Student protest: UN team to fly in next week to probe atrocities

The UN will send a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate atrocities committed during recent student-led protests. UN human rights chief Volker Turk informed Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus of this decision. This will be the first UN fact-finding mission to Bangladesh since its independence in 1971. Yunus expressed gratitude for the UN’s support and emphasized that human rights protection would be a priority for the interim government.