Rights record go under UN scrutiny
The UN’s Human Rights Council will be reviewing Bangladesh’s human rights situation in Geneva today as part of its four-yearly Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
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The UN’s Human Rights Council will be reviewing Bangladesh’s human rights situation in Geneva today as part of its four-yearly Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
No credible and independent investigation has so far been carried out into any of the alleged incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh.
Rights groups say more than 600 people disappeared since Awami League government led by PM Sheikh Hasina came to power.
Usually, one sees the families of victims of enforced disappearances at the helm of the movement, demanding their loved ones be returned. But in a rare occurrence, survivors came to the fore at a Maayer Daak programme yesterday to narrate the ordeals they went through.
Usually, one sees the families of the victims of enforced disappearances demanding their loved ones be returned. But in a rare occurrence, the survivors came to the fore at a programme yesterday to narrate the ordeals they went through.