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Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh. Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh are cases in which the Government of Bangladesh directly or indirectly kidnaps people and holds them incommunicado. [1] According to a Dhaka-based human rights group Odhikar, at least 402 people have become victim of enforced disappearance from 2009 to 2017 under the ...
Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem Arman ( Bengali: মীর আহমাদ বিন কাসেম আরমান ), also known as Mir Ahmad, is a Bangladeshi born British-trained barrister and human rights activist. He is a victim of enforced disappearance and is believed to have been abducted by security forces of the government of Bangladesh. He is ...
Seven Murders of the Narayanganj was the enforced disappearance and murder of seven people in Bangladesh, including a Panel mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation and a lawyer in April 2014. [1] [2] 27 Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members, including three top RAB 11 officials, were involved in the abduction and killing. [3]
Bangladesh on Wednesday disputed a Human Rights Watch investigation into disappearances of government critics and others as built on questionable, uncorroborated allegations that security forces ...
The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( ICPPED) is an international human rights instrument of the United Nations intended to prevent forced disappearance, which, as defined in international law, is part of crimes against humanity. [3] The text was adopted by the United Nations General ...
Mayer Daak. Mayer Daak ( Bengali: মায়ের ডাক, English: Mother’s Call) is a platform of the families of the people who fell victim to enforced disappearance allegedly by government agencies during the rule of the Awami League led government from 2009 to until date in Bangladesh. [1] The platform was launched with the common ...
Mayer Daak, a platform of families of enforced disappearance victims, organised a rally in support of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet's call for an impartial, independent, and transparent investigation into allegations of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killing, and torture during her visit to Bangladesh. Its ...
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law. [1] [2] Often, forced disappearance implies murder ...