BNP to hold programs to remember victims of enforced disappearance Thursday

The leaders and activists of BNP will take out processions with black cloth on their faces on Thursday across the county, marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. 

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the program at a press briefing at BNP's Naya Paltan central office. 

He said the program will be observed in all metropolitan cities and district towns across the country. 

In Dhaka, BNP's Dhaka south and north city units will bring out a procession in front of the party's Naya Paltan central office at 3pm. 

Party standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan will inaugurate the program at Naya Paltan, reported UNB.

Rizvi claimed over 600 people, including public representatives, youth, students, journalists and rights activists have already been subjected to enforced disappearance in the country. 

"About 100 bodies of the enforced disappearance victims were recovered and many were shown arrested after many days," he said. 

The BNP leader said many victims of enforced disappearance who were claimed to have been picked up by law enforcement agencies are yet to be found.