Dhaka, March 26 -- Those who suffered the most during the almost 16-year tenure of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's regime understandably are focused on the importance of justice and accountability.

This includes those who were on the streets facing the full force of the regime's security apparatus and armed auxiliaries in July and August as well as those who were the victims of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, false imprisonment, and numerous other human rights violations.

In addition to seeing those responsible punished for their crimes, the victims and their families are often looking for the truth of what happened and to also be made whole for the losses that they suffered. More broadly, Bangladesh ne...