UN wants Bangladeshis voting free of intimidation

The United Nations (UN) has said that it wants to see that every Bangladeshi can vote free of intimidation or any repercussions.

"We continue to engage on this issue and continue to call for free and fair elections in which every Bangladeshi can vote, free of intimidation, or free of any repercussions," Spokesman for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at a regular briefing in New York on December 12.

The questioner referred to six leading international human rights organisations, including Robert F Kennedy Human Rights and ICAED, which urged the international community to stand for the protection of fundamental rights in Bangladesh.

On the same question, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the government is not harassing any innocent people but bringing terrorists under the law to punish them.

Momen said Bangladesh shows zero tolerance policy towards terrorists and terrorism.