Bring an end to torture, enforced disappearances
Twenty-seven eminent citizens yesterday demanded an end to enforced disappearance, torture and illegal detention by the law enforcers.
They also demanded investigations into officials and agencies that were named in the media for their alleged involvement in those crimes.
The probe body conducting the investigations must include representatives from families of the victims, human rights organisations and civil society members, said a statement.
They demanded that the government approve the United Nations' requests to investigate serious human rights violations.
"We believe that continued and planned enforced disappearance, torture, and illegal detention are not only serious violations of human rights and the rule of law, but also tantamount to crimes against humanity," reads the statement.
The statement mentioned that the allegations were being made by different local and international forums that included the United Nations Human Rights Council.
"The experiences of victims of enforced disappearances and illegal detentions reported recently by a Sweden-based online portal and some other media outlets have made us deeply concerned," reads the statement.
"We want to remind the government that torture, enforced disappearance and illegal detention are completely prohibited in the constitution of Bangladesh."
The signatories to the statement are: Hameeda Hossain, Badiul Alam Majumdar, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, Shahdeen Malik, Ali Riaz, Anu Muhammad, Asif Nazrul, Shapan Adnan, Perween Hasan, Firdous Azim, Ali Imam Majumder, Gitiara Nasreen, Rahnuma Ahmed, Shahidul Alam, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Samina Luthfa, Shahnaz Huda, Tabarak Hussain, Shireen Haq, Sanjeeb Drong, Hana Shams Ahmed, Nur Khan Liton, Naser Bakhtiar, Salma Ali, Arup Rahee, Subrata Chowdhury, and Nova Akhem.
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