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Geneva set to host first-ever World Congress on Enforced Disappearances
The first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances will convene on Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva, marking a pivotal step in the global fight to prevent and eradicate this egregious human rights violation. This historic event will bring together governments, victims, civil society...
Prosecution secures call records of Hasina, key officials
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) procession has obtained phone call records of Sheikh Hasina and others in alleged genocide during the mass uprising of July-August last year. Prosecutors have also uncovered crucial evidence related to forced disappearances during the same period,...
Arrest warrants against Hasina, 10 others
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants against 11 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the disappearances during the 15-year rule of the Awami League. The two-member tribunal headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumdar issued the...
Mobile surveillance tech used in enforced disappearances under past regime
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh has revealed that mobile phone surveillance technology was instrumental in locating victims before their secret abductions by the ousted regime of Sheikh Hasina. BSS reported this on Sunday. The commissions report, titled...
Enforced disappearance victims faced brutal, methodical torture
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance has revealed that victims of enforced disappearance have endured systematic and inhuman torture in secret detention centers. The accounts of torture we have documented are both profoundly brutal and disturbingly methodical, the commission...
Victims were held in eight secret detention centers
In 2010, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has abducted a youth from capitals Mohammadpur, and sewed his lips without any anesthetic. Besides, many others were killed by shooting on head, and the bodies were tied in cement bags and drowned in the rivers including Buriganga and Shitalakshya from...
Commission finds involvement of ex-PM Hasina in enforced disappearance
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance on Saturday submitted its first interim report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, reports BSS. The five-member commission led by retired justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury handed over the report titled Unfolding the Truth to the Chief...
Inquiry commission gets 3 more months to investigate disappearances
The term of inquiry commission for enforced disappearances by law enforcement agencies during the Awami League government has been extended by three months. The commission was supposed to submit its final report by 15th of December, but a Tuesday notification, issued by the cabinet division...
Enforced Disappearance Commission finds 8 secret detention centers
The inquiry commission formed to investigate incidents of enforced disappearances during the Awami League regime has found eight secret detention centers where detained people were reportedly tortured over the years. Eight secret detention centers more horrific than Aynaghor have been detected,...
Over 1,600 complaints submitted to Enforced Disappearances Commission
More than 1,600 complaints have been placed to the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances. Chairman of the commission Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury revealed this at a press briefing at the commission office at Gulshan in the capital on Tuesday. He said that they have so far...