Legal Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul has revealed that nearly 20,000 politically motivated false cases filed during the previous Awami League regime have been withdrawn. However, after the withdrawal, stakeholders have expressed concern that some of those cases did involve actual militants and terrorists.

“Suppose 100 people were labeled as militants — out of them, around 5 to 10 may have genuinely been militants,” Dr. Nazrul explained. He said he had informed Nabila that if any individual wrongly accused in such cases could present concrete evidence, the Ministry of Law would ensure swift resolution.

Dr. Nazrul further noted that the government has signed an agreement with the United Nations on enforced disappearances to prevent such incidents in the future.

At the same event, Industry Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan stated that despite strong evidence of enforced disappearances, victims continue to face obstacles in their pursuit of justice. He emphasized that the reports submitted by the Commission on Disappearances should not be seen as the end of its work.

“If we can preserve the detention centers and torture cells of the previous regime as museums, they will stand as historic reminders of authoritarian repression for future generations,” he added.