UN to probe atrocities in Bangladesh

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 16: A United Nations fact-finding mission is expected to arrive in Dhaka next week, according to information on Thursday, to probe alleged atrocities committed during the violent protests that ousted the government led by Sheikh Hasina earlier this month.
The UN is working on the modalities and terms of reference for the mission, Gwyn Lewis, the UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh, said after a meeting with Touhid Hossain, the foreign affairs adviser to the interim government, in Dhaka.
"The mission will act independently," she told reporters.
The government will extend every-possible assistance to the UN to make the investigation credible and impartial, Hossain told a news conference after meeting the UN official.
The government announced that the UN would probe the atrocities after a phone conversation between Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus and UN human rights chief Volker Türk. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune