UN rights chief says Bangladesh court needs reforms before ex-PM trial

A Bangladeshi tribunal tasked with investigating ousted premier Sheikh Hasina and her allies for crimes against humanity needs fundamental reforms to ensure fair trials, UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday.

Turk was concluding a two-day visit to Bangladesh, during which he met with members of the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.He said that Bangladesh now had a chance to entrench meaningful reforms and repair institutions that had been degraded by years of autocratic rule.