High Commissioner Turk stressed the importance of establishing "a truly independent" National Human Rights Commission to carry forward the work related to enforced disappearances.
Bangladesh’s elections just a month away, opinion polls indicate a clear lead for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman, while Jamaat-e-Islami is expected to remain in Opposition.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, who recently returned to the country after 17 years in self-exile, has filed his nomination papers to contest the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad elections from the Dhaka-17 constituency.
