Enforced
disappearance/ Fear for the safety
The
International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in
The
International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by ODHIKAR, a member of
OMCT SOS-Torture Network, about the alleged enforced disappearance, since
According
to the information received, on
According
to the same information, Mr. Delwar Hossain’s wife was informed by an
acquaintance about the abduction and went, on the next day,
According
to two Sub inspectors at Madaripur Police Station contacted by ODHIKAR during
its fact-finding mission, Mr. Delwar Hossain was also known as “Dyata Dacoit” and
a warrant had been issued under that name in connection with criminal cases
committed in different areas. However, no further information was provided about
whether Mr. Delwar Hossain was indeed arrested under the aforementioned
warrant. One of the Sub inspectors also told ODHIKAR that, after Mr. Delwar Hossain’s
wife came to the police in June, he went to the spot to inquire but he found no
evidence of the abduction by RAB members. The OMCT is gravely concerned that,
to date, no effective investigation was carried out into the disappearance of
Mr. Delwar Hossain by the competent authorities, all the more since the police
refused to register a GD (a precondition to launch a thorough investigation by
the police, including by informing other police stations).
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned
about the safety of Mr. Delwar Hossain and fears that he was
victim of an extra-judicial killing. OMCT
recalls that the authorities in
OMCT calls on the competent authorities to ensure that an investigation into
the enforced disappearence of Mr. Delwar
Hossain is
carried out promptly, effectively, thoroughly, independently and impartially, in accordance with international human rights
standards, the result of which must be made public, in order to bring those
responsible before a competent, independent and impartial tribunal and apply
penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law.
Action requested
Please
write to the authorities in
i.
Immediately
locate and disclose the whereabouts of Mr. Delwar
Hossain;
ii.
Guarantee, in all circumstances, the
physical and psychological integrity of Mr.
Delwar Hossain;
iii.
Grant Mr. Delwar Hossain prompt and unrestricted access
to a lawyer of his choice and his family, as well as guarantee that he is
examined by an independent doctor and receives adequate medical care, in
accordance, inter alia, the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of
Prisoners;
iv.
Order his
immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges that are consistent
with international law and standards, or, if such charges exist, bring him
before an impartial, independent and competent tribunal and guarantee his
procedural rights at all times;
v.
Carry out a prompt, effective, thorough, independent and impartial investigation into the enforced disappearence
of Mr. Delwar Hossain,
in accordance with international human rights standards, the result of which
must be made public, in order to bring those responsible before a competent,
independent and impartial tribunal and apply penal, civil and/or administrative
sanctions as provided by law;
vi.
Ensure
that an effective remedy, including the right to full redress with compensation
be granted to the victim concerned;
vii.
Ensure
the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in
accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.
Ø Ms. Sheikh
Hasina, Prime
Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad
Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fax: + 880 2 8113243 Email: info@pmo.gov.bd ; pm@pmo.gov.bd
Ø Ms. Sahara Khatun, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Bangladesh
Secretariat Building 4,
Ø Mr. Shafiq Ahmed, Ministry
of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fax:
+880 2 7168557 Email: minoflaw@bdonline.com
, info@minlaw.gov.bd
Ø Dr. Dipu Moni, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Honorable Minister, Dr. Dipu
Moni, Fax: + 880 2 9562188, Email:
dirfe@mofa.gov.bd
Ø Mr. Abdus Sobhan Sikder, Secretary, Ministry
of Home Affairs, Fax: + 880
2 7164788, Email: secretary@mha.gov.bd
Ø
Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Chairman, National Human Rights
Commission, Gulpheshan Plaza (Level-11), 8, Shahid Sangbadik Selina
Parvin Sarak, Boro Magbazar, Dhaka-1217, Bangladesh. Fax: + 880 2 9137743. E-mail: nhrc.bd@gmail.com
Ø
Mr. Mahbubey Alam, Attorney General for
Ø Mr. Hasan Mahmud
Khandoker, Inspector
General of Police, Police Headquarters, Phoenix Road, Dhaka-1000,
Bangladesh, Fax:
+880 2 7125840 E-mail: ig@police.gov.bd
Ø Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United
Nations in Geneva, 65 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +41 22 738 46 16, E-mail: mission.bangladesh@ties.itu.int
Please also
write to the embassies of
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inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your
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