Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
The relatives of the forced disappearance people said that they have been losing their hope in the cop’s efforts to trace their family members.
Meanwhile, they organised a press conference in the city’s Jatiya Press Club ahead of the International Human Rights Day which is generally held on December 10 since 1948.
With photos of their loved ones in their hands and tears in their eyes, fathers, mothers, children and wives of the victims called upon the PM to relieve them of their pain.
The right bodies also echoed with the relative of the missing men and demanded to take effective steps to trace the enforced disappearance victimized people.
In the latest, a former Bangladeshi diplomat Maroof Zaman went missing on December 4, and has not yet returned.
Mubashar Hasan, a North South University (NSU) teacher, went missing on November 7.
Both family members were asked to pay ransom for their released, family sources said.
Earlier, at least 14 people disappeared in the past four months, media reports.
Eight persons, including Sajedul Islam Sumon, General Secretary of BNP Ward No: 38, were allegedly picked up by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) between December 4 and 5 in 2013 from the city’s Bashundhara and Shaheenbagh.
According to the Bangladeshi rights body, Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), as many as 519 people fell victims to enforced disappearances between 2010 and July 2017 in Bangladesh and 329 of them still missing.
Many family members of such victims have repeatedly blamed law-enforcement agencies, according to ASK. Many of those who went missing later returned to their families. In some cases, the bodies of the disappeared have been found.
Samiha Zaman, the younger sibling of diplomat Maroof Zaman, told The New Nation on Sunday, “His brother might be picked up forcibly by Law enforcers.”
Adiba Islam Hridi, the seven-year-old daughter of Chhatra Dal leader Parvez Hossain who went missing in 2013, has sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention in finding her father.
“Please bring my papa back or send me to my papa. I want to go to school with my papa. Please return my papa,” said Hridi.
When the little girl made this emotional appeal from the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Sunday, it was difficult for everyone present there to help tears.
Parvez Hossain remains missing after he was picked up on December 2, 2013, from Shahbagh of the capital.
Ferdousi Rahman, sister of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon, could not hold back her tears while sharing her words. “I came up here with the demand (to get back my brother) at least 20 times in these past four years. He [Sumon] was picked up in front of everyone. Every time we meet the Law enforcers but no result, she said.”
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, a civil activist and founder of the Gonoshasthya Kendra, on Sunday raised serious concern about enforced disappearances and said such incidents are not coming to an end because the authorities are not interested to check.
He also maintained that such incidents cannot occur without some kind of involvement of the authorities.
Nagorik Oikyo Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna said, “All the victim families who are present here have alleged that security agencies had taken their family members away.”
Dhaka University Professor CR Abrar urged the government to return the victims of enforced disappearances to their families if they are alive.
“If they are not alive, please tell us what has happened to them. Try them who are involved with the incidents,” he urged.
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes Unit (CTTC) Chief Monirul Islam on Friday said that Law enforcers were trying to trace all missing victims.
The relatives of the forced disappearance people said that they have been losing their hope in the cop’s efforts to trace their family members.
Meanwhile, they organised a press conference in the city’s Jatiya Press Club ahead of the International Human Rights Day which is generally held on December 10 since 1948.
With photos of their loved ones in their hands and tears in their eyes, fathers, mothers, children and wives of the victims called upon the PM to relieve them of their pain.
The right bodies also echoed with the relative of the missing men and demanded to take effective steps to trace the enforced disappearance victimized people.
In the latest, a former Bangladeshi diplomat Maroof Zaman went missing on December 4, and has not yet returned.
Mubashar Hasan, a North South University (NSU) teacher, went missing on November 7.
Both family members were asked to pay ransom for their released, family sources said.
Earlier, at least 14 people disappeared in the past four months, media reports.
Eight persons, including Sajedul Islam Sumon, General Secretary of BNP Ward No: 38, were allegedly picked up by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) between December 4 and 5 in 2013 from the city’s Bashundhara and Shaheenbagh.
According to the Bangladeshi rights body, Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), as many as 519 people fell victims to enforced disappearances between 2010 and July 2017 in Bangladesh and 329 of them still missing.
Many family members of such victims have repeatedly blamed law-enforcement agencies, according to ASK. Many of those who went missing later returned to their families. In some cases, the bodies of the disappeared have been found.
Samiha Zaman, the younger sibling of diplomat Maroof Zaman, told The New Nation on Sunday, “His brother might be picked up forcibly by Law enforcers.”
Adiba Islam Hridi, the seven-year-old daughter of Chhatra Dal leader Parvez Hossain who went missing in 2013, has sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention in finding her father.
“Please bring my papa back or send me to my papa. I want to go to school with my papa. Please return my papa,” said Hridi.
When the little girl made this emotional appeal from the Jatiya Press Club in the city on Sunday, it was difficult for everyone present there to help tears.
Parvez Hossain remains missing after he was picked up on December 2, 2013, from Shahbagh of the capital.
Ferdousi Rahman, sister of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon, could not hold back her tears while sharing her words. “I came up here with the demand (to get back my brother) at least 20 times in these past four years. He [Sumon] was picked up in front of everyone. Every time we meet the Law enforcers but no result, she said.”
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, a civil activist and founder of the Gonoshasthya Kendra, on Sunday raised serious concern about enforced disappearances and said such incidents are not coming to an end because the authorities are not interested to check.
He also maintained that such incidents cannot occur without some kind of involvement of the authorities.
Nagorik Oikyo Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna said, “All the victim families who are present here have alleged that security agencies had taken their family members away.”
Dhaka University Professor CR Abrar urged the government to return the victims of enforced disappearances to their families if they are alive.
“If they are not alive, please tell us what has happened to them. Try them who are involved with the incidents,” he urged.
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes Unit (CTTC) Chief Monirul Islam on Friday said that Law enforcers were trying to trace all missing victims.
