Two deposed ministers of Bangladesh and legal activists have denounced a report by the UN's Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on the human rights violations in their country just before Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster in August 2024. ADVERTISEMENTThe fact-finding report was published by the International Crimes Research Foundation, a British NGO that has several Bangladeshi lawyers as its members. The prosecution had heavily relied on the OHCHR report. Nothing is mentioned in this so-called report of the human rights commissioner," he added. "I want to accuse Mr Volker Turk (UN's high commissioner for human rights) for this biased report.

Source: The Telegraph January 18, 2026 01:43 UTC