Abdullahil Amaan Azmi


Abdullahil Amaan Azmi is a former Bangladeshi Army officer and the son of Ghulam Azam, the former Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was a victim of Forced disappearance in Bangladesh.

Early life

Azmi completed his S.S.C. at the Agrami High School and H.S.C. at Dhaka Central College. He joined the Bangladesh Army after graduation.

Career

Azmi was dismissed from Bangladesh Army by the Bangladesh Awami League government. He had the rank of Brigadier General at the time of his dismissal. In 12 November 2012, Azmi testified as a defence witness in the trial of his father, Ghulam Azam, International Crimes Tribunal-1. He was the lone defence witness at the trial. He was expressed disappointment with Bangladesh Nationalist Party for not speaking about the death of his father. He led the Janaza at the funeral of his father at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
In 2015, Azmi controversially challenged the number of Indian soldiers killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war following a Facebook post by Journalist Anjan Roy. He also questioned the number of Bangladeshi citizens killed in the Bangladesh genocide. This triggered criticism from Bangladesh civil society members and media.

Disappearance

Azmi was detained by plainclothes officers of Bangladesh Police on 24 August 2016 from his home in Moghbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Around the same time two other sons of opposition leaders were detained, Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, and Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, son of Mir Quasem Ali. Azmi's father died in 2014 while in jail after being convicted for war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation war. In March 2017, Hummam Quader Chowdhury was released, and he could not say who had detained him.

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