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UN wants impartial investigation extrajudicial killings in police custody in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNI) The UN wants an impartial investigation into the disappearances, extrajudicial killings and torture in police custody in Bangladesh, said Michel Bachelet, head of the organization's human rights affairs.
On Wednesday afternoon, the last day of his four-day visit to Bangladesh, he spoke at a press conference in Dhaka on various issues related to human rights in Bangladesh.
Bachelet said, Bangladesh is moving towards the next elections. Going in an exciting and polarizing direction. In this situation, although the activities of civil society are very important, the field of work of civil society and various rights activists has been narrowed, said Michelle Bachelet, the head of human rights affairs of the United Nations.
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