DHAKA, 15 August 2024, (TON) - A team of United Nations experts will visit Bangladesh next week to investigate the killings of the protesters ahead of and in the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina's alleged resignation as the prime minister last week. The UN fact-finding team will probe atrocities committed during the Student Revolution in July and early this month. There are fears from some circles that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not be provided with justice but the competence of inquiry cannot be challenged.

Earlier, UN human rights chief Volker Turk spoke to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus late Wednesday on the phone. Volker Turk in a post late on Wednesday night said, "Promising phone call with @ChiefAdviserGoB Muhammad Yunus. I assured him of @UNHumanRights Office's solidarity with the people of #Bangladesh & our support to the interim govt at this pivotal time. An inclusive, human rights-centred approach will ensure this transition succeeds." In response, Muhammad Yunus said in a connecting post on X: The UN rights chief said a UN-led investigation will be launched very soon to probe the killing of the protesters during the Student Revolution. If we recall, the protesting mob badly destroyed the judicial system of Bangladesh by forcing judges to resign on a gunpoint. Now the Courts’ decisions are likely to be biased.

Meanwhile, a complaint was filed on Wednesday with the investigation agency of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal against Sheikh Hasina and eight others, accusing them of committing genocide and crimes against humanity during the mass movement of the students against her government on grounds, “on July 19, students were conducting a nonviolent demonstration when police opened fire”. Police in Dhaka said they have been forced and ordered to lodge FIR several weeks after the incident accept “a murder case against Sheikh Hasina and eight others”.

If we recall, two years back on 14 August 2022, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visited Bangladesh upon the invitation of the Government. travel to Cox’s Bazar where she will be able to visit camps housing Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and meet with refugees, officials and non-governmental organisations. We should not forget that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exposed a conspiracy on 23 May 2024, exposed the conspiracy that aimed to carve out a Christian state like East Timor, comprising of parts from Bangladesh and Myanmar with base in the Bay of Bengal she was in real trouble.