Dhaka, June 26 -- Leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Thursday urged all parties and the state to ensuring that enforced disappearances, torture, and repression are permanently eradicated from the political culture of Bangladesh.

Marking the UN-designated International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, they made the call at a discussion titled "From Torture to Resistance: Memory, Justice and Protest in Bangladesh" at its temporary central office in Banglamotor.

Calling for a national political and social consensus to acknowledge and compensate victims of state-backed torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, they demanded structural reform and accountability in law enforcement agencies to prevent such a...