According to the report on enforced disappearances, a horror museum need to exist: CA
The Commission of Enquiry on Enforced Disappearances submitted its second interim report to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capitalCA GOB Facebook
Today, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus received the second interim report from the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances.
According to a news statement from the Chief Adviser's press wing, the commission, headed by Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, delivered the report to the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here at approximately 11:00 a.m.
In attendance were commission members Nabila Idris, a professor at BRAC University, and human rights advocates Nur Khan Liton and Sazzad Hossain.
Also in attendance were Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser M Siraj Uddin Miah, National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman, and Housing and Public Works Advisor Adilur Rahman Khan.
Speaking at the event, Chief Adviser Prof. Yunus stated that plans should be put in place to publish the report both online and as a book.
He claimed that the world is interested in this and that it is not just a problem for Bangladesh.
"The instances are so awful that many of the officers and those involved are also remorseful and they called the commission as an attempt to purify themselves," a commission member informed the chief adviser.
According to the commission member, two commanders even sent letters requesting relief from this, and the letters were discovered in Ganabhaban. The then-army chief also publicly admitted the existence of the letters.
According to the commission members, 1,350 of the 1,850 complaints they have received so far have been examined.
They stated that around 3,500 complaints may be filed, and that among the victims of disappearances, over 300 remain unaccounted for.
In order to enable the families of the missing individuals to at least conduct financial transactions, the head of the commission asked the chief adviser to take action.
He stated that a person can be assumed dead under the current law if they had not been seen for seven years.
He suggested changing the law to extend it by five years.
In order to take action as soon as possible, the chief adviser suggested that the commission be informed about what needs to be done.
Prof. Yunus thanked the commission members, saying, "You are working despite danger and other threats. The citizens of this nation will find inspiration in you. For those who will fight for human rights in the future, you serve as an inspiration.
"Every incidence is so awful! These incidents have been committed by our own friends and family, the "gentlemen" of our society. Given what has been discovered, a horror museum ought to exist. "There have been terrible incidents," he stated.
According to Prof. Yunus, the victims of enforced disparity in secret cells were subjected to months of imprisonment in three-by-three-foot cells, and the inhumanity of this treatment had to be made public.
He gave the commission members instructions to decide what has to be done right away so that the government can get to work on this in a timely manner.
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