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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.
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.
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 Wednesday, warning the abuses could amount to "crimes against humanity".
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.
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's ex-regime may have committed crimes against humanity
The United Nations has accused Bangladesh’s ousted regime, led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, of potentially committing crimes against humanity during the brutal handling of last year’s protests that reportedly killed 1,
Fresh Wave of Violence as Bangladesh’s Ousted Ex-Leader Addresses Nation
Students who led a revolution resulting in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country in August sparred anew ...
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Bangladesh protests probe reveals top leaders led brutal repression
The repression of mass protests in Bangladesh last year that toppled longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina left as many as ...
Bangladesh grapples with turbulent aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s ouster
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Turbulence in Bangladesh as new government grapples with aftermath of Sheikh Hasina's ouster
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Bangladesh protesters torch house of nation's founding leader
DHAKA (Reuters) -Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh's founding leader as his daughter, ousted former ...
Bangladesh’s government warns of stern action after house where independence was declared is razed
Bangladesh’s interim government, headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, says his makeshift administration will ...
As Trump meets with India’s Modi, Bangladesh demands attention
Bangladesh’s recent descent into lawlessness poses a foreign policy challenge for President Trump, especially because his ...
Bangladesh opposition says government aims to hold polls by December
Bangladesh is working towards holding general elections by December, the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said ...
Bangladesh: Can interim government contain latest unrest?
Six months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster, Bangladesh faces fresh violence and political unrest amid reports of extremism. How is the interim government going to handle the crisis?