The United States has once again criticized the human rights situation in Bangladesh. In the annual human rights report of the United States, the State Department of the United States said that the movement program in Bangladesh has been blocked. Citizens were not able to change the government peacefully through free and fair elections.
The annual report was released on Monday. According to the US State Department report, the human rights situation in Bangladesh has not changed significantly in 2023.
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According to the report, extrajudicial killings including extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture, arbitrary arrests, serious problems with the independence of the judiciary, political prisoners, obstruction of freedom of expression and media, interference with peaceful assemblies, unreasonable restrictions on political programs and fair and Various types of human rights violations have been observed including people not having the opportunity to change the government through free elections.
According to the US State Department, information on impunity instead of punishment has also been found in these human rights violations. The government has failed to bring the officials or security personnel involved in human rights violations to justice.
The report also said that information about the killings was also found in the hands of government officials. The government has not disclosed the total number of people killed by members of the security forces, and has not taken transparent steps to investigate the incidents.
The United States State Department also mentioned the corruption of the Bangladesh government in its annual human rights report based on events in Bangladesh in 2023. The report also notes that the government has severe restrictions on domestic and international human rights organizations. The US State Department has criticized political prisoners and detentions as serious problems with the independence of the judiciary.
