Bangladesh: Rights abuses, Activists call for free enquiry commission

DHAKA, 16 August 2022, (TON): Rights activists yesterday urged the visiting UN human rights chief to impress upon the government the need for an independent commission to investigate extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.

Around 20 rights activists met UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at a city hotel in the morning, on the second day of her four-day visit.

One of the activists said "this was a strong recommendation. They [activists] stressed that the enquiry commission's investigation should be of international standard.”

On her first official visit to Bangladesh, Bachelet arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning and held meetings with four top ministers.

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