Yunus visits secret detention centres
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and his team visited three locations in Dhaka today that were previously used as torture cells and secret prisons, commonly known as "Aynaghar," (house of mirrors) where people were forcibly disappeared.
He was accompanied by members of the advisory council, the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, victims, and representatives from local and international media.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The sites visited were in Agargaon, Kachukhet, and Uttara.
Yunus is also accompanied by two local media outlets, foreign media outlets and a select group of victims, CA press wing told The Daily Star.
Barrister Mir Ahmad bin Quasem Arman stood in front of the small Aynaghar, a secret prison inside the Rapid Action Battalion-1 compound in Uttara, where he was allegedly detained for eight years.
Today, he narrated his ordeal to Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus during the latter's visit to Aynaghars in Dhaka.
Yunus visited three locations in the capital that were previously used as torture cells and secret prisons, the chief adviser's press secretary wrote in a Facebook post.
However, the broader community of victims and survivors has not been included.
Meanwhile, Mayer Daak, a platform representing families of victims of enforced disappearances, staged a protest in front of its Shaheenbagh office, saying that victims continue to be deprived of justice.
"It was our demand that all Aynaghar be opened to the victims and the families of the victims. But we are still being stonewalled. Those who have perpetrated the crimes, are still being protected," said Sanjida Islam Tulee, convenor of Mayer Daak.
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