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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk arrives in Dhaka
Oct 29, 2024United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived here early this morning on a two-day official visit. Foreign ministry’s director general of UN wing Toufique Hasan received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport... -
UN rights chief urges PM to let Khaleda Zia receive treatment abroad
Nov 8, 2023UN human rights commissioner Volker Turk has pleaded with Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to allow prominent opposition figure Khaleda Zia to leave the nation for immediate medical attention. Zia, a former premier of Bangladesh twice,...