Dhaka, Jul 20 US apparel importers have urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to conduct 'comprehensive, impartial, and prompt investigation' into the murder of labour activist Aminul Islam and bring his killers to justice.
"Trade associations representing major apparel, retail, footwear and licensing industries doing business in Bangladesh wrote to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on April 18 expressing deep concern about the killing and calling for a comprehensive, impartial, and prompt investigation followed by accountability of the perpetrators," said a US official.
Associate Deputy Undersecretary of International Labour Affairs, Eric R Biel, said in his testimony at a Congressional hearing on human rights in Bangladesh on Thursday, "The still-unresolved killing of Aminul Islam raises new concerns that those advocating on the front lines for the interest of Bangladeshi workers may remain targets of powerful interests opposed to such reforms."
In the first week of April, Aminul Islam was tortured and brutally killed apparently for his efforts to help factory workers form a union.
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