Abdullahil Amaan Azmi

Abdullahil Amaan Azmi (Bengali: আবদুল্লাহিল আমান আযমী) is a retired Bangladeshi Army officer and the son of Ghulam Azam, the former Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

[1] He was subjected to enforced disappearance in 2016 and was held captive in ‘Aynaghar’, a secret detention center operated by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.

[8] On 12 November 2012, Azmi testified as a defence witness in the trial of his father, Ghulam Azam, International Crimes Tribunal-1.

[11] In 2015, Azmi controversially challenged the number of Indian soldiers killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war following a Facebook post by Journalist Anjan Roy.

[17] Azmi was released from Aynaghar on 6 August 2024, the day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh following popular protests.

[18] After being admitted into a hospital for better treatment, he said, "How long have I not seen the light and air, I have not seen the world of Allah, I have not been allowed to hear the call to prayer.