enforced disappearances in Bangladesh
Inadequacy in law doesn't justify enforced disappearances
Bangladesh has once again denied any instances of enforced disappearance, despite facing harsh criticism from human rights activists and calls from leading Western democracies to investigate alleged cases.
Jailing rights defenders sends the wrong message
Instead, investigate and stop human rights violators
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.
Extrajudicial Killings: Numbers drop sharply since US sanctions
Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.
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.
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.
Hoping against hope
Members of around 80 families joined the programme under the banner of “Mayer Daak”, a platform of victims' family members, from across the country. Speaking at the event, supported by rights activists, family members slammed the state for denying justice to their dear ones.
Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses
Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
Enforced disappearance: Families demand whereabouts of victims
Family members of the victims of “enforced disappearances” organise a mass hearing in Dhaka demanding whereabouts of the dear and near ones.
Inadequacy in law doesn't justify enforced disappearances
Bangladesh has once again denied any instances of enforced disappearance, despite facing harsh criticism from human rights activists and calls from leading Western democracies to investigate alleged cases.
Jailing rights defenders sends the wrong message
Instead, investigate and stop human rights violators
‘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.
Extrajudicial Killings: Numbers drop sharply since US sanctions
Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.
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.
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.
Govt took limited steps to prosecute rights abuses
Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced
Hoping against hope
Members of around 80 families joined the programme under the banner of “Mayer Daak”, a platform of victims' family members, from across the country. Speaking at the event, supported by rights activists, family members slammed the state for denying justice to their dear ones.
Enforced disappearance: Families demand whereabouts of victims
Family members of the victims of “enforced disappearances” organise a mass hearing in Dhaka demanding whereabouts of the dear and near ones.
