A group of MPs have withdrawn a controversial report into Bangladesh after complaints it favored the ousted Sheikh Hasina government.

In November last year, the Commonwealth All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) released a report on Bangladesh that was critical of the current regime in Dhaka but was accused of serious inaccuracies.

However, officials said the document was no longer being circulated and was "under review" after a Labor MP complained about it in the House of Commons.

"The report remains an internal document under review and has been shared with the (Foreign and Foreign Affairs Office) as part of the organization's wider review process," a spokesman said. "It is not intended for wider dissemination, APPG will not pursue this matter further or take any follow-up action.”

Hasina's niece Tulip Siddiq resigned as municipal minister over previously undisclosed links to her aunt's party, sparking accusations of the Awami League meddling in British politics.

The report, titled "The Current Situation in Bangladesh," was released to the media in November, three months after Hasina was deposed in a student-led rebellion against her dictatorship. The rebellion was brutally and ultimately unsuccessfully suppressed by security forces, resulting in an estimated 1,000 deaths.

The report made a series of criticisms of Hasina's successor, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. "Bangladesh deserves a bright future where opportunities are available to everyone, not just supporters of whatever regime is in power," Andrew Rosindell, chair of the APPG Conservative Party, wrote in an accompanying press release … Without an immediate change of course, the goodwill the new administration enjoys internationally is in danger of disappearing.”

The group's report accused Yunus' government of "using the law as a political weapon" and empowering "hardline Islamists."

"We have received evidence that so many former ministers, Awami League leaders, MPs, former judges, academics, lawyers and journalists have been charged with murder, raising questions about their credibility," the report reads. Rights and Risk Analysis Group is a New Delhi-based think tank.

However, experts criticized the report's relatively low estimate of the death toll and claimed that most of the deaths occurred after Hasina fled the country and were not caused by violence by police and armed forces.

"The majority of these (deaths) occurred after August 5, when millions took to the streets to protest police tactics against demonstrators and seek revenge against supporters of the previous government," the report said.

The finding contradicts earlier findings by the U.N. human rights commissioner, who said in a report released in August that "most of the deaths and injuries were caused by security forces and Awami League-affiliated student organizations."

The report also claims that Dhaka's new government has charged 194,000 people with crimes, while experts say that number is more likely to refer to the number of people reported by police as possible criminal offenders.

Labor MP Rupa Hooker, who has recently spent time in Bangladesh, criticized the report in the House of Commons this week, calling it an "attack on Bangladesh's interim government". Hook claimed Yunus personally presented the report to her and asked: "What is your government doing, publishing this false information in the name of parliament?"

Naomi Hossain, a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, said: "The report contains some fundamental errors that would have been avoided by the most superficial knowledge of Bangladesh... It is either deeply biased or Just extremely poor analysis. “As an accountability tool, it fails completely. "

A spokesman for the APPG said: "The organization has decided to shift its focus to the Commonwealth as an institution and will therefore no longer produce country-specific reports."