Dhaka, July 19 -- NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen on Saturday alleged that there has been no visible progress in ensuring justice for the killings, enforced disappearances and political repression carried out during Sheikh Hasina's rule, despite the months that have passed since the July mass uprising.

Speaking at a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club, held marking the anniversary of the July-August mass uprising, Akhter criticised the absence of any tangible legal or institutional action in response to past atrocities.

"The hope of the mass uprising was to build a judicial framework capable of addressing the crimes of the past-oppression, disappearances, murder and even massacres. But even after all these months, we have not...