But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.
Rab’s modus operandi again comes into question as calls for independent investigation grow
The way it conducted its operation in a Narayanganj village is concerning
"As we have provided them with evidence and documents, they are now satisfied," says Khurshid Hossain
Democracy, election, labour and human rights issues among topics discussed
Visiting US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu yesterday expressed satisfaction that Rab reduced extrajudicial killings since late 2021, when the US imposed sanctions on the force.
Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.
US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion “worked like a tonic”, rights activists said yesterday as the number of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances dropped significantly in the last year.
But without political reforms, any change risks being superficial
Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.
Rab’s modus operandi again comes into question as calls for independent investigation grow
The way it conducted its operation in a Narayanganj village is concerning
"As we have provided them with evidence and documents, they are now satisfied," says Khurshid Hossain
Democracy, election, labour and human rights issues among topics discussed
Visiting US Assistant Secretary Donald Lu yesterday expressed satisfaction that Rab reduced extrajudicial killings since late 2021, when the US imposed sanctions on the force.
Numbers of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances have dropped drastically in Bangladesh since the US imposed sanctions on Rab and seven of its former and current officials for alleged human rights abuses, the Human Rights Watch observed in its annual report.
US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion “worked like a tonic”, rights activists said yesterday as the number of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances dropped significantly in the last year.
In response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent comment that it was the US that created and trained Rapid Action Battalion, the US State Department said it had ended assistance to the Rab in 2018 based on credible information of gross human rights violations.
