Disappearance

Disappearance
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina talks to BBC journalist Laura Kunessberg during an interview that was aired on 18 September 2022

Free, fair polls held only during AL govt, PM Hasina tells BBC

About her personal memory with Queen Elizabeth II, Sheikh Hasina said it was 1961 when she (Queen) visited then East Pakistan and she had the opportunity to see her (for the first time in person)

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Human rights Allegations of enforced disappearance increase in Bangladesh

The committee also put emphasis on the responsibilities of the government to protect the families of the victims of enforced disappearance, rights activists and civic bodies from any threats

State minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam speaks to media at his office in Dhaka

Rights situation Proposal for independent investigation not logical: Shahriar Alam

The proposal to set up any independent and specialised mechanism to investigate the allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings is not logical, remarked state minister for ...

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Allow UN to assist disappearance inquiries: HRW calls Bangladesh

Bangladesh authorities should heed international calls for transparent, independent investigations into enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said in a statement on Tuesday

Prothom Alo infographic

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances Relatives wait hoping remaining 66 also will return

Upon returning five victims of enforced disappearance said they were picked up by people who identified them as law enforcement agency members

Zafrullah Chowdhury, founder, Gonoshasthaya Kendra

How many ‘Aynaghar’ are there, asks Zafrullah

A “benevolent Bangladesh” will be established if the government of Awami League is changed, remarked Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet addresses a press conference in the hotel InterContinental Dhaka on 17 August 2022 after warping up her official visit to Bangladesh.

Enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings Form independent body for investigation: Bachelet tells govt

UN high commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet has said she urged the government to form an independent and specialised mechanism to investigate enforced disappearances and extrajudicial ...

RAB's legal and media wing director Khandaker Al Moin

Efforts still on to find Ilias Ali: RAB

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is still trying to find out BNP leader Ilias Ali who was ‘picked up’ by unidentified persons more than 10 years ago

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen

Interview Digital Security Act abused a bit: Foreign minister

Not a single person died because of RAB in the last three months as we have taken many steps, said foreign minister AK Abdul Momen

UN Working Group examines 17 cases from Bangladesh, other countries

Enforced disappearances UN Working Group examines 17 cases from Bangladesh, other countries

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) examined 17 reported cases of enforced disappearances from several countries including Bangladesh

Habibur Rahman alias Swapan and Reza Nur Mueen

Two ex-students of SUST reportedly picked up from Uttara

Another former student of the university, Shah Raji Siddiqui, gave a post on social media claiming this

Families and relatives of people who fell victim to enforced disappearance participated in a protest rally at the capital’s National Press Club on 14 January 2022.

Enforced disappearance ‘After so long, police now ask me if my husband is really missing’

The platform of the families of enforced disappearance victims, Mayer Daak, organised a rally participated of the victims’ families and relatives.

DMP logo

Enforced disappearance Police rejects report on harassing families of missing persons

DMP on Friday rejected reports published in various media outlets which maintained that police were visiting the homes of missing persons, pressuring the families to sign blank papers and harassing ...

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Enforced disappearance Police knocking on the doors of victims’ relatives

Police have been allegedly creating pressure on the relatives of the people who fell victim to enforced disappearance, questioning the relatives at homes and, in some cases, taking their signature on ...

Adiba Islam along with her mother takes part in a human chain in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on 10 December 2021. Adiba Islam’s father was one of many victims of enforced disappearance.

Families of enforced disappearance victims 'Tell us about their whereabouts or graves'

Families of 40 victims of enforced disappearance joined a human chain organised by ‘Mayer Dak’ in front of the National Museum in the capital on Friday, marking International Human Rights Day.

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