Dhaka: The European Parliament will see a debate on a motion on Thursday to adopt a resolution on recent incidents, including the killing of foreign nationals.

The 15-point motion, brought by S&D (Socialists and Democrats) group in the EP, also highlighted the recent attacks on publishers, bloggers and activists, freedom of press, investigations into reported extrajudicial killings, national dialogue and other issues, according to the EP website.

The group strongly calls on Bangladeshi authorities to launch a credible and transparent investigation into the killing of publishers, bloggers and activists as well as foreign nationals to identify perpetrators of such heinous crimes and bring them to justice.

It urges the government of Bangladesh to recognise and respect freedom of the press and media and allow human rights groups to play an important role in strengthening accountability and documenting human rights abuse.

The group urges the government of Bangladesh to launch an investigation into the extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances of opposition political activists in the country, urges for the release of all opposition political leaders that have been illegally detained for participating or being thought to be participating in protected speech and assembly.

It calls on the government of Bangladesh to accept the call for a national dialogue from opposition political parties and civil society organisations on the current crises, and strongly urges the government of Bangladesh to initiate dialogue with all democratic parties, to restore the democratic process by way of holding a credible, genuine, transparent and inclusive election and hold a national dialogue to overcome the current instability.