Each year on 30 August, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances  commemorates those who are missing as a consequence of enforced disappearance. The effects of  enforced disappearance do not only affect close relatives of the disappeared, but also the  disappeared person’s community, nation and society as a whole. Today, we recognise and  remember the hundreds of thousands of people who have vanished in at least 85 countries, and the  millions who have been impacted by disappearances.  

ADPAN has joined 12 human rights groups shining the spotlight on Bangladesh, where it is estimated  at least 572 people have been reported forcibly disappeared by security forces and law-enforcement  agencies in Bangladesh since 2009. 

Full statement:  https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/28/bangladesh-end-enforced-disappearances 

ADPAN stands in solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances and celebrates the  achievements of activists and organisations who work to bring these issues to light.