Bangladesh issues second arrest warrant for Sheikh Hasina
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Monday issued a second arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for her role in enforced disappearances. The warrant follows an earlier one issued on charges of crimes against humanity. Hasina, 77, fled to India in August after being ousted by a student-led revolution.
Pakistan Dismisses U.S. Report on Human Rights Issues
Pakistan has strongly rebuffed the recent report by the U.S. State Department concerning human rights violations within its borders. The document, titled “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Pakistan,” has been labeled by the Pakistani Foreign Ministry as politically biased and criticized for disregarding crucial global human rights issues,
No improvement in Pakistan’s human rights ituation: US eport
A US human rights report, as cited by The News on Wednesday, highlighted that Pakistan “rarely” took credible measures to identify and punish officials potentially involved in human rights abuses. These concerns encompassed extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture. The “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,” released by the