Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- Bangladesh Ambassador to Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, Mahbub Hassan Saleh, has addressed what he called "a wave of disinformation campaign" over rights issues during a "Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh" at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The session was hosted by Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Member of the European Parliament, with participation of Michael Polak, a barrister and lawyer for victims of enforced disappearances, human rights expert Abbas Faiz, Ambassador Saleh, and Tasneem Khalil, editor in chief of Netra News.

On the issue of cancelling the registration of rights organization Odhikar - whose claim of 61 victims in its report "Assembly of Hefajat-e Islam Bangladesh a...