July 10, 2024 | Dhaka, Bangladesh Government must return the disappeared persons and ensure justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence Whereas, in Bangladesh, enforced disappearance remains unabated with nearly 700 reported victims from 2009 to 2023, many of whom have not yet been located, and those who have resurfaced alive reported experiencing torture and inhumane […]
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BANGLADESH: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims
A Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice, Monash University, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy […]
Civil Society Joint Alternative Follow-up Report on Key Recommendations Submitted one year after the UN Committee against Torture’s Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh
This Alternative Report is submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights; Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN); Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Odhikar; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) one […]
Arrest and enforced disappearance of Mohammad Anwarul Islam by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members
On April 5, 2013 at around 2:25am, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) -5 arrested Mr. Mohammad Anwarul Islam (28) the son of Mohammad Israil and Mosammat Nurjahan Begumof Angariapara village in Chapainawabganj from house number 175 of Bil-Shimla Moholla under Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi district. Later, when family members contacted the RAB-5 office, […]
Mohammad Ali Mohabbat, a leader of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), Kushtia was allegedly disappeared by RAB from Jahanabad Cantonment Area in Khulna
On January 25, 2013 at around 8:30pm, Mohammad Ali Mohabbat (34), son of late Intaj Ali and Rahima Khatun of Adabaria village in Kumarkhali Upazila under Kushtia district was picked up by the alleged members of Rapid Action Batallion when he got down from a bus in front of Garrison Cinema Hall of Shahid Captain […]
BNP leader Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar was abducted and killed by men identifying as RAB
On January 5, 2013 at around 7:45pm Haji Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar (42) was abducted and killed by men identifying themselves as RAB officials, claimed his mother in law, brother and relatives. Rafikul was the General Secretary of Ward 56, Dhaka unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and vice president of the Hawkers’ Market Committee […]
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