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'''Abdullahil Amaan Azmi''' is a former Bangladeshi Army officer and the son of [[Ghulam Azam]], the former Amir of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Jamaat leader’s son abducted in Dhaka |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/974226/world |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Arab News |date=23 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref> He was a victim of [[Forced disappearance in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowlatt |first1=Justin |title=Fears over Bangladesh's 'disappeared' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37618205 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Enforced Disappearances Get Suppressed in Bangladeshi Media |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/how-enforced-disappearances-get-suppressed-in-bangladeshi-media/ |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Diplomat}}</ref>
|name =Abdullahil Amaan Al Azmi
| allegiance = {{BAN}}
|branch= {{flagicon image|Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg}} [[Bangladesh Army]]
|unit= [[East Bengal Regiment]]
|rank=[[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-6.svg|Bangladesh-army-OF-6|20px]] [[Brigadier General]]<br/>[[File:BD Army Brigadier General Star Plate.svg|20px]]
|serviceyears= 1981-2009
|commands= *Commander of [[24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|69th Infantry Brigade]]
*Station Commander, [[Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment|Ghatail]]
*Commandant of [[Comilla Cantonment|School of Military Intelligence]]
|awards= ''Sword of Honour'' ([[Bangladesh Military Academy|BMA]])
}}
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'''Abdullahil Amaan Azmi''' is a former Bangladeshi Army officer and the son of [[Ghulam Azam]], the former Amir of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Jamaat leader's son abducted in Dhaka |url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/974226/world |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Arab News |date=23 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref> He was a victim of [[Forced disappearance in Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rowlatt |first1=Justin |title=Fears over Bangladesh's 'disappeared' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37618205 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=BBC News |date=13 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Enforced Disappearances Get Suppressed in Bangladeshi Media |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/how-enforced-disappearances-get-suppressed-in-bangladeshi-media/ |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Diplomat}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Azmi completed his S.S.C. at the Agrami High School and H.S.C. at Dhaka Central College.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/ghulam-azams-son-abdullahil-amaan-azmi-triggers-a-new-controversy|title=Ghulam Azam's son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi triggers a new controversy|website=[[Bdnews24.com]]|date=31 May 2015}}</ref>
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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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grassroots Shibir activists not happy with "un-islamic" lifestyle of top Jamaat families |url=http://www.sachalayatan.com/node/48443 |website=সচলায়তন |access-date=9 February 2019 |language=bn}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2020}} He was commissioned in 1981 in [[East Bengal Regiment]] of [[Bangladesh Army]] from the 5th batch of [[Bangladesh Military Academy]] long course.<ref name="Brig Azmi">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-94285|title=Brig Gen Azmi dismissed|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=25 June 2009}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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He was commissioned in 1981 in [[East Bengal Regiment]] of [[Bangladesh Army]] from the 5th batch of [[Bangladesh Military Academy]] long course.<ref name="Brig Azmi">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-94285|title=Brig Gen Azmi dismissed|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=25 June 2009}}</ref>
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Amaan Azmi was awarded the Sword of Honour for coming first on officer training. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General. Azmi was summmarily dismissed from the Bangladesh Army by the Bangladesh Awami League government without pension and without any explanation. He had the rank of Brigadier General at the time of his dismissal.<ref name="Brig Azmi"/> On 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defended only by his son |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/defended-only-by-his-son |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 July 2013 |language=en}}</ref> He expressed dismay with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for not speaking about the death of his father.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Azam family upset with BNP |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/ghulam-azam-family-upset-with-bnp-48251 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> He led the Janaza (prayer) at the funeral of his father at the [[Baitul Mukarram National Mosque]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A tricky last wish that could not be fulfilled |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/533125-a-tricky-last-wish-that-could-not-be-fulfilled |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The News International |language=en}}</ref>


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Amaan Azmi was awarded the Sword of Honour for coming first on officer training. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General. Azmi was summarily dismissed from the Bangladesh Army by the Bangladesh Awami League government without pension and without any explanation. He had the rank of Brigadier General at the time of his dismissal.<ref name="Brig Azmi"/> On 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defended only by his son |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/defended-only-by-his-son |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=16 July 2013 |language=en}}</ref> He expressed dismay with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for not speaking about the death of his father.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Azam family upset with BNP |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/ghulam-azam-family-upset-with-bnp-48251 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> He led the Janaza (prayer) at the funeral of his father at the [[Baitul Mukarram National Mosque]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A tricky last wish that could not be fulfilled |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/533125-a-tricky-last-wish-that-could-not-be-fulfilled |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=The News International |language=en}}</ref>
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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]]. There have been claims that the unit of “lakh” was mistranslated to a million increasing the claimed deaths tenfold. This triggered criticism from Bangladesh civil society members and media.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Azam’s son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi triggers a new controversy |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/31/ghulam-azams-son-abdullahil-amaan-azmi-triggers-a-new-controversy |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

