Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has handed over a report on the July Uprising to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, saying officers had told them that ousted Bangladesh dictator Sheikh Hasina "directly ordered enforced disappearances and killings."

A HRW delegation led by Elaine Pearson, Asia Director of the world's most respected human rights group, called on Dr Yunus and praised the interim government for its reform initiatives and the efforts to improve the rights situation in the country.

"We commend the progress you have made so far," the HRW Asia chief said.

Highlighting that establishing rights was the core principle during the July-August Monsoon Revolution, she said Bangladesh's "ordinary people now realise the impo...