The Mayer Dak organization has received 645 reports of missing people under the current government, but the real figure is likely three times higher, experts say. At an event yesterday to mark the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, relatives of those who never returned home called for justice.
Bangladesh and the rest of the subcontinent have a long history of human rights violations in the form of enforced disappearances. A recent ruling by the Islamabad High Court inspires hope
Police detained several BNP men from a doa mahfil programme held at the house of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon, a victim of enforced disappearance in 2013, in Dhaka’s Shaheenbagh area.
Police detained several BNP men from a “Doa Mahfil” programme held at the house of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon, a victim of enforced disappearance in 2013, in Dhaka’s Shaheenbagh area.