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UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on protests in Bangladesh
The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime minister.
Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says
The unrest began as student-led protests against quotas in civil service jobs and escalated into a countrywide movement to oust Hasina and her Awami League party following a deadly police crackdown. Thousands more were injured in the worst violence Bangladesh has seen since its war of independence in 1971.
UN says former Bangladesh govt behind possible 'crimes against humanity'
Bangladesh's former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last year, the UN said on Wednesday, warning that the abuses could
UN: Bangladesh crackdown on anti-government protests may constitute crimes against humanity
The United Nations (UN) released a report on Wednesday detailing severe human rights violations committed by the former government of Bangladesh, led by Sheikh Hasina, during a crackdown on
Bangladesh: UN says Sheikh Hasina's crackdown may be crime against humanity
UN human rights investigators accuse the deposed government of Sheikh Hasina of a brutal response that they warn could amount to "crimes against humanity". They found "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters and sympathisers",
UN says extradition of Bangladesh's Ex PM Sheikh Hasina is bilateral issue
The extradition of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a bilateral issue, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.The United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva today launched the "OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh".
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