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  14 Jan 2024, 21:21
Update : 14 Jan 2024, 21:27


DHAKA TERMS OHCHR CLAIM ON POLLS AS EXTREMELY PREJUDICED, PREMEDITATED

DHAKA, Jan 14, 2023 (BSS) - Bangladesh government today termed the Office of
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) claim that the 'poll
was marred by violence and repression of opposition candidates' as "extremely
prejudiced and premeditated".
 
"The (Bangladesh) government finds that the OHCHR has unfortunately overstepped
its mandate," the foreign ministry said in a statement in reaction to the OHCHR
recent press release regarding the Bangladesh's January 7th election.
 
The statement misrepresents the ground reality and a repetition of subjective
and biased assessments to politicize human rights, it added.
 
"The Election Day was unprecedentedly peaceful except for some isolated
incidents in a few polling stations. This was echoed by many international
election observers and journalists who covered the election on the ground," the
foreign ministry said.

The government has rejected the claim that 'many human rights defenders have
been forced to go into hiding and some have fled the country, while dozens of
suspected enforced disappearance cases have been reported, mostly in November'.

The foreign ministry said it is important that the Office checks the veracity of
the information before it uses the same in public statements.
 
Bangladesh welcomes "constructive criticisms" and is always ready to address any
legitimate concern, said the MoFA, adding that Bangladesh looks forward to
continuing to collaborate with the United Nations and its human rights
mechanisms.

The government's firm commitment to uphold the democratic principles was evident
in the conduct of free, fair and peaceful elections with people's participation
on January 7, 2024, said the government.

While the government believes in an inclusive democracy, regrettably, the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) decided to stay out of the electoral process
on the pretext of their unconstitutional demand of the provision of a caretaker
government, Bangladesh observed.

It is unfortunate that the BNP resorted to violence and killing of innocent
people to thwart the democratic process as the party did during earlier
occasions of national elections, it said.


Only since 28 October 2023, BNP activists killed 24 individuals including
innocent civilians and on-duty law enforcement personnel, MoFA said.
They set fire to nearly a thousand vehicles, public and private, derailed and
attacked trains with arson burning passengers alive including a mother and her
three years old child.

The details of BNP's destruction are horrific and the OHCHR was time and again
supplied with evidence of BNP's nationwide mayhem, according to the statement.

In this context, it was, indeed, a challenge to ensure peaceful elections amidst
threats, disruptions and violence aiming to destabilize the country and disrupt
its democratic journey, the statement reads.

Despite such widespread violence, the response from the law enforcing agency
members was restrained, rational and within the legal parameters.

"OHCHR's allegations of reprisals such as arbitrary and mass arrests, threats,
enforced disappearance; blackmailing and surveillance by law enforcement
officials are baseless and unsubstantiated. The number of arrests is a sheer
exaggeration," the statement reads.

Arrests were made and legal actions were taken only against those who were
involved in or inciting violence and unlawful activities, it said.

These measures were necessary to maintain rule of law and to safeguard the
rights of all citizens, said the MoFA.

Bangladesh said it will be guided by the spirit and letters of the Constitution
and its international human rights commitments and by people's mandate in its
pursuit to uphold human rights and to realize people's aspiration for a
progressive society.


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