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Miraj Sheikh, a 30-year-old fisherman and motorcycle rider from Mongla, Bagerhat, has now been missing for 200 days following his alleged enforced disappearance. On 10 April, two men in plain clothes took him from a tea stall in Joymoni. His wife reports seeing him at a Coast Guard pontoon. When his family enquired the next day, they were first told he was on an operation and later that he had never been there. The Coast Guard denies detaining him. Human Rights Watch has described the case as the first known enforced disappearance since the July uprising. On 12 July, the High Court directed the authorities to locate Miraj and produce him within 15 working days. That order has not been complied with. When his family and neighbours held a human chain on 9 June, 12 villagers, including three women of his family, were arrested and held for 27 days. On 25 August, the Home Minister stated that no enforced disappearance had occurred since this government took office. NCP Diaspora Alliance USA supports the demands of NCP's Human Rights Cell: - That Miraj Sheikh be produced before the court, unharmed, as ordered - That all persons involved in his disappearance and in the harassment of his family be prosecuted - That all cases against his family be withdrawn and witnesses protected - That the enforced disappearance and human rights commission laws be replaced with effective legislation providing for independent investigation Two hundred days on, the State owes Miraj's family an answer. @hrw @amnesty @UNHumanRights @UN_PGA #MirajSheikh #EnforcedDisappearance #Bangladesh #NCPDiasporaAllianceUSA