3/7/2025–|Last update: 05:09 (Mecca time)
“Human Rights Watch“The interim government is in Bangladesh She took some positive steps to address what she described as “terrible inheritance” for enforced disappearance crimes, and confirmed that she had received more than 1850 complaints on the topic.
The organization recorded that Bangladesh is still awaiting “more difficult and more important steps that should be taken”, according to new recommendations issued by United Nations human rights experts.
“Rights Watch” considered that the anti -terrorism law in Bangladesh has long been used against journalists and defenders human rights And the critics of previous governments.
The organization pointed out that the interim government in Bangladesh faces “great challenges and has a limited time”, and stressed that the treatment of the legacy of enforced disappearance effectively imposes on the authorities to abide by “the recommendations of United Nations experts and to proceed urgently in reforming the judiciary and the security sector in addition to pursuing the perpetrators appropriately.”
The UN experts warned of what they called attempts to “intimidate” the members of the committee and the families of the victims, as well as attempts to destroy the evidence and obstruct the investigations, and indicated that some survivors are still being harassed through unfair criminal charges, especially under the anti -terrorism law.
Experts also stressed the necessity of prosecuting the suspects, expressing at the same time their concern about the standards of fair trial and the possibility of using the death penalty, and considered that the proposed law to address the cases of enforced disappearance raises fears and requires more consultations.
Experts listened United Nations Those involved in the cases of enforced disappearance to “painful accounts of torture from the survivors of enforced disappearance,” and they met relatives of victims who are still missing, and concluded that “the victims feel very afraid of reporting cases.”
Experts attributed the fear of reporting cases of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh that many of the alleged violations perpetrators “are still occupying their jobs in the police and army ranks”, and stressed the need to establish a system to protect victims and witnesses and a comprehensive reform of the security sector.
The transitional government has approved the International Convention to protect all persons from enforced disappearance, and established an investigation committee that presented two phased reports, received more than 1,850 complaints, and its mandates until December 2025.