Bangladesh probe into Hasina-era abuses warns ‘impunity’ remains

DHAKA: A Bangladesh government-appointed commission investigating hundreds of disappearances by the security forces under ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Monday warned that the same “culture of impunity” continues. The Commission of Inquiry into Enforced Disappearances is probing abuses during the rule of Hasina, whose government was accused of widespread human rights abuses. That includes the…

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Israel targeting Tehran’s Evin prison, ‘agencies of repression’: minister

JERUSALEM: Israel targeted Tehran’s notorious Evin prison as well as the command centres of security agencies in Iran responsible for “maintaining the regime’s stability”, a minister and the military said Monday. The Israeli military “is carrying out strikes of unprecedented force against regime targets and agencies of government repression in the heart of Tehran”, Defence…

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Zelensky lands in UK, to meet King Charles, Starmer

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky landed in London on Monday and will meet with King Charles III and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer among other officials, a senior Ukrainian source told AFP. The Ukrainian leader, who is seeking to shore up support for his country after more than three years of Russia’s invasion, is also…

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