More than 450 people, including some 40 security forces, have been killed in the anti-government rallies, prompting ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee.
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The UN estimated on Friday, August 16, that there were “strong indications” that security forces in Bangladesh have made use of “unjustified and disproportionate” force during the unrest that led to the fall of the Prime Minister. The preliminary report published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also estimates that a “further independent investigation” is necessary.
The document also states “other alleged violations, which also warrant thorough, impartial and transparent investigations”of which “extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, acts of torture and ill-treatment, as well as severe restrictions on the exercise of freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly”according to a statement. More than 450 people, including about 40 members of the security forces, lost their lives during the anti-government rallies.
The report comes as a UN team is expected in Bangladesh. “next week to investigate atrocities committed during the student revolution in July and earlier this month” and on the “widespread violations of human rights”said the interim government led since last Thursday by economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
