{"id":74936,"date":"2022-01-14T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=74936"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:12:15","slug":"hrw-statement-is-unacceptable-politically-motivated-hasan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=74936","title":{"rendered":"HRW statement is unacceptable, politically-motivated: Hasan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud described the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)\u2019s latest statement on Bangladesh as \u201cone-sided, unacceptable and politically motivated\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter reading this, it seems that someone from Bangladesh might have drafted it and they (HRW) only published it after retouching, nothing else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe existence of these types of organizations is good. But if the organization uses itself or gives statement for serving the interests of individuals and for political purposes by taking information from individuals of different countries, it makes the organization questionable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, said this while replying to questions from journalists at his Minto road residence here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the statement of Human Rights Watch. It is not realistic by any means, rather it is one-sided and politically-motivated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The minister said it seems that the HRW doesn\u2019t know anything more about human rights situation in Bangladesh apart from two or three issues mentioned in the statement.<\/p>\n

The statement contained information which is often cited by a writer and some individuals at different meetings and discussions over the Rain Tree Hotel incident, he mentioned.<\/p>\n

He urged the HRW to pay attention on incidents of extreme-level violation of human rights in the US from where the organization is run.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, the United Nations (UN) independent human rights experts called the US to close the Guant\u00e1namo Bay detention centre, he mentioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuant\u00e1namo is a place of arbitrariness and abuse, a site where torture and ill-treatment were rampant and remain institutionalized, where the rule of law is effectively suspended, and where justice is denied\u201d, the experts said on the 19th anniversary of the establishment of Guant\u00e1namo Bay on 11 January 2002.<\/p>\n

Replying to a question that the government is more active in repressing BNP than curbing the new coronavirus variant – Omicron, Hasan said the government didn\u2019t call for keeping stopped only the rallies of BNP to curb Omicron, rather this prohibition is applicable to all political parties, including the ruling Awami League.<\/p>\n

But now the question is whether BNP wants to prevent Omicron or spread it further, he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the minister joined the biennial conference of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission\u2019s Rangunia Upazila as the chief guest through videoconferencing.<\/p>\n

He said the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members, stopping the path of bringing the killers to justice and hanging a huge number of military personnel without any trial are the incidents of major violation of human rights in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Commission\u2019s Rangunia unit President Principal KM Musa chaired the conference while Upazila Chairman Swajan Kumar Talukder inaugurated it.<\/p>\n

Rangunia pourashabha mayor Md Shahjahan Shikder joined it as the special guest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud described the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW)\u2019s latest statement on Bangladesh as \u201cone-sided, unacceptable and politically motivated\u201d. \u201cAfter reading this, it seems that someone from Bangladesh might have drafted it and they (HRW) only published it after retouching, nothing else,\u201d he said. \u201cThe existence of these types […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":74937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n