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Seven human rights groups have urged the United Nations to use its meetings with senior Bangladeshi military officials next week to seek explanations regarding an Al Jazeera report that alleged controversial purchase of a highly invasive spyware from Israel.
The Bangladesh government earlier termed it nothing more than a misleading series of innuendos and insinuations in what is apparently a politically motivated smear campaign .
According to a post in the New York-based Human Rights Watch website today, they also wanted the UN to discuss the alleged human rights violation record at home.
Seven human rights groups have urged the United Nations to use its meetings with senior Bangladeshi military officials next week to seek explanations about the report by Al Jazeera that alleged controversial purchase of highly invasive spyware from Israel. The Bangladesh government earlier termed it "nothing more than a misleading series of innuendos and insinuations in what
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