Protesters ask govt to stop providing privileges to accused in enforced disappearance cases
Rights organisations on Wednesday urged the government to stop giving privileges to accused in enforced disappearance cases...
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15 army officials land in sub-jail in cantonment
International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Wednesday sent the 15 detained serving army officers to jail in three cases of crimes against humanity, two for enforced disappearances during the fallen Awami League regime and the other for 2024 July uprising atrocities...
15 army officers produced before ICT in enforced disappearance case
Fifteen serving army officers, accused in an enforced disappearance case, were produced before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 amid tight security in Dhaka on Wednesday morning...
United Nations sees Bangladesh鈥檚 progress on disappearance accountability
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has said that the initiation of proceedings against those accused of carrying out enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government in Bangladesh was an important step towards accountability...
BNP urges fair trials to protect democracy, uphold military integrity
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday stressed that fair and impartial trials of individuals accused of abusing their authority within the armed forces are essential to safeguarding democracy, protecting human rights, and preserving the military鈥檚 professionalism.
13 former, 9 serving army officers face arrest warrant
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunals on Wednesday filed charges of crimes against humanity against 28 people including 25 former senior officers of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and the Rapid Action Battalion, for their alleged roles in enforced disappearances and torture in custody under their command...
Enforced disappearance charges pressed against Hasina, Asaduzzaman, 26 others
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunals on Wednesday pressed charges of enforced disappearance against 28 individuals, including Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former defence adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique...
Army chief鈥檚 remarks distorted: ISPR
The army chief has not made any statement about giving indemnity to anyone accused of enforced disappearances, murder, or other crimes against humanity, said a statement of the Inter Services Public Relations directorate on Monday...
Disappearance:聽Nahid questions inaction on errant聽DGFI officials
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Thursday questioned the lack of arrests in enforced disappearance cases, despite serious allegations against high-ranking officials in the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence during the ousted Awami League regime.
Nahid seeks trial of errant members of all forces
National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged the government, the two International Crimes Tribunals, and the ordinary courts to bring to justice those responsible for crimes during the July 2024 mass uprising and for enforced disappearances under the Awami League鈥檚 15-year authoritarian rule, regardless of which force they belong to...
Survivors, victim families want end to enforced disappearance
Survivors and the families of the victims of enforced disappearances on Saturday urged the government to take necessary steps to bring an end to the culture of enforced disappearance.
Govt committed to take tougher action against enforced disappearances: Asif Nazrul
Law affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Saturday reaffirmed the government鈥檚 commitment to establishing a stronger accountability mechanism and addressing the concerns of the families of the victims of enforced disappearances...
BNP vows to end forced disappearanceif in power
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday said that their party would eradicate the culture of enforced disappearances if returned to power with people鈥檚 mandate in the next national election.
Families of victims聽still cry for justice
The families of the victims of enforced disappearances during the Awami League regime are still crying for justice, as many of them are still missing, many returned from secret detention, and many were found dead after their disappearance.
Death penalty for forced disappearance
The government on Thursday approved a draft of the Enforced Disappearance Prevention, Remedies and Protection Ordinance 2025 in principle, which proposed the death penalty and other severe punishments for committing the crimes.
Enforced disappearances should never happen in Bangladesh again, says Fortify Rights
Fortify Rights has said the Bangladesh government must ensure accountability for cases of enforced disappearances during the brutal rule of the country鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and provide reparations for victims鈥� families and survivors...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE:聽Trial of Hasina demanded
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday demanded that ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina be tried for her involvement in enforced disappearances, saying that the trial must take place in Bangladesh and that she should receive the maximum punishment.
3 jailed ex-RAB officers to be quizzed over Zia鈥檚 link
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday granted permission to interrogate three former Rapid Action Battalion officers 鈥� currently on death row in the 2014 Narayanganj seven-murder case 鈥� in connection with enforced disappearance...
BNP activist files complaint with ICT accusing Hasina, 50 others
An activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday filed a complaint with the office of the International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor accusing deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 50 others of their involvement in the abduction and enforced disappearance of him and several of his associates...
Army to take action against officers if any involved
The Bangladesh Army Headquarters on Thursday said that it would take legal action against officers whose involvement in enforced disappearance would be found in the ongoing investigation...
Threat over disappearance issue calls for early govt intervention
MEMBERS of the commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances and the victims that the commission has interviewed facing intimidation, threat and other obstacles, as the second interim report submitted to the government suggests, is worrying and warrants an early government intervention. The report, partially made public on June 23, of the commission that the...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE:聽Commission members, survivors face threats聽
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance in its second interim report revealed that its members and surviving victims were facing various challenges, including intimidation, threats, and other obstacles.
End to custodial torture, impunity demanded
Victims of enforced disappearance and human rights activists at a human chain in Rajshahi on Thursday called on the interim government to take urgent steps to end custodial torture, impunity and systemic repression in the country...
Commission on disappearance finds 鈥榯orture devices鈥� at every detention facilities
The Commission on enforced disappearance has said they found specialised interrogation rooms equipped with 鈥榯orture devices鈥� nearly at every detention facilities despite perpetrators efforts to destroy evidence after post-August 5, 2024 period...
Disappearance commission鈥檚 tenure extended till Dec 31
The government has extended the term of Enforced Disappearance Commission till December 31 this year.
Govt should break climate of impunity to end disappearances
THE second interim report of the commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances, partially made public on June 23, suggests that the culture of impunity has still alarmingly been at play even in the political changeover that happened on August 5, 2024 with the fall of the Awami League government, which had governed the country for about a decade...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE:聽Culture of impunity continues: report聽
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has said that the culture of impunity continued to function alarmingly even after the August 5, 2024 regime change as the members of the security forces responsible are not cooperating with...
Some armed forces officers, not institutions, involved in disappearance
The Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances president Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury on Thursday said that a group of individuals in the Armed Forces were involved in enforced disappearance, but not the three military services as institutions.
Armed Forces not institutionally involved in incidents of enforced disappearance
The Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances president retired High Court Division judge Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury on Thursday said that Armed Forces Division, including Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy, were not involved in enforce disappearance as institutions but some officers were involved in the incidents...
Rights groups urge authorities to disband RAB
Human rights activists and victims of enforced disappearances have urged the authorities to disband the Rapid Action Battalion for its alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions...
