New era | Bangladesh has ‘no significant changes’ on human rights: US report

There have been “no significant changes” in the human rights situation in Bangladesh in 2023, the United States said in a new report.

The country reports in the 2023 Human Rights Report do not draw legal conclusions, rank countries or draw comparisons, the US Embassy in Dhaka said on Tuesday.

There were numerous reports of widespread impunity for human rights violations, the report said in its Bangladesh chapter.

In most cases, the government has not taken credible steps to identify and punish officials or members of the security forces who may have committed human rights abuses.

The US State Department has released the 2023 Human Rights Report, which the US Embassy describes as a “factual and objective” report on the status of respect for human rights worldwide.

The 2023 Human Rights Report covers 198 countries and territories.

The individual reports in the HRR provide “credible factual information” about human rights abuses and violations, and are a tool used by governments, advocates, journalists and others concerned about the state of human rights and democracy in specific countries and territories , the embassy said.

The United States has been publishing these reports for almost fifty years.

The HRR represents several months of work accomplished by U.S. Department of State colleagues during our missions abroad and in Washington, DC.

The HRR informs U.S. foreign policy decisions and assists the U.S. Congress, the executive branch, and immigration courts when accurate information about the human rights situation is needed.

The HRR also informs the work of civil society – including human rights defenders – legislators abroad, scholars, immigration judges and asylum officials, multilateral institutions and other governments.