UN fact-finding team to start probe today

The UN fact-finding team will start their tasks today, Saturday (September 14) to investigate the human rights violations that took place between July 1 and August 15.

This UN team has come to Bangladesh at the invitation of the interim government and the government will give them full support.

It is known that over 800 people were killed and more than a thousand people were injured during the July uprising.

Law enforcement forces and Awami League-backed forces have tortured ordinary people. Even, children in the house lost their lives in the firing. Around 50 members of law enforcement agencies were killed and various government and private institutions were burnt.

A senior official of the foreign ministry said the UN fact-finding team will begin their work today through holding a meeting with the foreign adviser or the foreign secretary.

The UN delegation will include a technical team, consisting of forensic, legal and other experts. This is the first experience for Bangladesh, so we have to act very carefully, the official added.

It is known that the UN team will conduct an impartial and independent investigation into the human rights violations committed between July 1 and August 15.