But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial

Commission receives 1,600 complaints so far

The inquiry commission on enforced disappearances found eight secret detention centres in Dhaka and its surrounding areas.

Ayesha Ali has been praying every day for over 10 years to see her son.

NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.

Five new incidents of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh were reported to the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances in the last one year.

Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.

At least 92 people became victims of enforced disappearances last year and 23 of them are still missing, says a new human rights report.

Ever since her son went missing four years ago, Shahida Begum, 65, has knocked at every possible door -- local police, Rab, political leaders.

Apart from eyes that fight weariness, each of them has one thing in common: they are all waiting for their husbands -- who had gone missing years ago in a notorious spate of enforced disappearances.

“I am growing old. I am becoming sick… I want to see my son for one last time before I die.” The voice of Saleha Begum, 65, was cracking repeatedly as she sought to know the whereabouts of her son Moazzem Hossain Topu.

Five hundred and forty-four is a horrendous number of people to have gone missing, reportedly, in the last eight years since 2008. Only a few of them have returned; unfortunately 300 of them remain unaccounted for. It is a very sorry state where relatives of victims of such patently criminal acts should find themselves between the devil and the deep sea.

Bangladesh government took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced

The Bangladesh government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men “held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts,” Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that was made public today.

Security forces in Bangladesh are accused of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and secret detentions, including that of

Human Rights Watch criticises Bangladesh government over the enforced disappearances carried out allegedly by the law enforcement agencies. In a long report, the international rights group also recommends prompt investigation into the allegations of such disappearances.

Families of victims of enforced disappearances, who were mostly opposition BNP activists, today urged the prime minister to get back their dear ones at a demonstration staged in Dhaka.