human-rights

A mother’s endless wait while staring at the door never seems to end. Years pass, yet a child does not know where his father is. A beloved wife is not certain whether her husband is alive or has disappeared into the depths of darkness. Clinging to the memories of the missing person, the entire family keeps counting the days. Even after receiving news of a death, the tears eventually stop. Relatives begin to dream again. But the wait for someone who has been forcibly disappeared has no end....

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has said the government is formulating a separate legal framework to prevent enforced disappearances. He also said the “Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Bill, 2026” and the “National Human Rights Commission Bill, 2026” have already been introduced in Parliament. The prime minister made the remarks in a message issued Saturday night on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The prime minister said, “The cu...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has assured that justice will be ensured for every extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance committed on the soil of Bangladesh. On Saturday night, ahead of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the minister in charge of the Home Ministry recalled his own experience of being disappeared in 2015 and gave the assurance. Salahuddin Ahmed, who was disappeared in 2015, said he still gets chills when he remembers the night he was dis...

Law Minister Md. Asaduzzaman has said that Bangladesh does not want to interfere in Myanmar’s internal affairs. Bangladesh only wants to say that the Rohingyas are not citizens of Bangladesh and are not a population originating from Bangladeshi territory. However, they are human beings and have human rights. The minister made the remarks as the chief guest at a seminar titled “The Rohingya Crisis: Current Reality and Future Course of Action” at the National Press Club in the capital on Su...