Dhaka seeks UN support for fair probe into Hadi murder

The interim government has officially sought support from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for a fair and transparent investigation into the assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi.

OHCHR, headquartered in Geneva, is the principal UN entity dedicated to promoting and protecting all human rights, as established in 1993.

It works to strengthen international rights, supports treaty bodies, and conducts field operations to monitor and report on human rights.

As instructed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a formal note verbale requesting for extending necessary assistance to the government of Bangladesh by the OHCHR to support the "fair, impartial and expeditious" investigation on the assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi, and for justice for him, was sent on Friday (6 February).

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Bangladesh Mission in Geneva will keep the ministry informed as soon as it receives a response from the OHCHR, reads a note sent by Bangladesh Ambassador Nahida Sobhan to the MoFA on Sunday.

On Friday, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said the interim government remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring full justice in this case and will extend all possible cooperation to such an investigation.

Inqilab Moncho on Thursday (5 Feb) staged a sit-in outside the Chief Adviser’s official residence, Jamuna, demanding an impartial investigation under United Nations supervision into the killing of its spokesperson Hadi.

After the attack, Hadi was initially taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, later to Evercare Hospital, and eventually flown to Singapore.

Hadi died on the night of 18 December while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital.

Following the incident, Inqilab Moncho Member Secretary Abdullah Al Jaber filed an attempted murder case was filed with Paltan Police Station on 14 December, which was later converted into a murder case.

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