enforced disappearance
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’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
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.
People can't just go 'missing'!
When nine people mysteriously go “missing” from two villages of the same upazila in less than a month, including three members of the same family...
Disappearance panic spreads in Pabna villages
Panic grips two villages in Faridpur upazila of the district as nine people hailing from there went missing in less than five weeks after being picked up by people claiming to be law enforcers.
People feeling insecure: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says people have no security of their lives at present as killings and enforced disappearances are going on across the country.
Culture of impunity led to more killings: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that increased incidents of killings have arisen out of a prevailing culture of impunity in Bangladesh.
Where have all the missing persons gone?
The statistics are frightening for any society that prides itself on its civilisational credentials, and even more so for any government....
Families of disappeared 19 for govt intervention
Families of the 19 persons, who were picked up allegedly by law enforcers about two years ago and never returned, demands the government to take necessary steps to find them.
Govt using law enforcers to crush movement: BNP
BNP accuses government of carrying out killings, abductions and repression on the 20-party alliance men using law enforcement agencies and its political cadres
ASK concerned over missing people including Salahuddin
Ain O Salish Kendra expresses deep concern over increasing number of missing people, alleging law enforcers have picked up at least 20 people this year but denied detaining them.
HRW urges probe into Salahuddin’s ‘disappearance’
Human Rights Watch urges Bangladeshi authorities to immediately order an independent investigation into "enforced disappearance" of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed