DHAKA: Bangladesh has requested assistance from the United Nations human rights office for an investigation into the killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a popular leader in the country’s 2024 youth-led uprising, the government said Sunday.
The Bangladeshi mission in Geneva had sent a diplomatic note requesting the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to support a “fair, impartial and expeditious” probe into the killing, the interim government’s press wing said.
“The note requests technical and institutional assistance from the UN human rights office to support the investigation,” it added.
Hadi, 32, was shot by masked assailants in Dhaka last December and later died of his injuries at a hospital in Singapore. His death set off a wave of violent protests.
Hadi had planned to run as an independent candidate in polls taking place on Thursday to determine the country’s first elected government since the overthrow of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The interim government, which is led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, also reiterated its commitment to ensuring “the highest standards of transparency and accountability” in the case and pledged to identify and prosecute those responsible.
Hadi was an outspoken critic of India, where Hasina has taken refuge since fleeing Dhaka in the wake of the July 2024 uprising that overthrew her government.
His supporters hailed him as a martyr and a symbol of the anti-establishment youth movement reshaping Bangladesh’s volatile political landscape.
Bangladesh seeks UN help to probe killing of uprising leader
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Bangladesh seeks UN help to probe killing of uprising leader
- Hadi was shot by masked assailants in Dhaka last December and later died of his injuries at a hospital in Singapore
- His death set off a wave of violent protests
At least three dead as migrant boat capsizes off Greek island
- UNHCR says 107 people died or went missing in Greek waters in 2025
ATHENS: The bodies of three migrants were picked up in waters off the Greek island of Crete during a rescue effort involving a commercial ship, authorities said Friday.
Twenty migrants were rescued by the commercial vessel which was directed to the area on the orders of the Greek Search and Rescue Center.
Most of them were Egyptians and Sudanese, and there were four minors among them, the Athens News Agency reported.
According to Greek public broadcaster ERT, an accident occurred when the vessel approached the migrants’ wooden boat. As the passengers tried to climb up ladders into the vessel a sudden movement caused the small boat to capsize.
The search for survivors was continuing with four patrol boats, an aircraft, and two ships from the European border agency Frontex, a spokesperson for the Greek coast guard told AFP.
According to ERT, survivors said about 50 people were aboard the wooden boat.
A second boat carrying around forty migrants was spotted in the area, triggering another rescue operation.
For over a year, migrants have been attempting the perilous crossing from Libya to Crete, the gateway to the European Union.
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 16,770 people seeking asylum in the EU arrived in Crete in 2025.
Faced with the surge in arrivals, the conservative Greek government suspended the processing of asylum applications for three months last summer, particularly for those arriving from Libya.
UNHCR says 107 people died or went missing in Greek waters in 2025.
