trying to silence its critics, clamping down on the opposition ahead of their mass protest, arresting hundreds. for these families, it is all too familiar. they say their relatives were also rounded up by security forces brothers, sons, husbands and fathers, supporters of the opposition who have been missing for years, like this political organiser. this woman says her brother was abducted in 2013. she still wants answers. if they deny that law enforcement agency has not abducted them, who has abducted them? it also lies to them, the government, to find out, where are the citizens? we put her and other families concerns to the foreign minister. he said un figures on enforced disappearances are not accurate. unfortunately, the un collected
in the country as the prime minister sheikh hasina, seeks re election next year. figures from the united nations say as many as 76 people are listed as having disappeared in bangladesh in recent months. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has been speaking to those directly affected by the crackdown. gunfire. a show of force on the streets of dhaka. a government long accused of trying to silence its critics, clamping down on the opposition ahead of their mass protest, arresting hundreds. for these families, it is all too familiar. they say their relatives were also rounded up by security forces brothers, sons, husbands and fathers, supporters of the opposition who have been missing for years, like sajidul islam shumon, a political organiser. sanjida says her brother was abducted in 2013. she still wants answers.
argentina and croatia will meet in the semi final of the football world cup in doha. both teams prevailed in penalty shootouts in matches against the netherlands and brazil. the us says russia and iran are developing a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering support in return for drones to use against ukraine. police in bangladesh say two leaders of the main opposition party, the bangladesh national party, have been charged with inciting and planning attacks on the police, including the use of crude bombs. it comes ahead of a mass anti government rally being planned by the party in the capital dhaka. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has this report. gunfire. a show of force on the streets of dhaka. a government long accused of trying to silence its critics, clamping down on the opposition ahead of their mass protest, arresting hundreds. for these families,
these protesters say they are being denied their own. denied their own. there is no democracy denied their own. there is no democracy in denied their own. there is no democracy in bangladesh. i democracy in bangladesh. establishing democracy is our main demand. we have been harassed by police at every check postjust to get here. police at every check post ust to net here. ,, police at every check post just to get here. this i get here. translation: this government get here. translation: this government wants get here. translation: this government wants to - get here. translation: this government wants to control| government wants to control everything with the help of police. they want everything with the help of police. they want to use police to be in power they want to use police to be in power for they want to use police to be in power for life. they want to use police to be in powerfor life. our they want to use police to be in power for life. our leader wants
keeping everyone at gunpoint. in the last few days, things were much more tense. the security forces clashed with opposition supporters, arresting hundreds. he said it is another example of how the government s crushing dissent. they are calling for three and fair elections and for the prime minister to step down. seen here at the cop summit she has been a key voice of the debate on climate change. in an interview with the bbc in september, she denied claims her government is silencing critics. many people can place allegations but how far it is true, you have to judge. only during a military time you can see free and fair elections. the opposition bangladesh national party says it s planning to hold another mass next week. they say they ll keep going until their demands are met. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news.