The repression of mass protests in Bangladesh last year that toppled the country’s president left as many as 1,400 people dead in just 46 days – the vast majority shot by security forces, UN human ...

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The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last ...

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Bangladesh’s former government was behind systematic attacks and killings of protesters as it tried to hold onto power last ...

Officials from Bangladesh's former government and security apparatus systematically committed serious human rights violations ...

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The UN said today (12 February) it had also documented cases of violent sexual crimes against women, both protesters and those who were part of the Awami League.