Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, who previously served as Bangladesh's permanent representative to the UN, has appealed to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to intervene in what he described as Bangladesh's "deteriorating human-rights, political, and humanitarian situation" since April 2025, citing "repression, extrajudicial actions, and disregard for democratic and humanitarian principles".

In a letter dated Oct 28, 2025, addressed to Jurg Lauber, president of the UNHRC in Geneva, and copied to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, Momen warned that recent developments in Bangladesh showed "a pattern of persecution and disregard for the rule of law".

His warning came as former prime mi...