<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>There had been "no significant changes" in the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the year 2023, the United States has said in a new report.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country reports in the 2023 Human Rights Report (HRR) do not draw legal conclusions, rank countries, or draw comparisons, said the US Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There were numerous reports of widespread impunity for human rights abuses, said the report in its Bangladesh chapter.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In most cases, it claimed, the government did not take credible steps to identify and punish officials or security force members who may have committed human rights abuses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The U.S. Department of State released the 2023 Human Rights Report, which the US Embassy described as a "factual and objective" record on the status of respect for human rights worldwide.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The 2023 Human Rights Report (HRR) covers 198 countries and territories.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The individual reports in the HRR detail "credible factual information" on human rights abuses and violations, providing a tool used by governments, advocates, journalists and others concerned about the state of human rights and democracy in specific countries and territories, said the embassy.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The United States has issued these reports for nearly five decades. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The HRR represents several months of work performed by U.S. Department of State colleagues in our missions abroad and in Washington, D.C. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The HRR informs U.S. foreign policy decisions and assists the U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, and immigration courts when accurate information on human rights conditions is needed.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The HRR also informs the work of civil society - including human rights defenders-lawmakers abroad, scholars, immigration judges and asylum officers, multilateral institutions, and other governments. According to UNB reports</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">bnbd24/fas</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div>