Bangladesh's interim government leader meets relatives of missing people demanding justice
Dozens of relatives of the victims of enforced disappearance victims on Tuesday (Aug 13) gathered in front of the office of the new Bangladeshi Chief Adviser, seeking justice.
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00:00Dozens of relatives of the victims of enforced disappearance victims had gathered on Tuesday
00:08in front of the office of the new Bangladeshi chief advisor seeking justice.
00:13Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist, Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in as the head of
00:19the country's caretaker government last week, days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was
00:23forced to quit and flee the country following violent protests.
00:28On Tuesday, Yunus met relatives of the victims.
00:36One of the groups gathered there was Mayar Da'ak, or Mother's Calling, a group of mothers,
00:41sisters and wives of missing people.
00:58Yunus promised the families to take action to find out what had happened to the disappeared
01:14people, mostly Hasina's opponents, and justice.