Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- The High Court has directed the government to officially recognise the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) fact-finding report on the July Uprising as a historic document.
A bench comprising Justice Fahmida Kader and Justice Mubina Asaf passed the order on Thursday, instructing the Cabinet Secretary and concerned authorities to issue a gazette notification within three months, formally identifying the report as the "July Revolution 2024." The court also ruled the matter to be of continuing nature.
The directive came in response to a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Md Tanvir Ahmed.Earlier, the court had issued a rule asking why the OHCHR report, which documented grave human ...