The Asian Human Rights Commission on 25 May 2011 issued an urgent statement of extreme concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh, and in particular over the disappearance of a young human rights activist, Dipal Barua, yesterday, May 24. Dipal has been working for the last few weeks on the efforts for the life and security of another human rights defender, FMA Razzak, on whom the AHRC has been conducting an international campaign:http://www.humanrights.asia/campaigns/attack-on-fma-razzak.  Fortunately the AHRC was able to confirm that Dipal returned to his house around 3:30pm local time, the next day, May 25, having been abducted and interrogated over his human rights activities. The story of his terrifying ordeal reveals that the concerted attacks on human rights defenders in Bangladesh are part of a programme by agencies of the government of Bangladesh, operating in secret, to counter the campaign of the AHRC and its partners who have acted to protect the life of FMA Razzak and demand that his perpetrators be brought to justice. 

This entry was posted on May 26, 2011 at 16:49 and is filed under AHRC, human rights, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: Bangladesh, disappearances