UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said Bangladesh's minister of law had assured Zeid there would be an investigation

UN urges Bangladesh to halt killings of suspected drug offenders

At least 63 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were killed and about 2,800 wounded over the past few days in confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters against the US's embassy move to Jerusalem

Mass rally held in Istanbul against Israeli killings of Palestinians

'There will be a special session on December 5,' a senior United Nations source told Reuters

UN rights forum to hold special session on Rohingya: UN sources

Duterte said in a speech last week that he had personally killed suspected criminals while he was mayor of Davao

UN rights chief calls on Philippines to probe President Duterte for murder

The Philippines President said he killed suspected criminals to set an example for police

Philippines' Duterte says he personally killed people

While his campaign has been popular in the impoverished Philippines, more international groups have begun criticising President Duterte

UN must condemn Philippine drug killings: Rights groups

They killed 645 people last year, the grisly toll includes dozens of execution-style killings

Rio police kill, torture with impunity: Rights group

Police also arrest 100 Islamist militants, who killed over 30 minorities and activists, in the mainly Muslim nation

5,000 arrested in Bangladesh in crackdown on wave of targeted killings

The attacks come in the wake of the Iraqi Army and Shi'ite militia storming Falluja to recapture it from the Islamic State.

More than 20 killed in multiple blasts in Baghdad

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