Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- UN experts on Wednesday said that the interim government must deliver an election and referendum that is 'genuinely free, fair, safe and inclusive,' grounded in respect for the human rights of all citizens, as the people of Bangladesh go to polls on Thursday.

"There can be no free and fair election or meaningful political discourse without an equal right to freedom of opinion and expression, access to information and media freedom," the experts said in a statement.

The UN experts said they have followed with 'great concern the growing intolerance, threats and attacks' on journalists, human rights defenders, civil society actors, women's groups and minorities as well as violence and killing of political activists with i...