, reportedly, in the last eight years since 2008. Only a few of them have returned; unfortunately 300 of them remain unaccounted for. It is a very sorry state where relatives of victims of such patently criminal acts should find themselves between the devil and the deep sea.
Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses
Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
Investigate fate of disappeared secret detentions: HRW
The Bangladesh government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men “held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts,” Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that was made public today.
HRW calls for free probe, prosecution
Security forces in Bangladesh are accused of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and secret detentions, including that of
HRW raps govt over enforced disappearances
Human Rights Watch criticises Bangladesh government over the enforced disappearances carried out allegedly by the law enforcement agencies. In a long report, the international rights group also recommends prompt investigation into the allegations of such disappearances.
Families want their ‘missing’ dear ones back
Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.