Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said there has been a tendency to undermine victims of enforced disappearance over the past two years.
He said a kind of unhealthy culture is being practiced around them, which is regrettable. He also said making jokes about the survival of victims of enforced disappearance would discourage future democratic movements.
He made the remarks on Saturday at an exhibition and discussion organized by ‘Mayer Dak’ at the National Museum in Shahbagh.
Salahuddin said: “We have seen a tendency to undermine victims of enforced disappearance over the past two years. It is gradually becoming a kind of unhealthy culture. At least, we can request and appeal to people not to do this, so that no one undermines our democratic struggle.”
He said: “I am alive, Hummam is alive, Arman is alive. Did we know that we would survive? Making jokes about being alive will discourage future democratic movements.”
The home minister said the struggles of victims of enforced disappearance and the long wait endured by their families should not be belittled. Rather, he said, the issue should be viewed with due seriousness.