Aynaghor

Aynaghor

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Inside Bangladesh’s machinery of enforced disappearances

Blindfolded abductions, secret cells, and systematic torture were not exceptions but policy. Testimonies from survivors reveal how enforced disappearance became a tool of governance in Bangladesh

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Never again: Why law enforcement reform is central to preventing enforced disappearances

Sheikh Hasina. File Photo: Collected

Trial begins against Hasina, 5 ex-DGFI chiefs over enforced disappearances, torture

Representational image. Photo: Collected

'25 detainees forced to share a single toothbrush': Horrors of 'Aynaghar' under scrutiny at ICT

Screengrab from video shows Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem showing the cell he was held captive for eight years on 12 February

'His memories uncovered a secret jail right next to an international airport', BBC reports on Aynaghar survivors

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No 'Aynaghor' or anything suspicious in Dhanmondi 32: Fire service

Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus today (19 January) met with the members of the Commission for Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances at the State Guest House Jamuna. Photo: Chief Adviser GOB' Facebook page

CA Yunus to visit 'Aynaghor' soon

Commission of Inquiry on enforced disappearances meets CA on 14 Dec. Photo: BSS

Commission links Hasina to enforced disappearances, recommends disbanding of RAB

MD Foyez. Photo: Courtesy

'Can someone be beaten so brutally? It felt like my bones and flesh were merging into one': Md Foyez

Rezaur Rahman Lenin speaking at a discussion at RC Majumdar Auditorium of Dhaka University organised by RODH on 29 August. Photo: BSS

Rights activists, victims call for preserving 'Aynaghor' as museum

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Each day felt like 10 in the normal world: Michael Chakma freed from Aynaghor

Major Ziaul Ahsan. Photo: Collected

'I was picked up on 7 Aug, kept at Aynaghor for 8 days': Gen Zia tells court

Ahmad Bin Quasem was arrested while serving as defence counsel for his father, who was hanged weeks later. He would only learn of the execution after years in prison. Photo: Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP

Disappeared Bangladeshi lawyer recounts Hasina's secret jail