Michael Chakma, a tribal rights activist, reflected on his reemergence from a five-year underground detention, saying, "It was the first time I saw daylight in five years. As I was seeing this, I was trying to double-check if I was just imagining this light or if it was real." His story symbolizes the oppressive regime under Sheikh Hasina, which maintained a horrifying network of enforced disappearances and secret imprisonment.
Under Sheikh Hasina, who came to office in 2009, hundreds of people vanished after being abducted by her security forces, with many victims met with brutal fates—some were killed and their bodies discarded, while others were imprisoned in a clandestine military detention facility known as the House of Mirrors.
Sheikh Hasina's government, once seen as a beacon of democracy, morphed into a regime marked by autocracy, paranoia, and severe repression, utilizing state resources and powers to crush any opposition and maintain her unyielding grip on power.
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