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UN rights chief calls for impartial probe into Hadi's killing

The New Indian Express Chennai

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December 20, 2025

THE United Nations human rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the killing of Bangladesh student protest leader Sharif Osman Hadi, calling for a swift and impartial investigation.

UN rights chief calls for impartial probe into Hadi's killing

Military personnel standing guard in Dhaka, amid protests by supporters of dead youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on Friday | AFP

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Hadi, who was a prominent figure in last year’s pro-democracy uprising, was shot at by masked gunmen while leaving a mosque in the capital Dhaka last week. He was initially wounded and flown to Singapore for treatment, but eventually succumbed to his wounds on Thursday.

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