Another victim of enforced disappearance returns home from India
Another enforced disappearance victim returned home allegedly from India on Saturday, one
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Mobile surveillance used in pinpointing location of victims: commission
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has found that the mobile surveillance system was used in pinpointing the location of the victims of the enforced disappearance in Bangladesh prior to picking them up secretly.
Enforced Disappearance: Michael Chakma files complaints against Hasina
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front leader Michael Chakma on Wednesday lodged a verbal complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of involvement in his enforced disappearance...
Enforced Disappearance: 20 top army, police officials barred from leaving country
The Ministry of Home affairs has asked the Department of Immigration to take necessary steps to withdraw passports of and prevent travel outside of Bangladesh by 20 former army and police officials on charges of their involvement in enforced disappearance...
Enforced Disappearance: Victims killed or jailed in fictitious cases
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance in its first interim report has found that most victims were either killed or ended up in jail implicated in fictitious cases...
Enforced Disappearance in Bangladesh: Commission finds Indian聽involvement
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has found prima facie evidence of the involvement of Indian authorities in the system of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
Investigation of disappearances needs to be impartial, credible
THE Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances, which the interim government instituted on August 27, in an early report submitted on December 14 says that it has found prima facie involvement of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister deposed on August 5 when the Awami League government was toppled in a mass uprising, and ranking officials of...
Killing of Intellectuals: Answer to Zahir Raihan鈥檚 disappearance could solve mystery: Jamaat
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Parwar on Saturday said that the mystery over the killings of intellectuals would be revealed if the mystery of missing filmmaker Zahir Raihan was revealed...
Bangladesh's elite force RAB, sanctioned by US, offers public apology for misdeeds
The Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday in an unprecedented gesture sought public apology for the extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and all other misdeeds it had perpetrated since its establishment till date.
Govt increases tenure of inquiry commission on enforced disappearance
Bangladesh interim government has extended the tenure of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance three months more from December 15.
Commission for travel ban on 22 law enforcers
The Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has recommended that travel ban should be imposed on 22 members of law enforcement agencies for their alleged involvement in the...
Law demanded to stop enforced disappearances
Victims and their families on Friday demanded enactment of a law to ensure justice for the victims of enforced disappearance through exemplary punishment of the perpetrators.
Yunus pledges supports to identify people behind enforced disappearance
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday assured the Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances to provide all possible supports to identify the people...
Over 1,600 complaints filed, 200 still missing
The Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances said on Tuesday that it had received complaints regarding enforced disappearance of over 1,600 victims, the incidents of...
Mir Quasem鈥檚 son lodges complaint with disappearance commission
Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, the younger son of executed Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, on Tuesday filed a complaint with the enforced disappearance commission...
Justice for victims of enforced disappearances a must
FOR the interim government to facilitate any meaningful political transformation in the days to come, it should establish legal liability for victims of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killing, custodial death, and torture done under the authoritarian Awami League regime. According to human rights organisations, security forces have committed...
New disappearance case filed against Hasina, aides
Dismissed lieutenant colonel Hasinur Rahman on Wednesday filed a complaint of enforced disappearance against 11 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister...
Enforced disappearance proof destruction concerning
CHANGES made to the secret detention centres apparently to destroy evidence, as the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances has found, is gravely concerning. The commission...
400 complaints filed, commission finds reality of Aynaghor at DGFI HQ
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances said on Thursday that it had received about 400 complaints of enforced disappearances from the victims and their families since...
11 new cases filed against Hasina, associates聽
Families of 12 victims of enforced disappearances from 2011 to 2020 on Wednesday filed 11 separate cases with the International Crimes Tribunal against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, members of law enforcement agencies, and other associates. Ten of the victims still remain missing...
Govt to amend聽ICT act to widen definition
The government has taken steps to amend the International Crimes Tribunal Act, 1973, to expand the definition of crimes against humanity to include enforced disappearances and...
ICT case filed against six RAB officers
A case was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal against six Rapid Action Battalion officers on charge of crimes against humanity for reported abduction, enforced disappearance and...
Ex-MP, DB officials among 20 sued in Natore
A case was filed against 20 people, including a former Awami League lawmaker and three members of Detective Branch on charge of abduction and disappearance of a...
Allegation of custodial death a worrying sign
UNABATED rights violations, including custodial torture, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearances, at the hands of the law enforcement agencies, which characterised the authoritarian Awami League regime, are where reform is expected. The reported allegation that a leader of Juba Dal, the youth wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has died in...
Govt must ensure justice for enforced disappearances: discussion
Rights activists and families of victims of enforced disappearances on Friday said that the government must ensure justice for victims of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
CJ forwards list of 64 victims of enforced disappearance to commission
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday forwarded a list of 64 victims of enforced disappearances to the newly established five-member commission, directing...
Families demand return of victims within 48 hours
The families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding return of them who disappeared during the tenure of the Awami League government...
Conforming legal system to UN convention
BANGLADESH鈥橲 recent ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance signifies a pivotal step in the nation鈥檚 commitment to rights and...
Transparent legal process for arrest
BANGLADESH has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. A commission led by Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury was formed earlier to investigate each case of enforced disappearance and provide recommendations for future prevention. It has been asked the commission to investigate every...
鈥楪oom: Jaan O Jaban鈥� under way
Anthropologist and documentary photographer Moshfiqur Rahman Johan has captured the in-depth reality of family members and relatives of victims of enforced disappearances in his solo photo exhibition under way at the Nalinikanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital...