Dhaka (TIP): A United Nations team will meet Bangladesh’s interim government and other stakeholders from August 22 to discuss the process to investigate alleged human rights violations during the recent deadly violence in the country, officials said.
About 300 people, many of them university and college students, were killed during protests before the events spiralled into demonstrations to oust long-serving former PM Sheikh Hasina.
The UN office in Bangladesh said in a media advisory that the team from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will be visiting Dhaka from September 22-29.
“The purpose of this visit is to understand their priorities for assistance in promoting human rights,” said the media advisory, adding Bangladesh’s interim government had requested the UN to probe the killings during the protests.
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“It is important to note that this visit is not an investigation, but rather it will focus on discussing the process for investigating human rights violations in light of the recent violence and unrest.” (Reuters)