enforced disappearance
‘Handcuffs, blindfold ... it felt like a grave’
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.
Enforced disappearances / Bangladesh should support UN's offer of independent commission: HRW
Bangladesh authorities should accept the UN's offer to support an independent commission of inquiry into enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, on the eve of today's International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 / Find the unadulterated truth about all alleged disappearances
No credible and independent investigation has so far been carried out into any of the alleged incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
US envoy's Shaheenbagh visit attempt to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs: Russia
Russia believes that the US ambassador's visit to Shaheenbagh to meet with the family of a supporter of an opposition political party is an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
Sanctions on Rab ‘worked like a tonic’
US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion “worked like a tonic”, rights activists said yesterday as the number of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances dropped significantly in the last year.
Man “picked up by Rab,” shown arrested after 17 days
A man, Nurul Afsar Hawladar, who was picked up from Uttara on September 22 allegedly by Rab, was shown arrested in Cox's Bazar yesterday (October 9, 2022).
‘Expatriate Diplomacy’ and ‘Mercenary Columnists’
Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.
“I cannot use a phone for my safety or ride my bicycle anymore”
"I cannot use a phone for my safety, or ride my bicycle, which I have ridden for 50 years," said photojournalist Shahidul Alam at a lecture session in Dhaka today (September 3, 2022).
A family forced into never-ending distress
Four years ago, some plainclothesmen picked up Mohon Mia from his Mirpur house. He has never returned home again. His father Jamsher Ali, a trader, has long insisted he has proof that Rab-4 members took his elder son away without giving any reason.
UN rights chief hits the nail on the head
Government must allow impartial investigation into rights abuse allegations
UN body deems govt explanations for enforced disappearance "insufficient"
The government has finally responded to the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for the first time in 26 years.
Return of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing?
It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.
An open letter to the makers of ‘Nikhoj’
Dear Reehan Rahman, My father, photojournalist and editor Shafiqul Islam Kajol, was added to the list of hundreds of Bangladeshi victims of enforced disappearance on March 10, 2020.
Ilias missing: 10 years gone, no trace yet
“We, the family members of the victims of enforced disappearance, have been leading a miserable life.
Draft OTT regulations: They'll be threat to free speech, says speakers at webinar
The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and people’s basic rights, experts said yesterday.
Bangladesh should respond to UN concerns on human rights: HRW
Human Rights Watch today urged the Bangladesh government to meaningfully respond to United Nations' concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.
Disappearances: Rights activists demand independent probe body
Rights organisation Mother’s Call holds a discussion on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances at the National Press Club in Dhaka.
Enforced Disappearance: 40 families'painful wait lingers on
At a crowded room of the capital's Jatiya Press Club yesterday, eight-year old Adiba Islam Hridi cried softly while sitting on her mother's lap.
'Picked up' pro-AL men return
The three ruling party men, allegedly picked up by plainclothes men from Narayanganj's Rupganj, returned home yesterday.
