Amnesty International Apologises for Erroneous Post on Bangladesh

Amnesty International apologized for incorrectly marking Bangladesh among conflict zones and war zones in a social media advertisement on Facebook.

“We regret this mistake and offer an unconditional apology to the people of Bangladesh and anyone else who has been offended by this post,” the UK-based rights body said in a statement on Tuesday (Jan 14).

The post has now been deleted, and steps have been put in place to ensure stronger oversight of future posts, it says.    

“We acknowledge that Bangladesh is not among countries currently facing a war or conflict, and in fact is at present housing nearly a million Rohingya refugees who escaped crimes against humanity in Myanmar,” the statement added.

The ‘erroneous’ Facebook post with a photo of war-ravaged Syria last Friday read: “In Bangladesh and across the world, innocent people face attacks, violence, and death - just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. We fight to expose horrific abuses in times of war and conflict. Join a movement of millions making these stories heard.”