According to the Treasury, the war against drugs by the Bangladeshi government would threaten US national security interests.This was done through the destruction of rule of law and human rights as well as economic prosperity for the citizens of Bangladesh.
RAB, a joint task force that was established in 2004, is made up of personnel from the army, navy and police.It also includes border guards who are seconded by their units to RAB.
The agency’s mission includes intelligence gathering and internal security related to criminal activity, as well government-directed investigations.
RAB, along with other Bangladeshi law enforcers have been accused of being responsible for over 600 disappearances and nearly 600 extrajudicial executions.
Reports suggest that these crimes target journalists and activists, as well as members of opposition parties.
RAB can be identified as a foreign entity responsible or complicit for, or directly or indirectly involved in serious violations of human rights.
The following foreign individuals have been designated as leaders or officials of RAB.They are: Chowdhury Abullah Al-Mamun; Benazir Ahmad, ex-Director General; Khan Mohammad Azad (Operations); Tofayel Musafa Sorwar (Operations); Mohammad Jahangir Alam (Operations); Mohammad Anwar Khan (Operations)
Due to Benazir Ahmad’s involvement in gross human rights violations, the US Department of State announced that visa restrictions have been placed on Ahmed.He will be unable to enter America.
“I would expect from (the) US more solid fact-based response,” Momen said on Saturday, ensuring that Dhaka would review if it was an outcome of any “geopolitics”, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Foreign Ministry has also summoned the US envoy in Dhaka, Earl R.Miller, to convey Bangladesh’s “discontent” over the development.
On whether the development could strain Bangladesh-US relations, Momen told reporters: “I don’t think so,” but quickly added that “it depends on the US”.
He said the allegations of gross rights violations by the anti-crime elite police unit were not “based on facts” and RAB was a disciplined institution that instead “has been securing human rights for the people of Bangladesh”.
The Foreign Minister said the US claimed that RAB killed 600 people in 10 years, but “we have no information who were killed”, saying the decision should have been backed by facts.
(Sanjeev Sharma can be reached at [email protected])
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