Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Bangladesh Sunday for A four-day visit that includes a trip to squalid camps housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
displacement of In 2017, the Myanmar army unleashed the spark on the Rohingya offensive against muslim minority, with United nations highest court last The month gives green light To a historical case accusing the Buddhist-majority country of Genocide.
Five years later, the refugees refused to go home in absence of Guarantees for they safety and rights from militaryShe ruled Myanmar, making host country Bangladesh increasingly impatient.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh has collapsed fire for her own rights record Under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who will meet Bachelet during her visit, as well as local activists.
Nine groups, including Human Rights Watch, said Bachelet should “publicly call for Put an immediate end to grave violations including extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances” in Bangladesh.
In December, the United States imposed sanctions on The notorious elite police unit and seven senior security officers, including national Police chief, over gross violations of human rights.
Some activists claim that security forces under Hasina killed thousands of people in They staged a shooting, while hundreds of others of They disappeared from the opposition.
The government Denies the allegations, move forward of She said Bachelet visit Dhaka in A statement that it will highlight its “devout efforts to protect and promote human rights.” of The people. “
“Bangladesh very much hopes that he will be the president of The UN human rights machinery will witness itself how The country does miracles to preserve it on follow them development a trip; and incorporation of human rights into it.
Bachelet, 70, a former Chilean President, is due to step down .in the end of the month.
