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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 amount to "crimes against humanity".
Bangladesh: UN says Sheikh Hasina government committed possible ‘crimes against humanity’
There are grounds to believe extrajudicial killings took place with the ‘knowledge and direction’ of the leadership, said the United Nations human rights body.
UN Reports Allegations of Crimes Against Humanity During Bangladesh Crackdown
The UN human rights office estimates around 1,400 deaths in Bangladesh due to government crackdowns on student-led protests. The Geneva-based office suggests these actions might constitute crimes against humanity.
Former Bangladesh gov’t behind possible ‘crimes against humanity’, says UN
Publishing findings of its inquiry into events in Bangladesh between July 1 and August 15 last year, the UN rights office said it had “reasonable grounds to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other inhumane acts have taken place”.
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: 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
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".
UN reports grave rights violations in Bangladesh protest response
Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations ...
U.N. agency details 'serious human rights violations' in Bangladesh protests repression
Bangladesh's former government systematically committed "serious human rights violations" against student-led protesters, ...
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Should Bangladesh repay the ‘odious debt’ incurred by its previous regime?
AL rule, an average of $16 billion was siphoned out of the country annually. The burden of repayment of foreign debts now falls upon a very different Bangladesh. Can these loans approved to a regime ...
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Hasina, Awami League behind widespread human rights abuse during 2024 Bangladesh protests—UN report
The 100-page report says the former govt orchestrated brutal response to protests, using live ammunition & excessive force, ...
UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh ...
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'Never again' must this be allowed to happen to children in Bangladesh: Unicef reacts to OHCHR findings
Among the 1,400 people the report estimates were killed between 1 July and 15 August, more than a hundred of them were children, says Unicef, citing UN report ...
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UN report exposes Yunus on attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
A UN report on human rights violations and abuses has debunked Muhammad Yunus' claims of "exaggerated propaganda" by ...
BNP urges India to repatriate former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina after UN report
Hasina has been accused of numerous cases on charges such as “crimes against humanity”, mass murders, enforced disappearances ...