New Europe reports visiting European Union officials pressed government officials over the deaths of a number of Bangladeshi paramilitary soldiers, who had been detained in connection with a mutiny at the headquarters of the country’s border guards in February, and said it also wanted the prosecution of Bangladesh’s 1971 crimes in the war with Pakistan to be conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
“The EU is strongly concerned at the numerous deaths of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) (soldiers) in custody,” Czech Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Helena Bambasova, who headed the EU delegation on a two-day visit last week told a press conference
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