Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- The interim government in Bangladesh should ensure that security forces act with neutrality, and respect the rule of law to prosecute political violence, said the Human Rights Watch (HRW).

The government should also recognise that the right to peaceful assembly and protest, even by supporters of the former authoritarian government, is a fundamental right protected under international law, it said on Thursday.

A United Nations report has found that law enforcement agencies, including the police, border guards, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and intelligence agencies, had engaged in serious human rights violations to contain the protests that in August 2024 led to the ouster of the former "repressive government" of Pr...