Bangladesh: Momen requests Blinken to reconsider US sanction on Rab

DHAKA, 03 January 2022, (TON): Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, in a letter, requested US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reconsider the country's decision to impose sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion and seven current and former top officials of the agency, including Benazir Ahmed.

In the letter, Momen also conveyed new year greetings, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On December 10, the United States imposed the sanctions.

Benazir, former director general of Rab  (now inspector general of police), and five officials were designated by the Department of the Treasury under the Global Magnitsky sanctions programme in connection with serious human rights abuse.

Besides, the US State Department barred Benazir, and another former official of Rab Lt Col Miftah Uddin Ahmed, from traveling to the United States.

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