A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 to redress and adequate compensation. In this regard, paragraph 6 (e) of Resolution 8/8 of the Human Rights Council urges States “To ensure that victims of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment obtain redress and are awarded fair and adequate compensation and receive appropriate socio-medical rehabilitation, and in this regard encourages the development of rehabilitation centers for victims of torture.” The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government of Bangladesh to continue its engagement with the mandate. In the meantime, and on the basis of the information available to him, the Special Rapporteur finds that the government of Bangladesh has violated the rights of Mr. Rahman under the international law concerning torture. (c) JUA 14/06/2013 Case No. BGD 7/2013 State Reply: 20/06/2013 Alleged enforced disappearance and risk of torture of Mr. Nazrul Islam, an opposition party member. 24. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Bangladesh for its reply dated 20 June 2013, to an urgent appeal regarding the alleged abduction and possible torture of political opposition leader Nazrul Islam. According to the information received, during the night of 11 April 2013, Mr Nazrul Islam, the Joypurhat District Secretary of Jamaat-eIslami, a political party belonging to a multi-party opposition alliance, was allegedly abducted from his home in Saheb Parha, Joypurhat District, Bangladesh. It is reported that, the alleged perpetrators identified themselves as being “from the administration” and took Mr Islam on a minibus to an unknown location. At the time of the appeal, the fate and whereabouts of Mr Islam remained unknown. While the Government of Bangladesh acknowledged receipt of the communication and ensured cooperation, the Special Rapporteur regrets that no substantive reply regarding the allegations or the whereabouts of Mr Islam has been received. The Special Rapporteur stresses the Government’s obligations to ensure the physical and mental integrity of Mr Islam and all people. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur recalls paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 “[c]ondemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur expresses concern regarding the appearance that Mr Islam was allegedly abducted as a result of his participation in the political opposition. Accordingly, it is reiterated that article 22 of the ICCPR, as well as in Human Rights Council resolution 21/16, “reminds States of their obligation to respect and fully protect the rights of all individuals to assemble peacefully and associate freely, online as well as offline, including in the context of elections, and including persons espousing minority or dissenting views or beliefs, human rights defenders, trade unionists and others, including migrants, seeking to exercise or to promote these rights, and to take all necessary measures to ensure that any restrictions on the free exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are in accordance with their obligations under international human rights law.” The Government is encouraged to engage with the mandate and to provide information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Islam or any investigations conducted on this matter. (d) JUA 25/06/2013 Case No. BGD 8/2013 State Reply: 27/06/2013 Alleged enforced disappearance of Mr. Anwarul Islam Masum. 25. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Bangladesh for its reply dated 27 June 2013, to an urgent appeal regarding the alleged abduction of university student and political activist Mr. Anwarul Islam by government forces to an unknown location where he allegedly faces continued risk of torture and extra-judicial execution. Particularly concerning is that these allegations arise in light of reports of recent clashes between Mr. Anwarul’s opposition political group and local police forces. While the Government of 18