Government officials will face death penalty or minimum life sentence if found guilty of causing the death of enforced disappearance victims, according to a draft ordinance unveiled yesterday.
The adviser made the remarks while exchanging views with the families of the victims of enforced disappearances
Justice must be ensured for the victims of this heinous crime.
The order to carry out enforced disappearances during the ousted Awami League government tenure came from the very top, and the perpetrators will be brought to justice, even in their absentia if necessary, the Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances said yesterday.
HRW's Asia Director Elaine Pearson writes about reforms in Bangladesh
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday rejected a petition challenging the tribunal’s jurisdiction to hold the trial of Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, who is accused of keeping people in secret prisons after abducting them.
A 20-year-old man from Dhaka’s Dhamrai, who had allegedly been forcibly disappeared since August 29, 2023, showed up yesterday at a police station close to the border between Bangladesh and India in Chapainawabganj.
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Mikel Changma yesterday lodged a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with his enforced disappearance.
They were last seen by loved ones on December 4, 2013
Russia believes that the US ambassador's visit to Shaheenbagh to meet with the family of a supporter of an opposition political party is an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion “worked like a tonic”, rights activists said yesterday as the number of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances dropped significantly in the last year.
A man, Nurul Afsar Hawladar, who was picked up from Uttara on September 22 allegedly by Rab, was shown arrested in Cox's Bazar yesterday (October 9, 2022).
Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.
"I cannot use a phone for my safety, or ride my bicycle, which I have ridden for 50 years," said photojournalist Shahidul Alam at a lecture session in Dhaka today (September 3, 2022).
Four years ago, some plainclothesmen picked up Mohon Mia from his Mirpur house. He has never returned home again. His father Jamsher Ali, a trader, has long insisted he has proof that Rab-4 members took his elder son away without giving any reason.
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
Government must allow impartial investigation into rights abuse allegations
The government has finally responded to the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for the first time in 26 years.
It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.
