Bangladesh must investigate rife torture: United Nations rights body
Published on: Friday 09 August 2019
A UN human rights body called on Bangladeshi authorities on Friday to investigate credible allegations that police and security forces routinely torture detainees and to prosecute any perpetrators.
It was the first time that the independent experts examined the record of Bangladesh, which ratified an international ban on torture in 1999 but had failed to submit any compliance reports until last month.
"Bangladesh presented us with no report for 20 years, came a week beforehand and gave us a report which was solely about the law," panel member Felice Gaer told a briefing.
News source: https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/bangladesh-must-investigate-rife-torture-united-nations-rights-body-241972
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