Twenty-two current and former teachers of Dhaka University鈥檚 international relations department on Tuesday demanded trace of the department鈥檚 3rd year Bachelor student Rashidul Islam who went missing since Friday.
In a statement they said that from July 19, Rashidul Islam, a 3rd year Bachelor student of the international relations department of Dhaka University and a deputy coordinator of quota reform movement, went missing.
鈥榃e, the serving and former teachers of the department are calling upon the authorities to ensure the freedom of Rashidul Islam and his security,鈥� it said.
鈥榃e note with grave concern the large scale arrest and detention of students and common people. We find the news reports of involuntary disappearance of student activists with some being subsequently found abandoned in isolated places with severe bodily wounds distressful,鈥� the statement read.
They urged the authorities to take appropriate action against the perpetrators and ensure that everyone was treated in accordance with the law, respecting their human dignity.
鈥榃e also call for immediate release of all students detained for participating in the quota reform movement as they have been merely exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of assembly and expression,鈥� it added.
The signatories are鈥攔etired professors Akmal Hossain, Ramjul Haque, M Shahiduzzaman and CR Abrar, serving professors Ashequa Irshad, Ehsanul Haque, Rashed Uz Zaman, Tanzimuddin Khan, ASM Ali Ashraf, Rozina Rashid, Abdul Mannan and Niloy Ranjan Biswas, associate professors M Obaidul Haque, Bushra Hasina Chowdhury, Sayeda Akhter, Mohammad Ali Sidduquee, Anwarul Azim and Lamea Momen, lecturers Samia Zaman, Tanvir Habib, Iffat Ara and Saddam Hossain.