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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.
U.N. Calls Bangladesh Protest Crackdown a Possible Crime Against Humanity
As many as 1,400 people were killed in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s violent response to a student-led revolt, according to a U.N. inquiry.
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
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
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As Jamaat-e-Islami resurfaces in Bangladesh politics, what role will it play in a post-Hasina era
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War crimes: SC defers hearing on Azharul’s review petition to Feb 20
challenging the verdict that upheld his death sentence in a war crimes case. A full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed was scheduled to hold hearing of the ...
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War crimes tribunal expresses frustration as 4 accused remain at large
The International Crimes Tribunal has expressed dissatisfaction over the failure to arrest four individuals accused in the killing of Imam Hasan Tayem in Dhaka’s Jatrabari, despite warrants ...
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, ...