At a roundtable discussion held Thursday at the National Press Club in Dhaka, organized by human rights group Odhikar to mark International Week of the Disappeared 2026, prominent citizens, rights activists, politicians, lawyers, and members of parliament called for strong and transparent laws to address enforced disappearances and protect judicial independence. Speakers emphasized that delayed justice amounts to denial of justice and urged the government to bring all perpetrators of disappearances to trial.
NCP Member Secretary and MP Akhtar Hossain said only a small fraction of security personnel are directly involved in disappearances and demanded their prosecution. MP Barrister Mir Ahmed Bin Kasem criticized the current laws as ineffective and warned that public patience is running out. Former prosecutor Tazul Islam and retired Brigadier General Abdullahil Aman Azmi described the existing laws as inadequate and urged reforms to ensure accountability.
Odhikar’s Advocacy Director Taskin Fahmina added that strong legal frameworks would prevent impunity and help security forces operate responsibly, ensuring that human rights violations and disappearances do not recur.
স্টাফ রিপোর্টার প্রকাশ : ২১ মে ২০২৬, ১৯: ১৯আপডেট : ২১ মে ২০২৬, ১৯: ৪০ গুমের সাথে জড়িত সব অপরাধীদের বিচারের আওতায় নিয়ে আসতে হবে। বিলম্বিত বিচার, বিচারহীনতার শামিল। মিষ্টি মিষ্টি কথা আর ফাঁকা বুলিতে তরুণরা অতীতেও ভোলেনি, এখনও আর ভুলবে না। জনগণের ধৈর্যক
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