The authorities’ response to anti-government protests has left more than 450 people dead, including 42 police officers, since July, according to an AFP tally.
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UN team to visit Bangladesh to investigate “atrocities committed during the student revolution” which led to the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the interim government of Muhammad Yunus in a statement. The repression of anti-government demonstrations has left more than 450 dead, including 42 police officers, according to an AFP count.
A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, confirmed the mission, saying that the latter was “very committed” in support of the “successful transition” of the interim government, the day after a phone call between Muhammad Yunus and him.
Sheikh Hasina’s government has been accused of numerous human rights abuses during its 15 years in power, including mass detention and killing of political opponents. On August 5, the former leader fled to India by helicopter and relinquished the reins of power, before hundreds of protesters stormed her Dhaka residence.