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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]]. There have been claims that the unit of “lakh” was mistranslated to a million increasing the claimed deaths tenfold. This triggered criticism from Bangladesh civil society members and media.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Azam's son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi triggers a new controversy |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/31/ghulam-azams-son-abdullahil-amaan-azmi-triggers-a-new-controversy |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>


==Disappearance==
==Disappearance==
Azmi was detained by plainclothes officers of Bangladesh Police on 24 August 2016 from his home in [[Moghbazar]], Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergman |first1=David |title=Bangladesh’s many ‘disappeared’ often return dead – if at all |url=https://scroll.in/article/817832/bangladeshs-many-disappeared-often-return-dead-or-not-at-all |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh police accused of abducting ex-JI chief’s son |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1279515 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Dawn |date=24 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Concern over missing sons of Bangladeshi politicians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/concern-missing-sons-bangladeshi-politicians-160829095028714.html |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref> In March 2017, Hummam Quader Chowdhury was released, and he could not say who had detained him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hummam Quader cannot remember anything about abduction |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2017/03/03/hummam-quader-cannot-remember-anything/ |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
Azmi was detained by plainclothes officers of Bangladesh Police on 24 August 2016 from his home in [[Moghbazar]], Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergman |first1=David |title=Bangladesh's many 'disappeared' often return dead – if at all |url=https://scroll.in/article/817832/bangladeshs-many-disappeared-often-return-dead-or-not-at-all |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh police accused of abducting ex-JI chief's son |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1279515 |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Dawn |date=24 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Concern over missing sons of Bangladeshi politicians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/concern-missing-sons-bangladeshi-politicians-160829095028714.html |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref> In March 2017, Hummam Quader Chowdhury was released, and he could not say who had detained him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hummam Quader cannot remember anything about abduction |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2017/03/03/hummam-quader-cannot-remember-anything/ |access-date=9 February 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=3 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2022 an investigation by the Swedish based news network ''[[Netra News]]'' revealed that he was being held at [[Aynaghar]], a secret prison run by the [[DGFI]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-14 |title=Secret prisoners of Dhaka |url=https://netra.news/2022/secret-prisoners-of-dhaka/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ |language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Army brigadiers]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Army brigadiers]]
[[Category:Forced disappearances in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh]]
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[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]

Revision as of 20:04, 9 July 2024

Abdullahil Amaan Al Azmi
Allegiance Bangladesch
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1981-2009
RankBangladesh-army-OF-6 Brigadier General
UnitEast Bengal Regiment
Commands
AwardsSword of Honour (BMA)

Abdullahil Amaan Azmi is a former Bangladeshi Army officer and the son of Ghulam Azam, the former Amir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.[1] He was a victim of Forced disappearance in Bangladesh.[2][3]

Early life

Azmi completed his S.S.C. at the Agrami High School and H.S.C. at Dhaka Central College.[4]

Career

He was commissioned in 1981 in East Bengal Regiment of Bangladesh Army from the 5th batch of Bangladesh Military Academy long course.[5]

Amaan Azmi was awarded the Sword of Honour for coming first on officer training. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General. Azmi was summarily dismissed from the Bangladesh Army by the Bangladesh Awami League government without pension and without any explanation. He had the rank of Brigadier General at the time of his dismissal.[5] On 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.[6] He expressed dismay with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for not speaking about the death of his father.[7] He led the Janaza (prayer) at the funeral of his father at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.[8]

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. There have been claims that the unit of “lakh” was mistranslated to a million increasing the claimed deaths tenfold. This triggered criticism from Bangladesh civil society members and media.[9]

Disappearance

Azmi was detained by plainclothes officers of Bangladesh Police on 24 August 2016 from his home in Moghbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[10] 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.[11][12] In March 2017, Hummam Quader Chowdhury was released, and he could not say who had detained him.[13]

In 2022 an investigation by the Swedish based news network Netra News revealed that he was being held at Aynaghar, a secret prison run by the DGFI.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Jamaat leader's son abducted in Dhaka". Arab News. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. ^ Rowlatt, Justin (13 October 2016). "Fears over Bangladesh's 'disappeared'". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ "How Enforced Disappearances Get Suppressed in Bangladeshi Media". The Diplomat. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Ghulam Azam's son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi triggers a new controversy". Bdnews24.com. 31 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Brig Gen Azmi dismissed". The Daily Star. 25 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Defended only by his son". The Daily Star. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Ghulam Azam family upset with BNP". The Daily Star. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  8. ^ "A tricky last wish that could not be fulfilled". The News International. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Ghulam Azam's son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi triggers a new controversy". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  10. ^ Bergman, David. "Bangladesh's many 'disappeared' often return dead – if at all". Scroll.in. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh police accused of abducting ex-JI chief's son". Dawn. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Concern over missing sons of Bangladeshi politicians". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Hummam Quader cannot remember anything about abduction". Dhaka Tribune. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Secret prisoners of Dhaka". Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ. 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
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