There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bangladesh last year, said the 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in Bangladesh by the US government.

The report stated that there were numerous reports of widespread impunity for human rights abuses. In most cases, the government did not take credible steps to identify and punish officials or security force members who may have committed human rights abuses.

“In most cases, the government did not take credible steps to identify and punish officials or security force members who may have committed human rights abuses,” read the report, published by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US government.

The report, launched by Secretary of State Antony Blinken early on Tuesday, highlighted that significant human rights issues included credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearance; torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by the government; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest or detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; political prisoners or detainees; transnational repression against individuals in another country; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; punishment of family members for alleged offenses of a relative; serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists.