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Posts published in “Day: November 11, 2017

Bangladesh Janata Party president, his associate ‘missing’; families blame police

Report in bdnews24.com, Nov 10, 2017 Families of Bangladesh Janata Party or BJP President Mithun Chowdhury and Ashik Ghosh, another leader of the recently formed political alliance, have alleged police picked the duo up two weeks ago. They made the allegation at a news conference at Bangladesh Crime Reporters’ Association on Thursday. Bangladesh Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Adibasi Party President Mithun announced the new alliance in September. He claimed the alliance had the ‘blessing’ of India’s…

Human rights activists concerned: Reports in The Daily Star, Nov 11, 2017

Dhaka: Rights activists have expressed concern over the recent incidents of enforced disappearance. At least 10 people, including a journalist, a university teacher, a publisher and political leaders, have gone missing since August 22. Some of them were picked up by unidentified people, said their family members. Rights body Ain o Salish Kendra says 334 of the 524 people, who allegedly became victims of enforced disappearance between 2010 and October 2017 across the country, are…