With three of the secret detention centres finally unveiled, the families of the forcibly disappeared are faced with a difficult reality -- the loved ones they had been waiting for years are not there. 

The Mayer Daak movement in Bangladesh has emerged as a powerful symbol of resistance.

History has shown us that regimes that wield enforced disappearances as a weapon eventually crumble under the weight of their crimes.

The government is looking into the cases of 28 victims of enforced disappearance, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said today.