Bangladesh has rejected the human rights report released by the US State Department and sent a protest note to Washington.
“The report is more applicable to the US than to Bangladesh,” Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said at a press briefing on Monday at the ministry.
“On the whole, reading the report it seems (to me) that it has been prepared without investigating into the incidents properly,” he said.
Citing several dissimilarities from the report, the minister said, “We welcome any objective report full of information.
“It (the report) has mentioned nothing significantly,” Momem said before adding, Dhaka sent a protest note to Washington.
The US 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on March 13 said unlawful or political killings, forced disappearances, life-threatening prison conditions, freedom of speech limitations, negative government pressure on and fear of reprisal by press and media, and impunity for security force abuses were the most significant human rights problems in Bangladesh last year.
On elections and political participation, the report termed the December-30 parliamentary elections “lopsided” and said it was considered to be marred by irregularities, including ballot-box stuffing and intimidation of opposition polling agents and voters.