location: Dhaka
notes: On November 7, unidentified men abducted a human rights activists and professor of North South University, Dhaka on his way home in Dhaka city after a meeting at the office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The abduction was suspected to be over his research work on Islamic militancy in Bangladesh. He was released by his abductors on December 20.
target_text: location: Dhaka, fatalities: 0