Bangladesh: Uphold Impartiality in Law Enforcement

Bangladesh: Uphold Impartiality in Law Enforcement

Click to expand Image Security around the Supreme Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 8, 2025. © 2025 Suvra Kanti Das/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Photo (New York) – The interim government in Bangladesh should ensure that security forces act with neutrality and respect the rule of law to prosecute political violence, Human Rights Watch said today. A United Nations report has found that law enforcement agencies, including the police, border guards, the…

Make sure law enforcers adhere to the rule of law

Human Rights Watch has urged Bangladesh to ensure that law enforcement agencies act neutrally and respect the rule of law to prosecute political violence.

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh's interim govt to uphold impartiality in law enforcement

Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights body, has called on the interim government of Bangladesh to ensure that security forces act impartially and uphold the rule of law in addressing political violence. Citing a recent United Nations report, HRW in a statement on Wednesday highlighted severe human rights violations by law enforcement agencies, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and mass arrests, during the unrest that f…

CA welcomes UN report, vows to uphold rule of law - The New Nation

NN Online: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed his support for the recent report from the UN Human Rights Office, reaffirming the interim government’s dedication to maintaining the rule of law. He urged all members of Bangladesh’s justice system—police, prosecutors, and judges alike—to uphold these principles in their work. “I, along with everyone else working in the interim government and millions of other Bangladeshis, am comm…