Bangladesh activists raise alarm over culture of impunity for rights abusers 

FILE - Activists with the rights group Odhikar demonstrate against enforced disappearances, in Khulna, Bangladesh, Dec. 10, 2021. Bangladesh made no significant progress in improving its human rights situation, a recent U.S. State Department report said. (Mohammad Nuruzzaman/VOA) FILE - Families and friends of the victims of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh demonstrate on the streets of Dhaka, Dec. 10, 2021, hours after the U.S. imposed human rights-related sanctions on Bangladesh's paramilitary force.

Activists and human rights groups in Bangladesh are raising alarms over the government's culture of impunity for human rights abusers, as detailed in the U.S. State Department’s recently released annual human rights report.