Amnesty International in a press release on August 11, urged the Bangladesh Government to immediately stop all attacks on those peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly and urgently investigate a series of recent attacks, reports The Daily Star. "Enforced disappearances have been increasingly on the rise in Bangladesh since the current regime assumed power in 2009," Amnesty International stated. Referring to Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, the release said between 2009 and 2018, at least 507 people were subjected to enforced disappearances. Of them, 62 people were found dead, 286 returned alive, and the fate and whereabouts of 159 are still unknown.