India and the United States regularly consult at the highest levels on issues like democracy and human rights, a senior US State Department official said on Monday, after a US government report alleged that there were significant human rights abuses in Manipur last year.
Though Bangladesh’s constitution provided for an independent judiciary, corruption and political interference compromised its independence, said the US State Department in a report.
The US will continue to express concerns on the fundamental human rights issues in Bangladesh including the freedom of the press and freedom of association and urge the government to uphold those, said a senior US State Department official
A thriving Jewish center for hundreds of years, the city saw its Jews decimated by the Nazis and local collaborators, a history not all Lithuanians are willing to confront