HR situation improved
Says NHRC chief
The human rights situation of the country has improved significantly though it is yet to reach a satisfactory level, said Mizanur Rahman, chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Bangladesh.
“We can stand with our heads held high only after the rate of human rights violation in Bangladesh comes down to a zero level,” he also told reporters after attending an inauguration programme at a hotel in Chittagong city yesterday.
He inaugurated a three-day-long “Teachers Training Programme on International Humanitarian Law” jointly organised by Faculty of Law of Chittagong University (CU) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Asked on the issues of police torture, harassment and extra-judicial killings, Prof Mizanur said these issues were still a matter of concern.
He said reports of the foreign human rights bodies do not project the real scenario of the human rights situation in Bangladesh.
He further said Bangladesh did not break the international law by sending back the Rohingyas, rather it treated them with humanity and gave them food and treatment.
“International organisations should put pressure on the Myanmar government instead of Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya issue,” he added.
Prof Zakir Hossain, dean of Faculty of Law of CU, presided over the programme while Federic Dufour, head of delegation of ICRC, Dhaka, addressed it.
The NHRC chief, later on, visited Chittagong Medical College Hospital where he condemned its administration on finding the hospital in an unhygienic condition.
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