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¡°We Don¡¯t Have Him¡±

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh

¡°We Don¡¯t Have Him¡±

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances

in Bangladesh

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JULY 2017

ISBN: 978-1-6231-34921

¡°We Don¡¯t Have Him¡±

Secret Detentions and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh

Map of Bangladesh ............................................................................................................. I

Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1

Lack of Accountability...............................................................................................................3

Protecting Rights ......................................................................................................................4

Key Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 6

Methodology...................................................................................................................... 7

I. Background ..................................................................................................................... 8

Political Background................................................................................................................ 9

Attacks by Extremist Groups ................................................................................................... 10

History of Disappearances and Extrajudicial Killings ............................................................... 11

International and National Legal Standards ............................................................................ 15

II. Ongoing Secret Detentions and Disappearances ........................................................... 18

Killed Following Disappearances............................................................................................. 18

Continuing Disappearances ................................................................................................... 29

Secret Detentions: Disappearances Before Formal Arrests ....................................................... 37

III. Cases of 19 ¡°Disappeared¡± since 2013 ......................................................................... 50

November 28: Disappearance of Samarat Molla and Khaled Hossain Sohel .............................50

December 2: Disappearance of Four Men from Shishu Park ..................................................... 53

December 4: Disappearance of Six Men from Bashundhara ..................................................... 57

December 5: Disappearance of Adnan Chowdhury.................................................................. 66

December 5: Disappearance of Mohammad Kawser ............................................................... 68

December 6: Disappearance of Munna and Jhontu .................................................................70

December 7: Disappearance of Sujon and Farhad.................................................................... 73

December 12: Disappearance of Selim Reza Pintu ...................................................................76

IV. Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 78

To the Bangladesh Government ..............................................................................................78

To the National Human Rights Commission ............................................................................ 80

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