DHAKA, 14 April 2022, (TON): United States has acknowledged Bangladesh government steps to expose to justice some security force personnel who were accused of human rights violation as it released 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices worldwide.

The report that covered 198 countries and territories for calendar year 2021, read “the government took few measures to investigate and prosecute cases of corruption and abuse and killing by security forces.”

The report said the US state department prepared the fact-based document in consultations with experts on workers’ rights, police and security issues, women’s issues, and other topics.

US embassy officials in a media briefing in Dhaka, meanwhile, said their country report on HR practice not only found incidents of human right abuses but also saw positive trends which were going on in Bangladesh.

An embassy spokesman told the briefing at the American Centre “Bangladesh government took measures to either correct those (human rights) abuses or to roll out programs to human rights and other areas.”