Fifty years later, memories of the torture, hunger and the screams of fellow prisoners still come to the fore as if the so-called "Dirty War" were yesterday, three of them told AFP. "They said, 'We know you want to die, but we are going to keep you alive to keep on torturing you.'" "I thought with the intensity of the torture my baby would be dead," but one day "I felt it move. More than 5,000 political prisoners were taken to ESMA, which is now a museum and place of remembrance. Lewin said she was subjected to "electric shocks, dry submarine" -- suffocation using a plastic bag -- "Russian roulette, gropings" and other abuse.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 24, 2026 05:13 UTC